- Keepie uppie
Keepie uppie is the art of
juggling with a football (soccer ball) using feet,lower leg s,knee s,chest ,shoulder s, and head. [ [http://www.britannia.org/scotland/scotsdictionary/k.shtml "Keepie-Uppie"] in the Scots Dictionary] It is similar toKemari , agame formerly practised in the Japanese imperialcourt .Notable performances and records
Here is an incomplete list of keepie-uppie performances.
Longest keepie-uppie
*Martinho Eduardo Orige of
Brazil kept a regulation football in the air for 19 hours and 30 minutes using only the head, feet and legs. The feat was accomplished on August 2 and 3, 2003. [ Guinness World Records 2005, page 205, column 3]*The women's record is held by Cláudia Martini of
Brazil , who accomplished 7 hours 5 minutes and 25 seconds on July 12th, 1996. [ Guinness World Records 2005, page 37, column 2] Over 55,000Fastest marathon while doing keepie-uppie
* The fastest
marathon while ball-juggling was completed by Jan Skorkovsky in thePrague City Marathon, July 8, 1990. He completed the distance of 42.195 km in 7 hours 18 minutes 55 seconds, without the ball ever touching the ground [ Guinness World Records 2005, page 205, column 3]Longest keepie-uppie while on one's back
* Daniel Bolt of Mytchett FC, Surrey,
England kept a regulation football in the air for 21 minutes and 14 seconds while on his back, using only his legs on the 22nd July 2008.Most touches in 60 seconds
* The most touches of a football in 60 seconds, while keeping the ball in the air, is 339 by Chloe Hegland on 3 November 2007 in Beijing, China. [http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/speedjuggling.html]
Longest keepie-uppie while on one's head
Josh Bidlake of Mytchett FC, Surrey,
England kept a regulation football in the air for 9 hours and 37 seconds while on his head, using only his legs on the 13nd June 2008.Anecdotes
One of the more famous displays of keepie-uppie was in the , where Scottish midfielder
Jim Baxter juggled the ball for some time in front of the English defence, taunting them by keeping possession. This allowed Scotland to keep possession and use up the remaining few minutes, leading to a 3-2 victory for Scotland over the world champions. "That's a defining moment for almost every football fan in Scotland irrespective of where their club allegiance lies," said football historianBob Crampsey [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/1187184.stm]Nowadays, there is more advanced juggling called freestyle football.
References
Further reading
* — McNeil encourages practicing keepie-uppie as routine exercise in order to remain fit past the age of 30.
External links
* [http://uk.geocities.com/mick_curtis/keepieuppie/KU1.htm Keepie uppie basics]
* [http://www.beyondfootball.com/ Beyond Football] Offers videos of people doing spectacular tricks while juggling a soccer ball.
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