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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid hit 1200 at 9 yrs and 1 month. He’s able to use both feet equally well and is now doing instep and outstep juggling. The biggest thing it’s helped him with is his first touch. He can handle a hard pass with ease and make it look routine. [/quote]

My 12 year old is and was a good juggler since he was little.  Broke 100 when he was 7 and hit 1000 by 9.  He can alternate feet, do ladders, just as good with his left as his right, around the worlds, thighs, hit it high every 3rd touch, over his head, etc. He's won a few juggling competitions at camps and tournaments, whatever...probably similar to your child. As you know or can imagine, my son has put ALOT of time into juggling.  However, I often wonder if playing wall ball would have been just as productive or even more so.  In other words, if he put in the same amount of time into just playing the ball off a wall and working on receiving with different surfaces, etc. would that have been better for him.  I'd have to assume that wall ball develops touch way better than juggling. Anyone disagree?[/quote] 
One more thing to note....I did build him a wall for the back yard but he just didn't like it as much as juggling in the basement.  I built a smaller wall for the basement and he still didn't use it much.  Always preferred juggling or something else like passing with me or footskills, etc.[/quote]

I think kids do what they want.  They arent robots that can be programmed.  And inputting 10000 touches or juggles etc. will improve that static control of a ball that you serve to yourself.  I think juggling is fine but I think it is about touch not #s.   One can do 1000 keep ups on the tips of both feet.  How many single keep ups will you perform in a game.
We always juggled at the top of the box, and whenever you dropped it or got tired you volleyed into goal (hoepfully).  If a kid likes juggling overall it will improve control and touch.  But if you can somehow get a kid to focus on quality of touch and make it non-static I think that is better.  So: juggle and hit that wall, receive and juggle, repeat[/quote]

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