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That was going to happen even if he HAD connected. Soccer balls don't have THAT much inertia...

I like how the kid almost immediately starts plotting to work this to his advantage and switched into the "whoa is me, my NEW soccer ball is dead and YOU killed it! (hint, hint--toy store)" routine. Ah, we were such mercenary pricks at that age.

Someone needs to edit the theme song of "Team America World Police" over this video.

"America, f*&k yeah! We're to fat to kick a soccer ball now!"

"Chinhyakkei" is a great show. Literally translated it means "Rare Scenes." Every week they invite people from around Japan to submit stories or scenery that is unusual or outright bizarre. A TV crew goes out to confirm and record it and then a panel of guest celebrities vote on which is the strangest submission. I think you get some prize money if the one you submit is voted most unusual. Some things I've seen on the show:
- A bicycle vending machine
- A parking lot where you pay the parking fee using one of those old-school vacuum tube conveyor systems
- The man with the longest mole whisker in Japan
- A house shaped like a soccer ball

Frankly I'm kind of surprised more clips from the show haven't ended up here in the wtf channel.

I'd like to think i'm not not being entirely crude by asking what on earth the bizarre farting noise was after he landed?

I've been hit very hard by a 'soccer' ball that completely took the wind out of me and i was making groaning noises trying to breathe. I'd prefer to think it was something like that.

This dude is apparently fluent in Turkish! .../ducks and ignores the groans

I remember kicking a soccer ball (football) around at my house when we had turkeys. They'd respond with gobbles like that after every kick simply due to the sound it made. Normal behavior for their species as @chingalera said, although it seemed like groups of turkeys would respond like this with gusto whereas I never really noticed similar behavior from chickens or ducks.

I would possibly also disagree with the "never gets old" remark...

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The soccer ball sticker is a nice touch.

How do you know he wasn't delivering a soccer ball?

>> ^kevingrr:

I witnessed a Fedex guy doing this in my neighborhood (Wicker Park in Chicago).
He full on chucked a package like it was a soccer ball.
This is why I have everything delivered to work...always.

I witnessed a Fedex guy doing this in my neighborhood (Wicker Park in Chicago).

He full on chucked a package like it was a soccer ball.

This is why I have everything delivered to work...always.

>> ^Deano:

dead


Fixed and thanks.

>> ^Deano:

Makes you wonder about the quality of the MLS. This guy played in the heady heights of the First Division. That's below the Championship which in turn bows to the Premiership.


Actually there's no wondering. I watch the MLS, La Liga, EPL and Bundesliga. The MLS is way below in quality of play of those leagues. It's sort of just an American thing, we've got a lot of speed and power and we know how to build athletes. This game though is a mystery to a lot of American players. Division 1 of the NCAA you'll see some skill, but it's mostly trumped by physical play which carries over into the MLS.

It's not easy to explain, but lets just use a Messi or a Neymar as an example. It's a good chance that they wouldn't even get a chance to shine as kids in the US right now. Because they wouldn't be picked for teams being scrawny and in comparison, slow. Messi is a slow player compared to US players but he's got technical speed...he is fast with the ball GLUED to his foot. Also players like that would look like they're worse than they are because they have NO ONE to play with. It would just be them...being triple teamed and sometimes they'd break free like Neymar in club play or Messi playing for Argentina. But by and large you're playing with a team that you have to play the same level as...so you're not who you were.

An international coach gave me a more simple explanation of what the difference is between the leagues. Look at how a player dribbles the ball, and look at how far they can place it and run onto it while keeping control of it. In the EPL is maybe a couple yards...the more technical players like Suarez would keep it at most a yard from them. La Liga if you watch the most technical players it would be within a foot of them...it's constantly close even when at speed (Messi the ball is either under him or within an inch, he's crazy). The MLS though...the ball is yards away sometimes...and there's still bad and late tackles because players just cannot read the game fast enough.

>> ^Chaucer:

you probably sucked at soccer which is why you couldnt perform a scoop properly. anybody that is halfway decent at soccer can scoop a ball up in one fluid motion without having to start right next to the soccer ball. The only people that had to do that were newbies.
>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^Chaucer:
it wasnt so much as a kick as it was a scoop (or loft in football terms). you're right though, you arent a footballer but you are a fucking idiot fucking brainless.

LOL.. dude, that wasn't a scoop. If you've played ANY football, you know that wasn't a scoop. That was at best a chip, which IS a kick. A scoop, you can place your foot right next to the object and scoop it without ANY impact, merely acceleration.
You are talking out of your arse if you're calling that a scoop. I've never heard such bollocks. Clearly not a footballer, nor anyone with any experience with football. You've heard the term before and thought you'd risk using it here.
I'm not necessarily on the side of the owl (i wouldn't have kicked it), but i just want people to know, you're talking shite.



Hark at the guy using the word "soccer" telling me about how to play football!

Who the hell said you have to stand next to the ball? Even if you do it at full pelt you still have to bring your foot to almost a stop though mate, the objective being that there is virtually no solid impact between your foot and the ball, just a gentle lifting followed by huge acceleration depending on how far you want to send it. Anyone who thinks otherwise is chipping under the guise of scooping, if your foot impacts the ball instead of softly touching it, you're chipping. This guy did not scoop an owl!

Only shining an even greater light on your own ignorance here, move on.