We’ve all see people like the Harlem Globtrottters doing incredible things with basketballs, but have you ever seen someone do similar things with a soccer ball? Indi Cowie has been making up and performing her own freestyle soccer routines. Now I bet you’re thinking “Freestyle soccer? How is that possible?” The sixteen year old superstar has won several talent contests with her usual skill. One of Indi’s favorite things about performing her talent in front of an audience is being able to “hear the oohs and the aahs” and “sense the shock.” Indi has been dribbling soccer balls since she began to walk. When she was a sophomore she tried out for the Glasgow Celtic women’s club and made the team. Everyone can see that soccer comes naturally to Indi; in fact, upon the first meeting of her coach, Paul Brownlie, “was blown away by how creatively she could dribble the ball.” While observing Indi two words should come to mind: “technique and determination.” She spends ninty minutes every day practicing her free style in her garage. Hoping she will improve to greater heights, Indi trains with a boy’s club team. Surprisingly, Indi struggles playing as a team member. She has been taken off the field several times during games due to her lacking of sharing the ball. Indi makes her selfishness into a positive by believing that she likes to freestyle because she does not “have any teammates to worry about.” The motivation and talent packed into each of her routines has begun to inspire people across the globe to try free styling.
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