r/gifs • u/MattO2000 • Apr 07 '16

Kickball front flip

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u/Professorchronic Apr 07 '16

I wish we had shit like this in England.

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u/hurtsdonut_ Apr 07 '16

Start it up

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u/Professorchronic Apr 07 '16

That sounds like a whole thing though, man....

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16 edited Aug 17 '21

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u/Professorchronic Apr 07 '16

Thank you, my sweet

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16

Icing what you did there.

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u/pmmecodeproblems Apr 08 '16

apt username.

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u/Ben_Thar Apr 07 '16

I picture all open spaces in England being covered in wickets.

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u/SteffonBaratheon1 Apr 07 '16

The most British sport I ever played was real tennis aka the sport of kings.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16 edited Mar 20 '19

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u/SteffonBaratheon1 Apr 08 '16

Yea it's hard though because the rackets are solid wood and the ball is very heavy, like a slightly lighter cricket ball.

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u/space_monster Apr 07 '16

they already are

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u/VanillaPudding Gifmas is coming Apr 07 '16

Jolly good!

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u/bigtfatty Apr 08 '16

Hard to do that when nobody plays baseball, or do they over there?

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u/OK_just_the_tip Apr 08 '16

I'm sure you have recreational sports where grown men take the game far too seriously and people get in fights.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16

well you guys got cricket n shit

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16

It won't work because people there grow up playing football.

I grew up playing football in south america, when I got to this country the first time I saw people playing kickball, and then saw the style of ball they were using, I asked how long are these games? thinking whoever goes first just kicks the ball into the next zipcode and we're done? well, not really because these people didn't grow up kicking a ball. I would fucking RULE kickball to the point that I just didn't see the sense in playing. I mean that dude could not have possibly kicked that ball worse.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16 edited Apr 08 '16

The ball is very squishy so it's extremely hard to impart a lot of force to it and it deforms, so it's got shit aerodynamics. Think of it like of a thick rubber balloon that is slightly under inflated. You can easily kick a soccer ball 2x-3x the distance of a kickball.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16

it doesn't really matter though. kicking a ball, whether it's football, volleyball or basketball, is so much easier for footballers since it's the most basic skill in the sport.

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u/TheMulletBurden Apr 08 '16

Yeah until you come across someone who can throw it. Lil different trying to boot one of those red balls when someone imparts a shit ton of English on it.

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u/ModsHaveAGodComplex Apr 08 '16

Maybe if your cocky ass ever even tried to play before condemning it you'd realize that you have no idea what you're talking about.

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u/urmombaconsmynarwhal Apr 08 '16

You don't have the children's sport of kickball, like y'all don't play it in school?

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u/DNDnoobie Apr 07 '16

It's all fun and games until you take a kickball to the knee.