Tutorials
Nike Soccer App Review: The Speed Touch
This week in our Nike App review series, we take on a drill that requires only a wall, football, and couple of friends. The Speed Touch is a variation...
Tutorials
We Tested the Scorpion Nike Tutorial to See if It’s Realistic in Game Play. Here’s What We Found …
The new Nike Soccer App is trying really, really hard to get players involved with an app—from interactive quizzes to pickup game meet-ups, the app is ...
Videos
Top 10 Street Football Skills From Last Year’s European Season to Get You Fired Up
Last season in Europe we were treated to some nice skills that we normally see on the streets and here at Urban Pitch we'd like to show you some of the best to get you hyped up about the current ongoing tournaments
Tutorials
Get Your Instagram Game on Point Following these Freestyle and Street Ball Accounts
Street football and freestyle is growing like wildfire all over the world thanks to online platforms like Instagram and YouTube, where masters and veterans can share their training methods...
Freestyle
10 Amazing Places Freestylers Have Performed Around the World
Popularity and visibility of freestyle football is spreading across the world with talent posing and posting their skills in amazing places around the globe. From North America to Europe and Asia,...
Street Football
New Nike Videos Tackle Small-Sided Surfaces and Encourage Players to “Street Your Game”
Nike recently released three new videos that encourage players to "turn the streets into your training ground". Both the MagistaX and MercurialX boots are featured in the ads to highlight
Street Football
Welcome to Baller Select, the Underground Tournament Where Elite Street Crews Battle to See Who’s Best
When it comes to street ball, there's a lot to prove every time you get on the court. Talent is a dime a dozen, so as a crew, you've...
Tutorials
Nike Street Football Training Drill: Speed Alley
The Speed Alley is a street football take on the ancient "running the lines" drill that tennis and basketball coaches would often make high school teams do during practices.
Futsal
Brazil’s Amandinha Shines as Best Female Futsal Player in the World
In case there's any doubt that Brazil produces some of the best footballers—men and women—on the globe, meet Amanda Lyssa de Oliveira Crisostomo. Known to her friends as "Amandinha," the...
Tutorials
5 Solid Tutorials for Street Soccer Skills
The street football world is always in flux with players constantly innovating new techniques and moves. If you want to flourish as a street baller, you have to keep up with...
Videos
Introducing ‘The Baller Life,’ Episode 1: NWSL Pro Shawna Gordon on Sacrifice and the Love of Sport
As the owner of a soccer facility, I see a lot of different people play on our courts. On the regular, we get a good mix of styles and a strong level of competition...
Videos
Born From South Africa’s Townships, Kasi Flava is a Dynamic Style All Its Own
Most soccer fans are familiar with the idea of "Joga Bonito," the Brazilian style of football that provides swagger while giving players extra room for creative play. But did you know that South Africa...
Futsal
Zinedine Zidane Shows Off His Futsal Moves
It's always fun seeing professional footballers showcase their skills while playing small-sided games in street football or futsal. It's even better when it's one of the all-time greats like recent Champions...
Urban Hype
Neymar Jr’s Five San Diego Highlights: A Redemption Win for “Dream Killers”
The Neymar Jr.'s Five San Diego qualifier tournament took place on May 15 on the large grass field at Waterfront Park. An enthusiastic crowd of spectators gathered to watch the teams compete...
Street Football
Malaysia’s Multi-Talented Zeem Ahmad is on the Street with All-Around Game
We were first introduced to Zeem Ahmad as he was preparing for the recent Pannahouse Invitationals that took place in Denmark. Copenhagen Panna House founder Kristoffer Liicht spotted the Malaysian baller...
Spotlight
11-Year-Old Shiou is Giving Pannas and Taking Names
Eleven-year-old prodigy Shiou from Japan has been turning heads in the street football world with his impressive moves. Though he suffered an unexpected loss in the recent Pannahouse Invitationals, his advanced ...
Videos
Les Twins Play Futsal?!
The twins of "Les Twins" (pronounced "lai" because they're French, guys), have danced for Beyoncé and Missy Elliott, modeled for haute couture designer Jean Paul Gaultier, and easily move through an...
Spotlight
Urban Spotlight: Pro Freestyler Enry Maffioletti Lets His Crazy Skills Do the Talking
There must be something about freestyle football that either attracts mellow personalities or forces a person to chill out. It makes sense considering the hours of dedicated practice and honing...
Videos
Storelli Enlists Champions League Pros for Football Fight Club
In what may be the most elaborate shinguard commercial to date, the Brooklyn-based merchandiser Storelli, which specializes in protective soccer gear, sent two high-profile footballers into the dark, seedy...
Street Football
Lexicon, Part 2: A Guide to Street Football Terms
Street football has been around a long, long time. Cavemen were probably playing the game with a rock and goals made from T-Rex bones. And yet the game is understandably...
