Rainbow Kick

This was the first trick I learnt to get the ball in the air.
It was the world cup in USA '94 where I first saw a basic form of this skill.
Freestyle football certainly wasn't around back then and skills are now seen on tv, shared with friends and even used on games like FIFA or Pro Evolution.

This wasn't my favorite world Cup as England didn't qualify. But I did take something from it, not from the games but from a tv ad by McDonalds! It was a young lad juggling the ball with different parts of his body. Not amazing but at the end of it he flicks the ball up from the ground in a way I had never seen before. It was basically the foundations of the Rainbow kick.

What is interesting is the boy in the video was Scott Parker from West Ham United FC, who plays in the English Premier League. Here is the link Scott Parker McDonalds ad USA 1994

If you have any further questions on how to do the Rainbow Kick then please ask

Steve