Video: FIFA 12 celebrations

There are tons of celebrations in FIFA 12, from double backflips to the Peter Crouch robot dance.
We show you how to pull them off in this video and complete list.

FIFA 12 celebrations list
This is for the Xbox 360 version of the game. For PS3 owners, you can replace A with X, B with Circle, X with Square, Y with Triangle, LB with L1, LT with L2, RB with R1 and RT with R2.
RS is still the right stick and LS is the left stick, for both Xbox 360 and PS3.
Running celebrations

• One arm raised – hold B
• Thumb suck – hold X
• Ear twist – hold Y
• Finger point – tap B then hold it
• Arms out – tap X then hold it
• Wrist flick – tap Y then hold it
• Aeroplane – click in RS and hold it
• Point to sky – hold RS up
• Shhhh – hold RS right
• Telephone – hold RS down
• Listening – hold RS left (Leet’s favourite)
• Fist pump – flick RS right then hold RS left
• Come on – flick RS left then hold RS right
• Blow kisses – flick RS down then hold RS up
• Double arm swings – flick RS up then hold RS down
• Flying – flick RS right then hold RS right
• Hand on head  – flick RS left then hold RS left
• Heart – flick RS down then hold RS down
• Point arms up – flick RS up then hold RS up
• Windmill – spin RS clockwise

Ending celebrations

• Player’s individual celebration – press A
• Knee slide and fist pump – hold LT and press B
• Jump punch and fist pump – hold LB and press X
• Big fist pump – hold LB and  press Y
• Shoulder dust-off – hold LB and double-tap B
• Bottom dance – hold LB and double tap X
• Point at crowd – hold LB and double-tap Y
• Stand and point up at sky – hold LB and hold RS up
• Standing archer – hold LB and hold RS right
• Knee slide to back fall – hold LB and hold RS down
• Boxing punches and dodge – hold LB and hold RS left
• Chest slide – hold LB, flick RS down then up
• Bow to crowd – hold LB, flick RS up then down
• Shake head – hold LB, flick RS left then right
• Arm sweep – hold LB, flick RS right then left
• Backflip (players with Acrobat trait) – hold LB, flick RS up then up again
• Double backflip (players with Acrobat trait) – hold LB then spin RS counter-clockwise
• Handstand (players with Acrobat trait) – hold LT then spin RS clockwise
• Front flip (players with Acrobat trait) – hold LT, flick RS up then up again
• Cartwheel and flip (players with Acrobat trait) – hold LT and spin RS clockwise
• Twist flip (players with Acrobat trait) – hold LT and spin RS counter-clockwise
• Fist pump while kneeling – hold LB, flick RS right then right again
• Point to sky while kneeling – hold LB, flick RS down then down again
• Uppercut punch jump – hold LB and press RS in
• Shoe shine – hold LT and press B
• Violin – hold LT and press X
• Spanish archer – hold LT and press Y
• Knee slide and spin – hold LT and double-tap B
• Hands on ears – hold LT and double-tap X
• Heel taps – hold LT and double-tap Y (this is overused online)
• Knee slide with arms out – hold LT and hold RS up
• Listen – hold LT and hold RS right (Leet’s favourite)
• Side slide – hold LT and hold RS down
• Brick fall – hold LT and hold RS left
• Fall to knees and hold face – hold LT, flick RS down then up
• Slide on knees – hold LT, flick RS up then down
• Samba dance – hold LT, flick RS left then right
• Who –  hold LT, flick RS right then left
• Slide on knees then sit – hold LT, flick RS down then down again
• Bird walking – hold LT, flick RS left then left again
• The Peter Crouch robot dance – hold LT and press in RS

Thanks to gameking

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