Can you become a GREAT footballer if you can’t juggle the ball 100 times?
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Name: Matt Sheldon
Age: 32
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 170 lbs
Nationality: USA
Job: Professional Soccer Player
Current Team: Detroit City FC
Current League: USL Championship (USA 2nd Tier)
Last Team: Hartford Athletic
Previous Teams: Charleston Battery, FC Tulsa, Tulsa Roughnecks, Waterside Karori FC, Saint Louis FC, Orange County Blues, SG Kinzenbach
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Being able to do kick ups/juggle shows that a player has truly taken the time to develop a relationship with the ball. It’s that simple ⚽️❤
Facts! It’s very hard to become a great player if you don’t have a good relationship with the ball 💯 (I came from your insta)
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I totally agree with you, it just like football is your friend from Japanese comic book
Not really. The main use of juggling a ball to show ball mastery is at younger ages, say under 6s-under 10s. I can punt a ball as high as I can in the air and my son (7) can bring it under control before it bounces, and transition that smoothly into a dribble or shot. Despite being one of the slowest players in his team, in his games he wins nearly all 1-1s, frequently winning 1v2s and 1v3s. He can only juggle about 10 times at his best. There's another kid in his team who can juggle up to 50 times. I stat their games as I help coach and this kid messes up quite a lot of his traps, gets tackled about 90% of the time and cannot control bouncing balls. Learning to juggle hasn't improved his ball control in any tangible way on the field, if he had spent that time doing actual ball mastery practice he'd probably be a lot better, and in a few years he'd naturally be able to do those 50 juggles. What's even weirder is that he and my son often play football tennis together, and he always loses heavily, because his juggling relies on him being able to remove all spin and hit the ball to the exact same spot every time, whilst in games that rarely happens.
Bro in my experience, juggling is one of the most effective ways to improve the kinetic sense to deliver the ball to the partner in one touch where I want to deliver. In that sense, I agree 100% of your opinion😊
No it's not 😂
Most I've ever done is 50 and that was on a great day. On average most I can do is 15, but I still have found great control and dribbling without doing it for practice. It's more so the idea of doing it when the ball is just there, without the need to do to much
@@Seballer22you improve the more u okay with ur dribbling control and excetra
There is another quote, my coach attributed to Cruyff, about juggling, "being able to juggle the ball 100 times won't make you a professional player, but all professional players can juggle the ball 100 times."
I don't think all can do it. And they're doing fine
@TheOutlierToday they can all do it because they are at such a level of ball control they can do it
@@TheOutlierToday they can do it. they just can't be bothered to count to 100 lol
@@mejazo you're probably right
My ball control improved immensely when my juggling number increased. So based on my personal experience, juggling is an essential part of the game.
Juggling already helps a ton but what really helped me control the ball better is learning a couple around the world variations. I always played at almost the lowest level possible and I learned a lot of these skills in a week of intense practice on a boring family holiday so it's not necessarily impossible for bang average players to learn them at all and improve as a result imo.
An Professional will always be able to do 100 Kick-ups, but someone who can do 100 Kick-Ups don't always can be an Professional.
Juggling is fun. I don't see how you even love the game enough if you don't have enough fun juggling to get good at it.
So true
@@SoccerinMNfacts
Wall passing > juggling
All you really need is a great first, second, and maybe third touch. Wall passing will develop these skills more naturally and at a game like pace
Definitely doesn't mean you should ignore juggling though. Especially for someone who can't find a convenient wall (like me), practicing juggling with different parts of your foot and also trying to do uncomfortable things will still improve your ball control
@zebra7578 idk. You shouldn't ignore juggling completely, but if you can find a wall, it's still the way to go. You can practice taking the ball out for the air, juggle and then pass it back of the wall. I think this beats juggling 100 straight times. Also, I dont know where you live, but I'm sure there is a Local park, gym, tennis court, something that you can kick a ball against
@@brianaltegeir146 You seem to be way too ignorant to understand. Juggling helps you develop neurological pathways that kicking a ball to a wall like a 5 year old just will never have. It's the absolute opposite. Kicking a ball to the wall seems good but its not as helpful by light years to the level of improvement: neurological, physiological, response time, reflexes, control and intuition of the ball, that juggling helps develop because of the many layers of skills one gains simultaneously.
@@louishernandez2684 sounds like you need to wall pass more
@@brianaltegeir146Combining wall passes with juggling is the best, wall juggling helps a lot
Recently become obsessed with mastering juggling, like being able to just wake up and juggle with my weak foot a 1000 times. Football is way easier when you have good ball control, and in my opinion juggling is one of the best ways to develop that
I dont know why, but im finding it hard to have fun starting out learning to juggle. Like, i dont find it fun juggling the ball 5 times and losing it and having to go get it back and flick it up just to juggle 5 times again. I can see how ut might be fun when you can juggle 10-15+ but im finding it difficult getting over the hump.
@@idk-dz3fofocus on the quality of your first juggle, not getting to a high amount. Hold with your hand, let it drop, and kick it back up to your hand, catch. Repeat, but try to control exactly how it gets back to your hand, so you don’t have to reach out for it. Backspin helps. Then go for 2 perfect. Then 3. This allows you to make small mistakes but not run to get it and to get a good base juggle you can return to if it starts to get out of control. If you can get 5 perfect then it’s all about concentration.
I managed to do 50 + keepy ups the other day I am 52 years old and still practice. Its good for balance and general fitness I hope. I plan to be able to do it when I am 70 or so.
I’m 46 and I go for at least my age worth of juggles. I figure that as we slow down, we need to get better at our touches and feints, right? 🙂
@@chrisgarty Yep, right.
I'm less than half your age and I struggle with stamina and ball control, hence why I straight up decided towards soccer coaching (aside from my engineering degree, I guess 😅)
You motivated me to practice ball control. Thanks a lot. I will try to practice as long I can and able to get chance to do so.
Awesome I just turned 41 and did 105 for the first one in my life lol feels good 👌🏾🔥🔥🔥
@@MokaBeats664just get some alone time with the ball bro 1 to 2 hrs a session and you’ll be fine lol it’s all muscle memory at the end of the day
I don't think you need to be able to do it 100 times but it really is the basis of football and the easiest and cheapest skill to practice. As cheesy as it sounds you get to know the ball and your body, how the slightest misplaced touch can cause a huge change in the direction of the ball. This then transitions into passing, shooting drilling, first touch etc....
So all in all, a vital skill
I was always a great player due to size and speed growing up. My touch was good too. But one winter, me and buddy started wall balling and juggling and our skills shot up drastically. I mean even in just a 3 month window our technique skyrocketed and we both became much more complete players. Now, as I near my 40th birthday, one of my favorite hobbies is juggling a soccer ball. Its meditative, therapeutic, and fitness rolled into 1 activity.
Don’t let people discourage u! Most of the time u r good at what u practice! Go out there practice what’s actually important and u’ll be the best version of yourself! Passing/shooting/awerness/drirectional touches ect! Kick ups is just for show
0:20 a great quote from the true goat
“Anyone can do that by practicing and then go and work at a circus”- Johan Cruyff
welp then looks like its time to retire
As Cryuff said, go join the circus, to a certain number but I know kids that can juggle 2,000 times and can’t pass with pace or accurately
Every top player can juggle without even trying...
Alan shearer
@@angelretributionwhat about him?
@@mohamedown3208famously couldn't juggle
I've found that juggling helps you develop accuracy with instep shooting and passing. The fine muscle control you develop hitting the ball over and over again straight up will allow you to pass and shoot the ball with the foot instep with that same level of accuracy.
Leme save u all 6 mins, YOU CAN'T
That does not capture the nuance of the 6 minutes. What is it with people online always trying to dumb down already short videos and discourage people from watching them? If your attention span sucks that bad, don't try to make it everyone else's problem.
Agree man when i was beginner i cant juggle so i dosent have confident to play and i feel like theres something i cant do and that is juggling so i decided to practice it gave it some time and after few months i can now juggle so i have the confident and i still practice my dribbling passing and shooting skills my record on juggling is only 47 but atleast i can now juggle i also watch your juggling tutorial you posted years ago but its helpful and i will keep improving my juggling and overall football skills like my dribbling and passing and shooting skills etc..😊
We Always Done Kick Ups Around The Entire Pitch Three Times. If you drop the ball you go back to the corner flag.
Doing this you will do around 1000 kick ups.
It's easy, almost like walking once you get into your stride, you have full control.
I think juggling teaches you how the ball reacts to different parts of your foot which will make it more easier for u to learn how to recieve passes.
Steph Curry don’t know how to spin a basketball on his finger tip😂
Completely different
Not the same thing
It is
I attribute fully my ability to control the ball first touch in almost any situation AND set up my next move with that same or the second touch to the fact that when I was a kid I used to spend hours doing kick ups (it’s what we call juggling in the UK) in our back yard. Another little trick for your control that I used to do is, if you have a dog just try and keep ball off it. The dog will go mad chasing the ball and you just have to keep it away from them. As a winger i also used to try and get past the dog like you would a full back which also helps your sprint speed over first few yards. I digress. I didn’t really think about this stuff as training because I was a kid but it’s two things I tell every young player to do. In fact I’m 40 yo now and I still do this stuff in our back garden. But yeah, “juggling” is key. Doesn’t have to be flashy, just keep the ball in the air and under control.
Bro in my experience, juggling is one of the most effective way to improve the kinetic
Juggling in my opinion is extremely important for any footballer…and it’s not about the fancy tricks but about the personal relationship you need to develop with the ball and the relationship that pretty much any great footballer has developed very early in their career…the bad news is it’s not that easy the start juggling but the good news is proper practice make perfect! GL future pro ballers! 👌🏾…side note: it’s one helluva cardio workout and I’m 41 yrs old…I also juggle the ball 105 times for the fist time couple months ago…feels good I’ll get to round the world next lol feel great!
Needed to hear this! Thanks for humbling me. I've made good progress, but I've got a lot of work to do before I'm at the level I want to be at.
I watched your game against Tulsa, unlucky loss, after you even signed my hat and i pointed out i am a subscriber
Juggling isn't part of the game but if you can't juggle the ball 100 times there's probably a chance that you don't have enough control and technique to execute a perfect pass. That's how I see it
I saw you play last Saturday. Tough game but we played so well. I’ll see you this Saturday. Great video great player🙏🏻
You HAVE to know juggling. Familiarize yourself with the ball. If you can’t juggle, then you won’t understand the essentials of taking a good first touch. And if you can’t do that, then you’ll never improve. If you can have intimacy with the ball, then you can have the correct first touch, you can be a better decision maker, and you can actually translate what’s in your head into an actual game. Therefore, LEARN TO JUGGLE.
Everyone here in Brazil can juggle, and that’s why we produce so many talents. We have technique and intimacy with the ball. So learn the basics of juggling and your game will for sure improve.
@@hamidbabaali10yo bro, any tips? Also do you juggle with the laces or toes?
@@Xenozzz___ best to learn both, because both are important in different contexts. Trapping a ball out of the air is more on the toe box so that’s important, but doing a sombrero flick or doing a first time volley is more laces. More drills and tips on my channel if you wanna check it out 💪💪
I know a friend names James! He is a modfielder! He is just like kante ! He be playing so much in different teams cause every body keep knocking at his door to add him to their team! They rarely loose! He can also play on the wing! He can only uses his left foot and cant align 5 juggle😂
Love this channel. Thank you for these videos.
Very well brought out about this topic. And I really hope to see (if there is no) a tutorial video about how to juggle a football, like a complete guide.
Bro just keep it up
I can't juggle 100 times but i can smoke some of those players that can 😂. Fact of the matter is hes right. To go pro a coach is the keys to a team.
But to be good no you dont need to juggle. Your touch is much better. 90 pct of balls dont come from up and down juggling vs real life.
It's great for a recovery day, or when you're injured. That way you still get touches.
My record is 3128. Even now when I barely ever play I can still do a couple of hundreds. Never played professionally
That’s step 1. Now the next step is using that knowledge to perfect your first touch based on game like situations.
My recors is 2,245, you are a beast
@@andresarita1961 its been 15 years since this record. The hardest part was to stay focused on counting. It was exactly 1 hour 😅
Basic juggling is the first step of developing a great first touch. Controlling the ball a foot off the ground is one thing…but the next step is wall ball. stand 10 feet from the wall, pass it in the air and when it comes off the wall, can you take a control touch, then play it back on the wall with your next touch. How many passes can you do without it hitting the ground. The further you go from the wall, the harder this exercise is. But this is one example of the type of touch required to make it at the pro level.
I can juggle 1,000 times and I’m just an average rec player. Cruyff is right.
Also guys practice your flick ups as well it makes the juggling look cooler 👌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥
I score freekicks!i have power and accuracy when shooting! I reconise space and use it well as a midfielder! My best trait is passing but i dont juggle
Dembele couldn't juggle upon signing for barca. Shearer famously couldn't juggle...
I am still trying to get 100 times but even working toward 50 has got me more skills than I had by alot. I think alot of it has to do will just spending a ton of time with the ball and involving my left foot.
You can do it! If you need more drills, there’s so many drills and options out there! Wall passing is super effective too! These drills helped me go pro. Hope that helps
@@hamidbabaali10 drills for juggling or passing? my issue that I am running into with juggling right now is I can't keep the ball low to my feet. I usually send it up 4 or 5 feet which I can keep going for a while but I will always mess up after a few high balls. The other issue is I find that I am favoring in the inside of my feet because to me it is more consistant and predictable when I start to use the tops of my feet I usually lose control after a minute. I do think that I am at a point though where all that is going to help me is practicing for months.
Juggling is not for me
People do it cause they want to control it in the air
Even at easy situation I can’t control it in the air, I can’t do anything in the air wich is why I play full back
The only thing I can do with the ball in the air is throw ins
It just makes me so jealous of how people can control how they hit the ball
I don’t have fun in juggling cause it is hard and it just won’t work with me
It is like you have to be gifted with the ability to juggle and then you can play football
no one is born with it, we all get there through practice. Some have an easier time figuring it out but that’s just life
Bro I could juggle for the longest time even tho I played football a lot in my younger days now here it is I’m 41 yrs old doing 100+ juggles lol…anyone can learn via proper practice and time that’s all I’ll say to you GL! Develop a personal relationship with the ball!
Even decent high schoolers, not even the best ones can do 100 juggles
When I was actually playing I was pretty good and could never juggle. I can do a lot of the other skills and handle the ball really well in game. I think I might be diff though because I have eds and something about the ball and the top of my foot .
I can't juggle 100 can do 20 my hip hurts after that ,but in a game I have better touches passes and shots then people that can juggle like they are at a circus.
To me the problem has never been my control over the ball but my balance when I am juggling, Idk what’s wrong with
pratice more, try hopping on one leg whilst juggling, your standing leg would be the issue, and usually when your stronger foot is the standing leg.
After watching this I’m never going pro
You become Good at what You do Simple❤
if you want to Be good at juggling Do juggling
If you want to Good at games Play The game ❤
Pippo Inzaghi: jugling?
I can’t juggle the ball for toffee. But I can dribble better than most people. Then I can pass cross or shoot at the end of it. I have that unpredictability that’s required. I was an elite level player. The game is called football. Not juggle ball. Sure you look cool doing that stuff. But the real ballers know it’s about when and how to pass and move. Playing simple football well. Looks simple but only the best are capable of doing it. Players like scholes butt and carrick would still terrorise defences today. None were technically gifted. All just played simple football. But you will never see a better trio in the midfield
Can't juggle doesn't mean ur bad, but most player who juggle won't be bad
Do what separates an amateur and pro footballer when defending
Literally I do both
It’s so over 😭
Harry McGuire
I can barely juggle. The most I've ever made was 12.
“ I’m not 100% if it’s true “
Yes. Juggling is the greatest example correlation is not causation
Soccerballer
My record is 200
dang im 13 and i've just done 1k juggling on tuesday (4 days ago)
easy, even in sunday league most players can jungle 100 times.
I am sure juggling helped out Ronaldinho Dennis Bergkamp how many times Ronaldinho done it in the match when it's necessarily and Bergkamp goals when he just touches it out the sky and scores a Epic goal probably one of the best goals ever against Argentina and the one against Southampton or was it Leicester😂 how you supposed to control a ball in the air without juggling with both feet
Hello , Dembele cant do it
Great video. I was thinking of which pro I doubt could juggle 100 times. Kyle Walker?
Bro I think it’s not that juggling 100 times is important, it’s just that it comes naturally when you are a good footballer
You're absolutely delusional if you think Manchester City and England player Kyle Walker can't juggle the ball 100 times.
Watch Dembele's Barcelona unveiling.
Walker has one of the best touches at city
I'm afraid I have to disagree, as you can be a great player without being able to juggle the ball 100 times
So true
i agree
My juggle record is 388
bro sing to a european league
Soccer as a game needs to evolve. There should be points classification jerseys like in cycling.
how did you balance school and football?
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What if im a goalkeeper
this entire question is so backwards, and that even with the explanation given in the answer here.
being pro level has nothing to do with skills like juggling, but juggling is a result of (and a way to practice) good ball control. if you can't consistently control the ball, you're not pro level. simple as that. some arbitrary number of juggles says so little about that.
The answer is no😅i cant make 10 juggle in a row and im good at the game
NO.
I can juggle 100 times easy… I’m just fat 😭
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Im 13 years old average i do 50 but my record is 402
Keep going! The more you practice, the more you improve!
Is 5000+ good at 12
No very less
Yes, but it's kind of a waste of time to regularly do that many. Once you can juggle a few hundred times, then doing a few sets of 100 a few times per week is probably enough time spent on that skill, and you should look to spend more time developing the other areas of your game.
@@devil9275 can you elaborate?
@@sebfox2194 thanks for your advice!
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Thank you❤
This is a load of bollocks, stick to basketball mate
Shut up
Not true
It’s like a 2-minute Tuesday right Matt? 🥹 Tks for this video ❤
Don’t let people discourage u! Most of the time u r good at what u practice! Go out there practice what’s actually important and u’ll be the best version of yourself! Passing/shooting/awerness/drirectional touches ect! Kick ups is just for show