Juggling hones the players ability to master the movement of the ball, using all legal surfaces of the body. Ball control is a critical foundational skill which allows for tactical player development (decision making).   The videos will give you many great examples to work towards.

Juggling Guidance Beginning Level

• Pick the appropriate drills for your current ability level

• Master simpler ball manipulations BEFORE advancing to more difficult ones.

• Keep track of your best performance for future reference

  • You should always seek to advance on the previous best performance

• Consistency of repetition is key to improvement

  • If you practice every day, you will improve quicker than if you skip days

Juggling Guidance Intermediate - Advanced

• Consistency of repetition is key to improvement

  • If you practice every day, you will improve quicker than if you skip days

• Keep track of your record

  • There is always a number to beat!

• Make sure to use both feet and both thighs

• Challenge yourself with different touch progressions.

Juggling Progressions

• Ball in hand, drop to foot, touch and catch

  • Use both feet, and both thighs

• Ball in hand, touch two surface areas and then catch

  • Hands, right foot, right thigh, catch

  • Be creative

• Ball in hand, touch, ball bounce, touch, continue until two bounces, then restart

  • Be creative in progressions

• Free Juggle one bounce

  • Keep track of your record

• One bounce with progression, keeping track of record

  • Right foot, bounce, right foot bounce etc

  • Right foot bounce, left foot bounce, etc

  • BE CREATIVE

• Juggle, no bounce

  • Right foot, right foot etc

  • Right foot, left foot, etc

  • BE CREATIVE

    • The progressions are endless

    • Make the ball do what you want it to do!.

• Juggling while walking

• Juggling while jogging

• Juggling while running

• High touch juggling

  • Keep the touches over your head

    • Alternate high touch with low touch

• High touch juggling, half volley traps

  • Juggle, high touch, half volley trap ball into space, using inside and outside of feet

  • Add movement into juggling, end with traps taking the ball into space

    • Vary distance and height of high ball to make the trap more challenging

JUGGLING PLAYLISTS

TRAINING COMPONENTS

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