How to Juggle a Soccer Ball
In soccer, juggling the ball is a very useful form of practice. It’s a great way to get warmed up before playing, or to improve your touch with the ball. It is also an easy way to get some exercise. You can do it with other people; you can do it on your own. All you really need is a ball. A good juggler makes it look like a form of dancing.
Find somewhere relatively flat that you can stand on such as a driveway, street, park, or yard.
Hold the ball above your preferred foot, left or right.
Drop it onto your foot and try to kick up your foot a little as the ball lands on it, not too much so that the ball goes flying up into the air but just enough so that it rises about a foot then falls again.
Concentrate on keeping your toes slightly higher than your heel, so the ball spins a little towards you. Make sure you have control of the ball.
Catch the ball when it is in the air.
Do this continuously over and over again with each foot.
Try to do it twice in a row. Don't catch the ball, let it fall back to your foot and bounce up again. Try to kick the ball up as many times as you can without letting it touch the ground or your hands.
Put your kicking foot on the ground and take a little hop to move where the ball is once you kick the ball into the air. This helps to get into a rhythm. When you have mastered this technique, you can start to get rid of moving each time you kick the ball, and try it with your head, etc.
Learn to start with the ball at your feet.
Place the ball at your feet. Take your predominant kicking foot, and place it on top of the ball.
Quickly roll your foot down the ball creating a backspin on the ball.
Place your toe underneath the ball, and allow the ball to roll up your foot. Then kick the ball straight up, but keep it pretty low i.e., no higher than your chest.
As the ball comes down, position yourself so you can hit it again with your kicking foot or your other foot.
Just keep going till the ball touches the ground and then start over.
JUGGLE for 5 minutes, 4 days a week. Keep track of the highest number in row each time. E-mail Coach Rich with the highest number in a row at the end of every month. Monthly winners will win a T shirt.
The great Pele, once said, “Practice is everything." Take it to heart.
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