Pioneer football freestyler in Singapore Azri Majilan, otherwise known as Azri Trickster, looks to inspire the next generation of footballers through coaching them the basics to football
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Name: Mohammad Azri Bin Majilan
Instagram: @azritrickster
TikTok: @azritrickster
Sport: Football, Freestyle
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Why did you start doing freestyle football?
Azri: I started freestyle football due to a knee injury. That's why I changed my game and I found that freestyle can help me to enjoy the beautiful game.
You do a lot of coaching these days, is that part of your passion? To impart knowledge to the next generation?
Azri: Yes, I come back to coaching right now in order to pass down knowledge to the youth and kids about how to be creative, to be unique and to improve their self-confidence and to have belief in themselves?
Are there any songs that are your favourite for your freestyle routine?
Azri: For freestyle routine I love to listen to b-boy music, you know, the beats. It allows my body to groove and then to juggle the ball and to perform for a freestyle show.
What would be one word to describe your 2023 and why?
Azri: I think 2023 was very "outstanding" for me, because by meeting a lot of kids and their parents whom I have been supporting throughout the year. Seeing kids developing and improving through the training sessions, that's where parents send their kids to me to learn the basics of football.
So now, I transform freestyle into football where I first fell in love with the game. I look forward to helping kids improve their game, their self-confidence. They have to start somewhere, so the secret is there is no secret to becoming a success. They have to keep on working hard, and I am there to help every child.
Freestyle football is often defined as art and sport combined together, how much of art and creativity do you think is needed in an individual to do freestyle football and become good at it?
Azri: It is definitely a mixture of both. That is where you learn to move with the ball to the beats - a lot of crazy thinking, mindset development, to perform in front of 2,000 - 3,000 people. But at the same time you have to stay focused, so you have to be confident to showcase the freestyle move.
With my experience of over 10 years of freestyle footballing, I guess I am a pioneer freestyler in Singapore. I use that as a motivation to impart confidence to the kids I coach, so they can go out there and perform positively.
