A player's touch and feel for the ball is vital in soccer and juggling is one of the best exercises to improve these skills. By juggling, a player learns how a ball reacts to different parts of the foot and body. Through juggling, players gain confidence in their skills which also helps to develop translates into more control and adventurous play in matches. Juggling teaches body control, core strength and balance while providing a good work out. One of the main advantages of juggling as a development activity is that all it takes is a ball and a small bit of space. It is an ideal activity for improving ball skills. Above all though, juggling is fun!! 

Develop time management skills by maintaining discipline in a goal-setting based juggling routine

• Begins with 1+ hour a week dedication consisting of 20 ‐30 minute juggling sessions 3 days a week.
• A good starting number for beginning players is 300 -500 practiced touches per session, this can be accomplished usually in 20 -30 minutes.􀂃

• Setting and achieving a goal of 300 ‐500 per session gives children a sense of accomplishment and improvement in technical ability

Parental assistance and involvement with player progression increases their sensation of contribution to the player's development (A positive point of pride for parents!)

• Parental assistance with the "Crew Juggling Journal" will display emphasis of task importance by parents
• Continued interest by parents frequently results in an increased and continued interest by players
• Supervision by parents can provide added ability to diagnose technical errors and additional suggestions for correcting errors

Practicing juggling regularly increases skills with the ball that are necessary for continued progression in the game

• A chance to perform juggling abilities in front of a coach provides an opportunity to display achievement in skill and dedication to the game
• Peer recognition of improved technical skill by teammates, parents, and coaches provides a improved sense of confidence to players
• Improved confidence often reciprocates in to increased ability to perform in the training environment and to compete at higher and higher levels of match play

Potential benefits of this program include improved club unity, continued club success, and spill over effects of goal-setting in to community life 

• Parent / player bonding through goal accomplishment increases association of positive direction when considering interactions with club
• Improved technical skill of all juggling club participants should translate in to continued and/or improved match capabilities for juggle jam participants
• Realizing the potential of goal‐setting techniques on soccer skills can help families identify other areas of their lives, that can benefit from the      application of such methods

 

Certain rules must be met for before a score can count. The rules are as follows:

1. Your Juggling must be witnessed by a Coach or Parent to count.
2. In order for a score to be posted on the website each player must present signed proof (Juggling Journal) of a minimum of (12) 20-30 minute juggling sessions outside of training to be turned into the coach at the end of the month before testing.
3. Only count consecutive Juggles in a row.
4. The ball may not hit the ground or be kept up in the air by your arms or hands and if this does happen the count goes back to zero.
5. You may use any surface of your body, ie. feet, thigh, head, chest... No Hands or Arms!
6. Each player will be tested at the end of the month and will have 2 attempts to record their high score to be posted on the website.