 In this video we're 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 tips that are really going to help you and some other things that want you to try to Improve your ball control and just continually keep progressing and keep challenging yourself. Okay, so before we get into it I want to say it doesn't matter how many times you can juggle the ball if you can't be effective in the game So yes, there are tons of people out there teaching you how to juggle and how to do crazy juggling tricks But really that stuff doesn't matter honestly I know tons of players who can do tons of crazy juggling tricks, but when they get on the field They can't do anything. They're not effective. Okay, so saying that I still think juggling is very important Why because it's going to improve your ball control. It's going to give you more confidence on the ball 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 juggling is important Juggling is effective and juggling will make you a better player with more skill and more confidence. Okay, so First of all for beginners and for advanced players your goal I want your goal to be to get to 500 juggles left right left right left right, okay? When you can get to 500 successful juggles 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't get to 500 juggles, then obviously you're not there If you can get to 100 you can get to 500. It's just about focus somewhere along the line. You lose your focus Okay, but let's take a closer look at this basic juggling technique 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 Build that confidence in your week of foot whether it's your right or your left Problem is most players spend 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 Okay, if in the beginning You can't do right left at least try maybe you have a couple on your right and then one on your left Okay, but get that weak foot in there. Okay, but let's talk basic Let's really break it down because what you want to do is create backspin on the ball So it comes towards you. Okay, if you don't have backspin, it's gonna go out here or if you have a side spin It's gonna go out here. Okay, so in order to create backspin on the ball. See that spin on the ball Backspin on the ball. I'm hitting the ball with curled toes like this curled toes on The bottom of the ball like cupping the ball almost like here. Boom Okay, and what that does is creates backspin on the ball Okay, so I'm trying to get that backspin every time and just watch your ball Does it have backspin? Does it have backspin? Does it have backspin? Can you want to get into that nice rhythm? So a lot of us out there? We're hitting it and then we're reacting you got to anticipate where the ball is going to be I know it's gonna come to my left to my right. Okay, and it's Doom Doom Doom Doom left right left right nice rhythm. Okay, so don't react to the ball Anticipate where it's going to go right left good juggling remember curled toes creating backspin on the ball Especially on your weaker foot. It's gonna feel awkward Okay, but curl those toes That backspin on the ball. Okay, so backspin. Oh, and then that's another important point Sometimes I'm gonna have a bad touch. Sometimes my touch isn't gonna be the best if it goes over here I'm not gonna give up on it and grab it and come back again wherever it goes react to it Okay, get there quick get there and try to get it under control. Don't 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 it down here so To start if you're a real beginner and you want to get that backspin all you might want to do is Start with a kick and a catch. Okay, kick and a catch or drop to your foot kick and catch Do this a hundred times Getting backspin every time backspin trying to get that nice natural kick backspin kick with backspin. Okay nice natural flowing kicking leg. I'm not like this Kick kick kick. Okay, so you might want to start like that a hundred with your right a hundred with your left backspin on the ball If that's easy enough, then you can move to right left catch left right catch right left catch left right Catch getting that rhythm getting that backspin on the time every time and just getting these touches Okay, 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. Okay. I'm just nice and relaxed Some kids are like this Okay, just nice and relaxed Kicking the ball if you're hitting the ball and it's not getting off your foot if it's just dying down here You're not hitting it hard enough hit it a bit harder Personally, I think you want about knee height with your juggles But if it's not coming high enough You're not hitting it hard enough especially on your weaker foot if your weaker foot's like this You're not hitting it hard enough lock your ankle more curl your toes more Try to get good backspin on the ball Okay, if the ball is going too high you're hitting it too hard. So soften that touch up a bit nice and delicate All right, but this is basic juggling technique and this is what I want you to do left right left left Right left right left right left right switching feet every time good backspin on the wall nice relax upper body curl toes bent knees good rhythm Good rhythm anticipate where the ball is going to go don't react and If the ball does go somewhere crazy You just get there get there quick do not give up on it. Okay. 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. Okay, but this is normal juggling Basic juggling store. I want you to start. This is what I want you to do until you can get 500 consecutive juggles So once you get those 500 consecutive juggles, what do you do next? How do you keep challenging yourself? Well, 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 foot most players will just do this For the first 10 years of their development. Okay, if you can learn to use different parts of the foot Little hacky sack style. Okay. This is going to develop good touch or different parts of the body thighs head okay, but being a little more Directional with your control. So sometimes here sometimes it's up. Okay, always switching it up And again wherever the ball goes You just adjust and you get to it. Okay, so Once you become comfortable with the basic juggling left right with curled toes Good backspin then you can move into that stuff using the inside using the outside thighs Head shoulder, whatever it is. Okay. Also, you can do mini touches. So I used to have a coach that made us do this and At the time we all thought it was ridiculous But it's fantastic for your touch Develops great delicate touch. Okay, especially both feet, especially your weaker foot, whatever that may be. I Don't have a weak foot. I have two strong feet because I've always used both feet So from the very beginning and let's talk about that a bit improving your weaker foot juggling It's fantastic for that. Even if you're starting with as basic just getting contact getting good backspin. Okay That's where you're gonna improve that weaker foot a lot is juggling with that weaker foot Okay, and eventually you have two strong feet whenever the ball comes to you right left You control it shoot right left. No problem because you've done it all from the very beginning. Okay So like I said advanced stuff, you can do the little touches and You can also do high touches which are a lot tougher. Okay, so like a head height control Oh And if you have a bad touch you don't get frustrated You just analyze you come back and you try again. Okay, 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 So they get frustrated they'll blast the ball away or they get upset with themselves. Let's start being really negative Okay, you don't want to do that what you want to do instead of getting frustrated is just analyze what's going wrong Okay, so if I'm trying to juggle and for some reason the ball always goes over here I can get upset with myself. I can be pissed off. I can blast this ball over there I can swear. I can say this is stupid, but that's not gonna make me any better instead I can analyze. Okay. I'm always hitting the ball too much on this side That's why it's creating that spin. That's why it's always going there. So instead. I'm gonna correct it I'm gonna try to come on this side of the ball and see what happens. Okay, so instead of getting frustrated Just take a deep breath analyze what you're doing wrong and Then improve it and change it keep working keep working keep practicing and I guarantee you're going to improve All right, 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 I want you to comment below and I want you to say my record is this and I'm gonna get to 500 in this many days or this many weeks. I guarantee if you approach your juggling with that positive mindset Okay, 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 just gonna practice and practice and practice And I'm gonna use the tips in this video. You will improve faster with your juggling than you ever have in the past Okay, it all comes down to that positive mindset If you make a mistake and you get pissed off with yourself You're not gonna 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 Again, which is what most players do and I'm not talking just about juggling I'm talking about 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 will become better Please like and comment below like I said Please share this video on social media if it helped you and you want to help other players And thank you for watching this video on how to juggle a soccer ball talk to you soon