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'''Freestyle [[Association football|football]]''', also known as '''freestyle soccer''' in [[North America]], is the art of [[juggling]] with a [[football (ball)#Association football|football]] using [[foot|feet]], [[knee]]s, [[Human leg|lower leg]]s, [[chest]], [[shoulder]]s, and [[head]] while simultaneously performing creative, skillf(contracted; show full)c.|Nike]] began an advertising campaign which relied heavily on the freestyle form of football, including video clips of freestyle performances. These advertisements featured famous players such as [[Ronaldinho]] and [[Edgar Davids]]. Many link such mass media attention to the start of the freestyle craze. In the [[YouTube]] era, however, many previously non-famous players have risen to prominence, and internet searches easily yield thousands of videos by amateur "freestylers" around the world.


Some of the more known "youtube freestylers" are Rickard Sjolander of Sweden, who goes by the nickname of "Palle," Pawel Skora of Poland, Ecuabol of the US, Fx and Rocco of Hungary, Yo, Tatsulow, and Hirokazu of Japan, and Jeon Kwon of South Korea.

== Freestyle Competitions ==
Shortly after, Nike launched a freestyle football competition on the internet "Nike Football", in which participants could submit their own clips and receive feedback from a worldwide audience.

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