Hey guys, since none of us are brave enough (except me and Alen and Omar, and now Sergio Ramos, Pragathish and ManUK) to reveal our faces, I decided to make a topic where we don't neccesarily show our faces, but show our skills. They can be keepy-uppies in the street, a compilation of your skills for you team or in training, or just at home, having a kick about - but make sure they are worthey of "The Skill Factor". They can even be tutorials if you want - but you have to include yourself in the video
I'll start us off with a bit of skill I did on Derby22 in the street, for our competition entry. I swear down with no fingers crossed this was not meant to happen. It was of course supposed to be a longer but but I accidentily put the ball through Ben's legs. What was supposed to happen was he was going to save it and run away and score a goal for himself. But it all went wrong - and made me look good! Just happened that the battery went dead from the camera after that (plus the amount of video recording time left had ended aswell because we lost the memory card) and we couldn't be bothered to recharge it and film it again! N/B: My brother Sam (liverpoolsam7) was filming.
Here's the video:
(Another note, if you didn't read the intro - I'm the one scoring!)
P.S: The reason I started celebrating and then stopped was because of course it wasn't supposed to happen, but it was great skill and a beautiful finish!
Haaaha nice Yogan, cool video. I like the look you give each other after you score haha. Impressive skills though when I was that age, I couldn't do half that stuff
Sweet video man, you got the control to juggle it 1000 times. I like the little move where you wrap your right leg around your left and hit the ball with your heel, cheeky. I will try and get my hands on a video camera and put up a video Great post Yogan, and good stuff Kaden dig the tricks. How tall are you just wondering?
You were only 11 in that video? Cool man, I am sure you have only gotten better, at least your touch. Like I've said earlier, no where near that good when I was 11 haha. Very uncoordinated still, and I usually played defence at that time. But could probably only juggle the ball twenty times or so
P. S: ManUK you said you could do a thousand - maybe you were kidding! The highest in that video was the first round and you only got 27. Tomorrow after school I'll record me doing some
Wow, nice video, you are very good, you showd some really good skills there, and you were only 11! Great job man, you are very good and that would be awesome if you could get to 1000. Good luck
That first save on the header is class man. You look like a great keeper, pretty tall eh? That is a good quality to have as a goalkeeper, thanks for showing us the video
Velja (no Joke) please move to Philadelphia my team needs a sure handed keeper! In case Philadelphia is not an option I wish you the best in your footy career
Thanks for good word Shel. I actually played NCAA soccer for four years, in Division II for Dowling College in New York. Won NCAA title in 2006, and played championship finals in 2008. Unfortunately Philadelphia did not have a team in MLS at the time I was finishing my college career! It was good times though, got a lot of respect for US soccer, which is underestimated in Europe, if you ask me
"Makes the goal look small", you getting some good compliments from the commentator Nemanja. Well done. You should have stayed and played for Red Bulls or some other MLS club. Lol
I got invited for some try outs, but I would have to quit the school (would loose scholarship in that case) and I played with fractured foot for three months, so I needed a rest for couple of months. No regrets though, enjoyed playing college soccer
Wow I'm dead surprised ManUK was only 11 in that video but seriously, all those tricks are safe! I don't think I could do that at my age but I'll have a go and post a video in as soon as I can. And whoever made this sticky, good job (assuming it was Ant) because we need to get those videos posting!
No worries, hopefully we get a few more.come on folks, if you have a video of yourself kicking around a football and showing skills then post it up here! Even link to it somewhere else, and I can try and embed it.
If you don't have a video of yourself, then get out there and make one! We'd love to see your footy moves
Yog you remember we made that video up, it's really acting. Before the vid Yog planned it out and he said that I was supposed to get nutmegged in the vid, so don't think he's a skilful as he looks
Hey guys, Here is a short video of me training and hitting a volley. I'm not great at juggling and fancy tricks (I'd like to think of myself more of Michael Carrick then Ronaldo!) so here is something I can do well.
Mod Edit: - See the embedded video a few posts below! (Ant)
Ay good strike there! You are very relaxed and controlled before you strike it and keep it down well. It is very easy to strike a volley quite hard when it is(close) to a still ball in the air, as in it is just bouncing. So you don't need to have much momentum with your leg. And when a ball has a lot of pace like that, it will just take off from your boot like a rocket. You just got to guide it to the right spot ala the corner, great hit man. You obviously know this as you execute it very well. I just cringe when I see someone winding up to swing at the ball with all their force when a ball is coming in from a cross, you just know they are going to miss the ball entirely or put it into the nose bleeders. You just have to make solid contact and the ball will do all the work for you, this is the magic of volleys
Thanks you all! - especially Ant for embedding the video for me! As I've said earlier, I'm not much of a juggler or a maestro of the step-over, but I've always taken pride in my first touch (especially in the air) and my strikes. I appreciate all of the feedback! At this point, I better well have my touch down as I've been playing for 19 years!
Hey guys, here is another short video my girlfriend took of me at a tournament last year. It's just short highlights of the 2-day tournament. (Ant, if you don't mind, please embed this! -Thanks!)
Man, you are very good, that volley was awesome and you had almost perfect control, you are really good man, keep up the good work. You are already very good
Correct, my goal was the lob! It was my first ever start for my top team so was pretty happy I have scored heaps of better goals, but this is the first one I have ever got one camera, not a bad start to the collection though
Absolutely fantastic, thanks man. Can you think about making a new, longer video maybe with some mates? Just show some skills, try some tricks. I can juggle and do some flicks but nowhere near the Joga Bonita level.
I just added a bunch of fan valuation onto your account as a thanks
Thanks alot guys! Ant- I have lost alot of my skill . I wish I could make a new video but Footy is pretty much dead here in Canada, its hard to keep playing!
Ahh fantastic man, love the bicicleta on the street. People always don't believe me when I tell them you can throw bicycles and the like on concrete, they are spoiled by grass I suppose. Sand is the best though, great skill though, I love bicycles, and respect for the around the world, I can do it, it's tough though. So this was actually on the joga bonito video? That is so awesome, which one is it? Anyways keep playing even if it's by yourself I suppose, I know how it is in North America, I live in Flagstaff, Arizona it's just starting to warm up and be good footballing weather. Love=football, peace
Thanks for the appreciation donnchadh! Yes, street soccer is very much underrated here in canada. It is for me the easiest way to play the sport. Especially in winter, we just had -20 see today!. It was on the reaaaaly huge and long joga bonito video, the 5+ hour collection of small clips . Too bad Joga by nike is done now!. Well Joga Bonito I guess
Of course man, I think anyone can appreciate those skills. You must know some people that aren't the biggest fans of football, but if you throw a bicycle for someone or show them a video, they will appreciate it even if they don't understand haha. -20 Celsius is cold man, I am trying to figure that out in fahrenheit really cold either way I will try and find that video though, cheers. Ya too bad they are done, Cantona was the man in those commercials, missed him in 2010 World Cup. It would be perfect to bring it back for the WC in Brasil 2014
Here's a video of me playing for my club team during college. I'm Chris, the center mid-fielder. Our team's in white and there's some footage of my passing and skill (I set up the first goal with the one-time pass and I had a little skill in the second half). It's not super-exciting, but I just found it online, so I thought I would share! (Ant, could you possibly embed this? Thanks! )
Me playing for my school. I don't really do a whole lot besides hold the ball up, and pass it. I did get an assist though! That's the first clip when I flick it on to the guy who scores. I'm number 38 in white, the big tall guy
What was that at 1:52?! Nice compilation though. I wish someone was filming our matches. I played indoor match for 90 mins today and it ended up 17-12 to us due to lousy defending, and I scored about 10 of them!
Excellent control. You deserve more credit than it appears, because turf like that can ruin players. I used to play indoor football and artificial turf was horrible to play on. I might even argue that it's worse than concrete....