Tag: football juggling

What Is Most Important For Football Juggling Beginners

At first, I was not good at football juggling, though I have played soccer. I had been one of the juggling beginners for a long time. But after I changed my way of practice, my juggling skills improved. Now. I can juggle several hundreds times using many parts of my body.

I realized that what is important is catch the ball at the center of my foot, or the lower part of my instep. If the ball I bounce with my instep goes straight up, my juggling will be stable.

The first step was a simple practice of dropping the soccer ball with my hands and letting it bounce on my instep. It was so simple but in changed my juggling skills.

Ideal Body As A Soccer Player, Especially As A Midfielder

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I shot my YouTube football juggling videos mainly in cold seasons. So I wore jerseys with long sleeves because it was cold. As for my upper body, I wears thicker underwear, which makes me look fuller than I actually is.

But as for my lower body, thick clothing makes it difficult to move and juggle a soccer ball. So I wear soccer shorts and soccer socks, which are almost the same as when I play soccer. I also wear compression shorts and wear my socks over knees which I hope makes my legs a little thicker and stronger. But you may find that my legs are thin as a soccer player. As I am a defensive midfielder, endurance and large amounts of exercise are often more important than instantaneous kicking power.

But still, I think I’m generally thin and don’t have much muscle. Perhaps because I exercise so much, I feel like I’m expending more muscle than gaining muscle even when I train.

In this blog and YouTube videos, I would like to not only introduce juggling, but also the process by which I aim for my ideal body type.

Adding A Twist To Football Juggling Can Help Improve Soccer Skills

When we practice football juggling, the increase of the number of taps gives a sense of accomplishment. Of course, juggling itself is a good exercise. But if we want to improve our soccer skills by doing juggling, just increase the taps is not enough.

I think adding a twist to juggling is very important. For example, I practice juggling within a circle which I made by placing a jump rope on the ground.

This is one of my YouTube short movies. As I shot this video in a rainy day on the soil ground, my soccer uniform and soccer boots got very muddy. But surely, my ball control skill was improved by this weird training.

I’m Not A vaulter But A Football Juggler In A Circle

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I’m not a vaulter. I just use my body to check the size of the circle which I made with a jump rope. As I did juggle a soccer ball after the rain, my soccer shorts and Adidas socks and boots got very muddy.

I often do football juggling in this small circle which I made with a jump rope. During this ‘jump rope juggling’, I must not put my pivot foot outside the circle or step on the rope. This practice may look strange. But I can make my juggling more stable by doing this ‘jump rope juggling’.

Why I Wear Soccer Uniform and Soccer Socks When I Juggle

Football juggling is one of my routine. I prefer to wear my soccer socks over knees because it makes my thin thighs a little more robust. After a long instep and thigh juggling practice, my soccer uniform got very sweaty and so were my socks and compression shorts.

I was not good at soccer ball juggling. But after I changed my way of practice, I could improve my juggling skills. I often wear Liverpool FC uniform and classic Adidas boots, Copa Mundial. These are all my favorite soccer gear and outfits. As I am a defensive midfielder in my team, the ability of ball control is especially important.

My Secret Rubber Balls Which Improved My Soccer Ball Juggling

These are my soccer balls. Strictly speaking, one at the center is the ordinary Molten soccer balls and the others are Molten’s lifting ball (Lifting means juggling in Japan) which are made especially for soccer ball juggling. The bigger lifting ball is for beginners but the smaller one is for intermediate level football players.

Today, I uploaded my YouTube video titled ‘Amazing Two Balls That Improved My Soccer Ball Juggling Skills’. You can see how difficult it is to juggle a small elastic rubber ball.

I bought these two molten balls for football juggling. Both of them are smaller than ordinary soccer ball. Being made of rubber, they are both very elastic. I compared the diameter and the weight of each rubber ball.

With these balls, I will be able to improve my soccer skills of ball control.