Coaches Corner - Coach Van Gaver's Juggling Challenge

Here's a 10 minute daily exercise from Coach Kevin Van Gaver designed to improve your ability to juggle and control the ball.

Juggling Challenge - Bounce Kick

10 minutes everyday

Level 1

Using only your strong foot, and allowing the ball to bounce only once in between touches/kicks, keep the ball up 50 times or more. If the ball bounces twice or hits any other part of your body you must start over. If you go over 50 that’s great, what is your personal record? How high can you go?

Using only your weak foot, and allowing the ball to bounce only once in between touches, keep the ball up for a count of 50 touches. If the ball bounces twice or hits any other part of your body you must start over.

Level 2

Using any body part (except hands and arms) two touches per one bounce, get to 50. Each time you touch the ball it counts as one. Again, what is your personal record?

Level 3

You guessed right, 3 touches per one bounce.  Get the touch count up to 50.

Level 4

You’re ready. Juggle with no bounces. How high can you go?

A few other ball work exercises that you can work on during your 10 minutes a day.

Head-thigh-thigh-kick. Take a bounce if you need one. Repeat. (5 minutes)

Wall drills - simply knock the ball against the wall when it returns- settle it quickly and hammer it again. It helps if you have a second person that way you can switch each time. Set up boundaries, limit the touches, limit how close you can get to the wall or make up a game of your own- be creative.

If you got a good game let me know – I’ll play ya.

Coach K- Kevin Van Gaver

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