My daughter really likes to juggle, just as long as it is with me or one of her teammates.I now fully understand the depth of character of Mr. Miyagi in my attempts to get my kid to juggle more.
It is a prolonged wax on, wax off situation.
Except we haven't arrived at the end of the movie part yet.
Juggling is great. There are many ways to make it more interesting/challenging as you get better.
Is juggling "over-rated" when it comes to actually playing the game? Early on my DD had a teammate that could juggle probably 600-1000 touches before messing up. Was really not a good player but boy could she juggle. Six years later and she can still juggle like a pro but rarely sees the pitch even on the lowest level team. Am I wrong to think that if my DD can juggle proficiently to say 100 reps or so with maybe attempting a couple "around the worlds" along the way that the juggling criteria is achieved?
Thanks. That's a great explanation and very insightful. You won't mind if we steal your driveway training idea? Appreciate your response Tango!Juggling is NOT overrated but is not a magic bullet to making you a star soccer player. If you are juggling 600-1000 times before messing up then you are not challenging yourself properly. There are different levels of difficulty in juggling exercises and standing there only using your right/dominant foot is the lowest (but important to master) level. Alternating feet, alternating body parts and like others have mentioned walking or moving through an obstacle course can raise the level of difficulty. What my daughter and I will do out in the driveway is do clock juggling together. One person starts and passes the ball in the air with one touch to the other person - then the other person must take two touches with the last touch a pass back to the person who started - they then must take three touches in the air with the last touch a pass back to the other person - this goes on until you reach twelve and then you work your way back down to one again - and you repeat this process until someone messes up. If we start to do too well then we make either the first touch or last touch come with our weaker foot. Believe me this is difficult. There will be no thousand touches in a row. And I see a huge correlation between the juggling practice and controlled touches with balls that are in the air during games. Huge correlation.
Juggling is NOT overrated ... What my daughter and I will do out in the driveway is do clock juggling together. ...
definitely!Anyone use a tennis ball?
My kid couldn't juggle for crap at 13 years old (more than 20 or so). The coach made it a point to do challenges for them to work at home with certain "consequences". Within a year and a half, the juggle record is now up over 300.
Any kid that does it every day for 10-20 minutes will able able to get to this point within a year. But looking at all the players, not sure how much this directly translates to play on the field.