Ferdie Adoboe

Who is Ferdie Adoboe?

Ferdie Ato Adoboe has been recorded as the fastest man alive in both sprinting backwards and speed juggling.

Often called the "Father of Speed Juggling," Adoboe lobbied Guinness World Records to establish a world record for speed juggling and then on January 22, 1999, he set the first record at the Ft Lowell Shootout in Tucson, AZ., by recording 136 touches in 30 seconds and 262 in 60-seconds.

Adoboe, a native of Ghana, holds four world's records demonstrating his speed including running the 100-yard dash backwards in 12.7 seconds when he was 19 years-old in 1983. and speed juggling a soccer ball 141 times in 30 seconds on The Today Show on Aug. 27, 2003.

Adoboe has coached thousands of soccer players through his Soccer-Magic Skills Training Program & Academy, based in Amherst, Massachusetts. In addition to his own camps and programs, Adoboe has served as a soccer and track and field coach at schools including Mt. Holyoke College, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and South Hadley High School, and in the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program.