Quick thinking referee does the splits to avoid interfering with the ball

Poke Staff. Updated April 26th, 2017

In a bid to not interfere with play in a youth football game, the ref does the splits when the ball heads towards him. It seems like the kind of move he’d mastered some time ago in case of a situation like this.

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— Iowa Rush Soccer (@IowaRush) April 24, 2017

He possibly took some inspiration from Jean-Claude Van Damme.

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