What They're Watching: Amazing Freestyle Soccer Tricks

This post was authored by Michelle Castillo as a part of a YouTube Trends series exploring the videos being watched this week by the team at What's Trending.



They may not make millions, but there’s budding sports stars all over the world with amazing skills that will never be featured on the professional courts.



This street performer uses his surroundings and acrobatic abilities to show off all his soccer ball skills. While you won’t need to climb up a pole in the middle of the pitch, his athleticism is still impressive.







Here are other marvelous athletic feats for you to watch from the comfort of your own computer. Who says you need to buy tickets to the game to enjoy sports?



We don’t want to know the hours of practice that went into making all these shots… and how many

outtakes there must have been to create this compilation.







Dude perfect one upped the beer pong team with these amazing basketball trick shots:







Here’s how to impress people at the local bar:







Who says only boys can pull of great trick shots? Here’s one girl dropping three soccer balls in a trash can.

Today's "What They're Watching" recap provided by

Ken Block Accelerates Quickly (Again)

Stunt Driver Ken Block's Gymkhana Four is off to a fast start in its first week. With 5.7 million views, it's the second most-viewed video of the past week, behind only Lady Gaga's new video for "Yoü & I," which has been seen 9.5 million times.



As the title implies, this is the fourth in a series for Block and DC shoes. Last September's Gymkhana Three was seen 23 million times by the year's end and was one of 2011's ten most-viewed videos. That clip drew 7.4 million views the first week it was posted, so Gymkhana Four is not far off pace. Gymkhana Two, which has 28 million views at present, drew 2 million views its first week.



Here's a chart that shows the big peak in views Block's new video hit on Wednesday:







Much like its predecessors, Gymkhana Four also has a big international following with heavy popularity in Europe and other parts of the world. The clip is down from its peak, but still averages hundreds of thousands of views per day.