Athletes are loving the Drake ‘In My Feelings' challenge

It's another of 2018's big dance crazes but how long until we see Peter Crouch busting these moves in celebration at some poor unsuspecting corner flag?

2018 has been a year jam-packed with dance trends that have swept into the sports scene and the latest craze to break out has been a two-step rendition to Drake’s song, In My Feelings from his new album Scorpion.

WARNING: This song has a little swear word, which you may hear at the start of these videos.

The #InMyFeelingsChallenge, as it’s known on social media, has caught the attention of athletes across the globe after it originated when American online comic Shiggy posted a video of himself dancing to the track on his Instagram page, external.

Since then people all over the world have been posting their efforts, often opting to step out of the car to make Gareth Bale-style hand-hearts, skip from side-to-side and generally bust moves. The optional extra of using a moving car to give your Insta post a nice tracking shot can result in some unintended (or intended) hilarity., external Where's the risk assessment, pal?

New York Giants wide receiver and all-around dancing machine Odell Beckham Jr was one of the first sports stars to ride the wave:

OBJ’s fellow NFL star Russell Wilson teamed up with his wife Ciara for their effort on top of a mountain in Cape Town.

The Seattle Seahawks quarterback couldn’t keep up with Ciara’s relentless pace though. Poor from him, needs a good pre-season.

It wasn’t long until the #InMyFeelingsChallenge made it to Europe and Bayern Munich’s Jerome Boateng took a break from his gym session last week to dance the night away.

Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi has arguably been the best footballer to do the dance so far, and he set the benchmark pretty high in his full LA Lakers kit.

There’s no doubting Batshuayi’s swagger - he's fast-becoming our favourite ever footballer with less than 10 Premier League goals - but he has some way to go to match Will Smith - who climbed to the top of a bridge in Budapest, external just to do the dance (not recommended).

It’s only a matter of time before we see more sports stars joining in with the the hype - James Milner, anyone? - but the In My Feelings challenge is just one of many crazes to make it from the dancefloor to the pitch in 2018.

Tottenham’s Dele Alli showed how much of a fan he was of The Backpack Kid, external's 'Floss' when he reenacted the 16-year-old’s dance moves earlier this year.

Dele flossed on his 22nd birthday in Spurs changing rooms and he later showed it off when he scored against Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-finals.

25-year-old Moto GP racer Marc Marquez also did the dance at this year’s Spanish Grand Prix when he crossed the finish line.

“All the kids are doing this and I’m a kid,” Marquez said. Strong justification.

After scoring England’s third goal against Panama at this summer's World Cup, Jesse Lingard saw that the biggest stage in world football was the perfect opportunity to show off some of his off-the-ball skills.

He went on to do the Shoot dance, which saw him hopping on one leg and waving his arms back and fourth like a pro.

The dance originated from American rapper BlocBoy JB’s Shoot music video, hence the name, and it won the Kids' Choice Award for favourite dance trend in 2018.

There’ve been a few footballers who’ve done the famous ‘Take The L’ dance from the videogame Fortnite, but none do it as frequently as Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann does.

The 27-year-old even did the dance after he scored a penalty for France in the World Cup final, meaning that the ‘Take The L’ craze has officially been etched into the history books.

You could have expected something cool when Paul Pogba lifted the World Cup trophy, and on top of everyone’s list would have been for him to do the dab.

The dab has somewhat slipped out of the public eye as the trend died out over time, especially given that it originated in late 2015, but Pogba brought it back to life when he threw down with the most prestigious trophy in world football.

Pogba, along with Benjamin Mendy, also did the dance move with French president Emmanuel Macron later that evening so we can now say the dab has gone from music to sport, and into politics.

Imagine, if England had gone all the way and Lingard had got Theresa May doing the Shoot dance. That would have been peak 2018.

And to think, we’re only half way through the year. Who knows what other dance crazes we’ll be witnessing once the new football season starts in August.

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