Call them what you want: pro freestylers, social media mavens, influencers. You can't put Caitlyn Schrepfer or Lizzy Calderon in a box. They've been our Urban Pitch resident pros (but more importantly our friends) for a while now, so it was only right to get Cait and Lizzy on the Urban Pitch Podcast for another friends of the show episode!

We discuss their backgrounds in freestyle and how they met (02:13), where the sport of freestyle football is today and why its growth has plateaued after its rapid rise (04:26), balancing between the competitive and commercial sides of freestyle and what makes a "true freestyler" (06:20), preparing for the upcoming Daytona Soccer Fest and the intensity of freestyle competitions (11:50), the commercial side of freestyle and business lessons learned along the way (15:50), giving back to the community and charity work (22:00), the biggest misunderstandings behind the "influencer" label (24:36), and the wildest DMs they've received (31:29), before getting put on the spot for the hot seat round.

This podcast was supported by Bet Online.

Cast

Hosts: Ramsey Abushahla & Gilbert Bita

Producer: Roy Cho

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