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'''Keepie uppie''', '''keep-ups''' or '''kick-ups''' is the skill of juggling with an [[Ball (association football)|association football]] using feet, lower legs, knees, chest, shoulders, and head, without allowing the ball to hit the ground.<ref>[http://www.britannia.org/scotland/scotsdictionary/k.shtml "Keepie-Uppie"] in the Scots Dictionary</ref> It is similar to [[Kemari|''kemari'']], a game formerly practiced in the Japanese imperial court.
[[File:Martijn Bosman.jpg|thumb|A footballer doing kick-ups]]

==World records==

The record for the longest keepie uppie is 28 hours using just feet, legs, shoulders and head; Victor Ericsson completed the feat, which took place in Sweden, in June 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Cameron |title=Victor Ericsson sets new global soccer juggling record |url=https://ballnerd.com/victor-ericsson-sets-new-global-soccer-juggling-record/ |website=BallNerd |date=24 June 2023 |access-date=24 June 2023 |archive-date=24 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624192018/https://ballnerd.com/victor-ericsson-sets-new-global-soccer-juggling-record/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The previous men's record was held by Martinho Eduardo Orige of Brazil who 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 2 and 3 August 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/sports_and_games/soccer/ball_control,_football_-_duration.aspx|title=Guinness World Records – Sports & Games – Soccer – Ball Control, Football – Duration|access-date=2008-11-21|publisher=Guinness World Records}}</ref>

The fastest completed [[marathon]] while ball-juggling was by Abraham Muñoz in the [[México City]] Marathon, August 2016. He completed the distance of {{convert|42.195|km}} in 5 hours 41 minutes 52 seconds, without the ball ever touching the ground.<ref>{{cite news|title=Atleta de la semana: Abraham Muñoz|url=http://sportspedia.com.mx/atleta-de-la-semana-abraham-munoz/|agency=Sportspedia|publisher=Sportspedia.com.mx|date=August 29, 2016}} Access date: 31 January 2017</ref>

Dan Magness, holder of the longest keepie-uppie, is also the holder of the longest distance gone while doing keepie-uppie. He managed to go {{convert|30|miles}} without letting the ball touch the ground. He achieved this feat on 26 January 2010 in London and in the process visited all the stadiums of the five [[Premier League]] teams in London. He started his journey at [[Fulham F.C.]]'s [[Craven Cottage]] and ended it at [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]]'s [[White Hart Lane]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8480310.stm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100128034335/http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8480310.stm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-01-28 |title=Man sets keepy-uppy world record in London |publisher=BBC }}</ref>

Thomas Ruiz holds the world record for the longest distance covered in one hour while juggling a football ball. He achieved this distance on 30 August 2020, in [[Saline, Michigan]], United States, when he travelled {{convert|7.20|km}} while keeping the ball off the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/561786-farthest-distance-covered-juggling-a-football-soccer-ball-in-one-hour-male  |title=Farthest distance covered juggling a football (soccer ball) in one hour (male) |publisher=Guinness World Records }}</ref>

In 2020, Imogen Papworth-Heidel set herself the goal of achieving 7.1 million touches, one for every essential worker in the UK and performed 1,123,586 over 195 days to raise money for charities. The remaining 5,976,414 touches were "donated" by roughly 2,000 people sending in videos, including professional football players from [[Manchester United F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-11-04 |title=Young footballer reaches 7.1 million keepy-uppies to help key workers |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/04/young-footballer-reaches-7-point-1-million-keepy-uppies-to-help-key-workers |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

The most touches of a football in 60 seconds, while keeping the ball in the air, is 274 by Isaac Wood of Australia, set on 25 October 2017 in Melbourne, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV2DRH6GMb0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/BV2DRH6GMb0| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=World Record Attempt 4!|website=[[YouTube]]|date=26 October 2017 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==In football games==

One of the more famous displays of keepie-uppie was in the [[British Home Championship#1967: Scotland become ‘World Champions’|1967 Scotland–England football match]], 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 historian [[Bob Crampsey]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/1187184.stm|work = [[BBC Sport]]|date=14 April 2001|title=Tributes to Jim Baxter}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Ferdie Adoboe]]
* [[Freestyle football]]
* [[Hacky sack]]

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite news|newspaper=The Scotsman|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=814&id=915652006|author=Robert McNeil|date=2006-06-24|title=Don't kick the habits of childhood – revisit them}} — McNeil encourages practicing keepie-uppies as routine exercise in order to remain fit past the age of 30.

==External links==
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*[http://www.pannafootballtube.com PannaFootballTube.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221203258/http://www.pannafootballtube.com/ |date=2020-02-21 }} including freestyle soccer tutorials
*[http://www.nakedscience.com/articles/Keepy%20Uppy/keepy%20uppy.htm Keepie uppie basics]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/ball.html Various Ball Control World Records]
*[http://www.soccer-tricks-exclusive.com/juggle-soccer-tutorial.html Soccer Tricks, juggling]

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