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[quote=Anonymous]My GK wasn’t a good juggler at that age and still had offers. From u9-u11 his “good” club never had the kids juggle at all so he couldn’t figure it out and grew frustrated. I once asked the coach who said he felt it was overrated. Of course many of his teammates still developed the skill as they learned elsewhere. I do remember he went to tryout for one particular club around u11 and it was very awkward as all the kids warmed up by juggling. After that, we watched a lot of YouTube videos to learn some tricks for success and eventually he became adept enough at it. He’s now u16 and except for that one tryout, it’s never been an issue again. But he’s always had good footskills.  The key was he always did the same footwork warmups and drills as field players, used a rebounder at home and practiced dribbling between cones in the yard.

Interestingly, by far the best juggler at his original club was placed on the 3rd team. This kid could juggle endlessly and do some really cool tricks but it didn’t get him on the A or even B teams. So there’s more to life than juggling. As a GK, make sure your player is very comfortably receiving the ball when it’s played back. [/quote]

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