Just for Kicks (TV series)

Just for Kicks
The main characters (clockwise from left to right), Vida, Freddie, Alexa and Lauren.
Created by	Alana Sanko
Written by	Bernie Ancheta Matt Dearborn Dawn DeKeyser Steve Leff Sean McNamara Jim Patterson Alana Sanko Hilary Winston
Directed by	David Brookwell KC Lynn De Stefano Gregory Hobson Paul Hoen Sean McNamara
Starring	Francesca Catalano Mallory Low Katija Pevec Jessica Williams Jerad Anderson
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Matt Dearborn Whoopi Goldberg Tom Leonardis David Brookwell Sean McNamara
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Brookwell McNamara Productions Lil' Whoop Productions, Inc. Nickelodeon Productions
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Original release	April 9 (2006-04-09) – August 13, 2006 (2006-08-13)

Just for Kicks is an American comedy-drama series that aired on the Nickelodeon television network as a part of the channel's TEENick television lineup. The series is about a group of girls on a soccer team set in New York City.

This series is first titled Head to Toe, and then The Power Strikers, but its title was finally changed in 2005 to Just for Kicks. Just for Kicks premiered in January 2006 on Nickelodeon UK, and in April 2006 on Nickelodeon in the United States. The series is produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment.

Cast

Main cast

• Francesca Catalano as Alexa D'Amico
• Mallory Low as Winifred "Freddie" Costello
• Katija Pevec as Lauren Zelmer
• Jessica Williams as Vida Atwood
• Jerad Anderson as Chris D'Amico

Recurring cast

• Craig Robert Young as Coach Leslie Moore
• Jessica Sara as Marni Nelson
• Rinabeth Apostol as Dana Battle
• Shelley Buckner as Courtney
• Shani Pride as Elise Atwood
• Kadeem Hardison as Charles Atwood
• Amy Hill as Lucy Costello
• Leon Thomas III as Ty Atwood

Characters

• Alexa D'Amico (Francesca Catalano) – She is a typical popular high school girl. She was a former cheerleader and she is fond of boys. She has an older brother, Chris. Towards the end of the series, her father gets laid off of his job, which causes some stress for her. Since Alexa started being a soccer player and she had to stop cheerleading her old, popular friends don't understand why she would rather run around on a muddy field than go shopping. She lives in Brooklyn.
• Winifred "Freddie" Costello (Mallory Low) – She is a tough girl in high school who is not good friends with Alexa because she and her friends are snobs to Freddie at their private school. Her father is always with the military, and she lives with her grandmother. She is also known for having severe cases of "bacne", or acne on her back. Freddie lives in Manhattan on the Upper East Side.
• Lauren Zelmer (Katija Pevec) – Lauren is a shy, timid serious girl who is a good athlete. She is a typical schoolgirl who plays the violin and is on the soccer team, among other activities. Lauren is very intelligent, and is very busy with extra curricular activities, which causes her much stress. She has a big crush on Alexa's older brother Chris, and at the end of the season they start to date, much to Alexa's disbelief. Her overprotective mother works at a local private school, in which Lauren attends. Lauren lives in Harlem, Manhattan.
• Vida Atwood (Jessica Williams) – Vida is a sporty athletic serious girl, who has a lot in common with her soccer mate Lauren Zelmer. She has been playing soccer the longest, and is sort of the unofficial best at the game. She lives at home with her younger brother, older sister, and parents. Vida is self-conscious of her towering height, and it is known that she once beat up a boy back in first or second grade. She lives in Queens.

Episodes

External links

• Just for Kicks at the Internet Movie Database
• Just for Kicks at TV.com