in this video were talking about how to juggle a soccer ball I wanted to do a
really good tutorial and this is for beginners but also if you're an advanced
player I got a couple of tips that are really gonna help you and some other
things that you can try to improve your ball control and just continually
keep progressing and keep challenging your self ok so before we get into it I
wanna say it doesn't matter how many times you can juggle a soccer ball if you
can't be effective in the game so yes there are tons of people out there
teaching you how to juggle a soccer ball and and how to do crazy soccer juggling tricks but really that
stuff doesn't matter honestly I know tons of players who can do tons of crazy
soccer juggling tricks but when they get on the field they can't do anything they're not
effective ok so saying that I still think soccer juggling is very important
why because it's going to improve your ball control its gonna give you more
confidence on the ball and it's going to allow you to manipulate the ball in other ways
and if you can add all these other things that I talked about on my channel
then yes
soccer juggling is important and juggling will make you a
better player with more skill and more confidence
ok so first of all for beginners and advanced players I want your
goal to be to get to 500 juggles left right left right left right ok when you can
get to 500 successful juggles and then you can move into more advanced stuff
okay but to start for the beginner and if you think you're a beginner but you
can get to 500 juggles then obviously you're not there if you can get to a
hundred you can get to 500 is just above focus somewhere along the line you lose
your focus ok but let's take a closer look at this basic juggling technique and how to juggle a soccer ball
take a look at my juggling again I think it's very important that you're always trying
from the very beginning right left right left right left get that
Weak foot in there whether it's your right or left from is most players and the first
like five years of their life just juggling with their strong foot and
then they try to use their left and they can't handle it ok if in the beginning
you can only do right at least try maybe you have a couple on your right and then
on your left ok but get that weak foot in there okay but let's get basic
and break it down because what you want to do is create back spin on the
ball so it comes towards you if you don't have a backspin its gonna go out
here or if you have a side spin gonna go out here is to an order to create that
spin on the ball see that spin on the ball back spin on the ball I'm hitting
the ball with curled toes like this curled toes on the bottom of the ball cup the
ball with curled toes like here and what that does is it creates back spin on the ball
yes I'm trying to get that back spin every time and just watch your ball
does it have back spin?
does it have backspin and you want to get into a nice rhythm so a lot of us
out there we're hitting it and then reacting you got to anticipate where the
ball is going to be I know it's going to come to my left to my right and doom
doom doom doom left right left right left right
nice rhythm ok so don't react anticipate where it's going to go be right
and left
good juggling remember curled toes back spin on the ball especially on the
weaker foot it's gonna feel awkward so curl those toes hard to get back spin on the ball
back and then that's another important point sometimes I'm gonna have a bad
touch sometimes my touch isn't going to be the best if it goes over here I'm not
going to give up on it and grab it and come back again
wherever the ball goes react to it get there quick get there and try to get it under
control
give up on it that's what I'm trying to say do not give up on it wherever it
goes
get there quick and react but I really want to break down here so to start a
real beginner and you want to get that back spin all you might want to do is
start with the kicking a catch can pick and catch then drop it to your foot kick and
catch do this a hundred times getting back spin every time trying
to get that nice natural kick this is how to juggle a soccer ball with
nice natural kicking motion I'm not like this
kick kick kick do that 100 times with your right and 100 times with your left with back spin everytime
if that's easy enough then you can move to right left catch left
right catch right left catch left right catch getting a good rhythm with
that back spin every time and keep getting these touches the more
touches you get on the ball the better look at my upper body I'm just relaxed I'm
not tense I'm not flexed im just nice and relaxed some kids are like this it's not
relax just be nice and relaxed kick the ball and if the ball it's not getting
off your foot if it's just dying down here you're not hitting hard enough
hit the ball harder firstly I think you want the ball about knee height with your juggles but
if it's not coming high you're not kicking hard enough especially if it's like this
you're not hitting it hard enough Lock your ankle more and hit harder
try to get back spin on the ball ok if the ball is going to high I need to
soften up that touch be nice and delicate Remember this is basic juggling technique
and this is what I want you left right left left right left right left right
left right
switching feet every time backspin on the ball nice relaxed upper-body curled
toes and bent knees hitting the ball
anticipate where the ball is going to go and don't react and if the ball does go
somewhere crazy you just get there get there quick do not give up on it and try
to keep it up use different parts of your body if you have to keep that ball
up do not give up on it this is how to juggle a soccer ball
when you start this is what I want you to do to get to five hundred consecutive
juggles
so once we get those five hundred consecutive doubles what do you do next?
you keep challenging yourself I think it's very important and even if you are
still working to get 500 you can do these types of drills to improve your
ball control but I want you to become comfortable using different parts of
your feet most players will just do this for the first ten years of their
development if you can learn to use different parts of the foot a little hacky
sack style it is going to develop good touch with different parts of the body
here were focusing on a little more directional control sometimes here
sometimes here im always switching it up and again wherever the ball goes just
get there and try your best and you'll become comfortable with the basic
soccer juggling left right with curled toes back spin then you can move into that
stuff using inside using outside thighs head whatever it is it also you can do
mini touches so we used to have a coach and he made us do this all the time we all
thought it was ridiculous but it's fantastic for your touch develops great
delicate touch especially weak foot whatever that may be for you I don't have a
weak foot I have two strong feat because I've always used both feet from the very
beginning and let's talk about that a bit improving your weaker foot juggling
fantastic for that even if you're starting with those basic just getting
contact with backspin ok that's really going to improve that weaker foot
eventually you'll have to strong feet whenever the ball
comes to you right left you control and shoot right left no problem because
you've done it with both feet from the very beginning
ok so like I said advanced to the little touches and you can also do high touches
these are a lot tougher above head hight and control
and if you have a bad touch you don't get frustrated and just analyze you come
back and you try again
ok so let's talk about that before I leave and that is your mentality a lot
of players will be trying these things and they can't do it they get frustrated
the blast the ball away and they get upset with themselves the start being really
negative
you don't want to do that what you want to do instead of getting frustrated and
just analyze what's going wrong
ok so if I'm trying to juggle and for some reason I'm always goes over here I
can get upset with myself be pissed off again blast the ball there I
can swear I can say this is stupid but that's not gonna make me better instead
I can analyze ok I'm always hitting the ball too much on this side that's why
it's always going there so instead I'm gonna
correct it and I'm gonna try to come on this side of the ball and see what happens
ok so instead of getting frustrated just take a deep breath analyze what you're
doing wrong and then improve and change what you're doing keep working keep working keep
practicing and I guarantee you're going to improve alright like I said in the
beginning your goal is to get to 500 basic juggles which is left right left
right once you've done that you can advance to the more challenging skills
to continually improve your ball control now what I want you to do is comment below and
i wanna say my record is this and I'm gonna get to 500 in this many days or in
this many weeks I guarantee if you approached you're juggling with that
positive mindset ok if I make a mistake I'm just gonna fix it I'm just going to
analyze it rather than get frustrated and I'm gonna practice practice and practice
and use the tips in this video you will improve faster with your juggling than
you ever have in the past ok all comes down a positive mindset if you make a
mistake and you get pissed off yourself you're not going to get any better if
you make a mistake it's okay to be pissed off in the moment but right after
that take a deep breath and look at what you did wrong
do not make the same mistakes twice do not make the same mistakes again and
again and again which is what most players do and I'm not talking just
about juggling i'm talking
every area of your game try not to make the same mistakes twice every time you
make a mistake
use that mistake as valuable information to make you a better player I guarantee
if you do that you'll become better please like and comment below like I
said please share this video on social media if it helps you and you want to help
other players and thank you for watching this video on how to juggle a soccer
ball