Freestyle

Blending artistry and technical prowess, freestyle football focuses on moves not necessarily designed for in-game purposes. Predominantly juggling and aerial tricks, often performed in complex combos, freestyle allows the individual to create their own personal style. As one of the fastest-growing sports in the world, it has become a rich outlet for performance and a site of high-level competition.

Alex Mendoza Wins Second Straight U.S. National Championship in New York City

With a final match victory over former Red Bull Street Style runner-up Daniel Dennehy, Alex Mendoza claimed his second straight and third overall U.S. National Championship. The victory only...

Girl Power: The Rise of Women’s Freestyle

As freestyle football continues to grow, we have seen an increase in women picking up the sport. However, there are still gaping differences between men's and women's freestyle, from...
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The Roundup: Plenty of Heat to End the Summer

FOMO is real. Stay up to date with our monthly Roundup series, which highlights some of the biggest and best freestyle, futsal and street football events both in the...

The Mental Side of Freestyle, Part III: Finding a Way to Get and Stay Motivated

Pro freestyler and sporting mental performance coach Stephen Gray has shared his expertise in both fields as part of our Mental Side of Freestyle series. Part III of the series explores...
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Feed Your Soul With This Week’s Top 10 Tekkers

Some crave chocolate when their soul needs a moment of happiness and comfort. For others, watching insane skills and tekkers does the same. For those in the latter category,...

Italian Lowers Ace Luca Chiarvesio Shares His Freestyler’s Playlist

Luca Chiarvesio is one of the bright young stars in freestyle today. At 21 years old, he has two national championships under his belt to go along with winning...

Super Ball 2017 Update: Sick Three, Iron Man, and More Highlights From the World’s Biggest Freestyle Event

We are four days into the week-long extravaganza otherwise known as Super Ball, and the world's largest freestyle competition is living up to the hype. As we move closer...

Super Ball 2017: The Freestyle Event of the Year Returns to Prague With a Bang

After moving to Liberec for the past three years, the world's biggest frestyle competition returned to its home city of Prague for its biggest competition yet, in both fan...

Kick Off Your Labor Day Weekend in Style With This Week’s Top 10 Tekkers!

What better way to start your long weekend than some of the sickest tekkers the world has to offer? With Super Ball just wrapping up, you know we've got...

Europe’s Best Converge in Manchester for the Soccerex Football Festival

Featuring the European Freestyle Championships and World Street 3s World Championships, the Soccerex Football Festival brought together some of the world's best talents for a one day event that...

Travel the Globe With Four-Time World Champ Kitti Szasz’s Freestyler’s Playlist

With four world titles and plenty of experience under her belt, freestyle has been more than kind to Hungarian Kitti Szasz. On top of the championships, Szasz's talents have...

Adventures at Super Ball: An Inside Look at the King of Freestyle Events

UK freestyler and Urban Pitch contributor Steve Gray gives us an insider's look at his time at Super Ball, the biggest and best freestyle event the world has to...

The Roundup: Upcoming Events From Around the World to Cure Your Post-Summer Hangover

FOMO is real. Stay up to date with our monthly Roundup series, which highlights some of the biggest and best freestyle, futsal and street football events across the globe.  Though...

Top 10 Tekkers: Sun’s Out, Shirts Off

There's nothing quite like training in the sunshine, and with all of this crazy weather going on, it makes us even more thankful for those beautiful, cloudless days. This...

Freestyler’s Playlist: German No. 2 and Freestyle Veteran Philippe Gnannt

Beginning in 2006, Philippe Gnannt has unfolded a lengthy and successful career in freestyle as one of the sport's more tenured athletes. While he has competed in major events...

Eight Freestyle ‘Masters’ Converge for Martin Schopf’s Vienna Freestyle Football Masters Competition

In an effort to foster growth in the Austrian freestyle scene, Martin Schopf organized the Vienna Freestyle Football Masters event, which brought together eight European freestyle "masters" for a...

Top 10 Tekkers to End September on a High Note

Shoutout to Green Day fans, September is coming to an end. While it was undoubtedly a great month with some crazy events, we're looking forward to what October has...

Denmark’s Jakob Semajer-Garic is a New Kind of Freestyle ‘Wrapper’

At 18 years old, Danish freestyler Jakob Semajer-Garic is a rising star in the uber-talented Scandinavian freestyle scene. Jakob's unique style that incorporates numerous variations of Wraps and V-Stalls...

For Freestylers, By Freestylers: How Tobias Becs Embraced the Challenges of Creating 4Freestyle

Widely regarded as one of the top freestylers in the game today, Norwegian superstar Tobias Becs owns multiple world records, national championships, and prestigious tournament victories (not to mention...

Freestyler’s Playlist: Two-Time Danish Champion Anders Borg

Since 2007, Denmark's Anders Borg has been a mainstay in the global freestyle scene. With two national championships — the first won when he was just 14 — Borg has...