Katelyn Penner isn’t your average
12-year-old.
When she was 10 years
old, she set a personal juggling record of 5,000 touches without the
soccer ball hitting the ground, which took her about 50 minutes, according to
KPTV.
When the soccer
lover, from Beaverton, Ore., got bored of that, she started to take part
in YouTube skill challenges posted by Yael Averbuch, a player on the
U.S. women’s national soccer team.
In a video that her
dad posted earlier this week, Katelyn juggles a soccer ball around the
Portland metro area, KGW reported.
“(Juggling) is just
fun and it helps you take your mind off other things,” Katelyn told the outlet.
She didn’t stop
juggling the soccer ball as she went through the Dairy Queen drive-thru line or
as she played a game of hopscotch.
Katelyn, who hopes to
one day be a on the U.S. national soccer team was inspired by Tobin Heath — a
soccer player on the Portland Thorns – who made her own”walkabout”
video in 2008.
Basically, Katelyn’s
unstoppable and we can’t wait to see what new tricks she has up her sleeve
next.
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