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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is 6 and they introduced this tonight he can do 2 and is so frustrated that my television, my frame, the dog, my daughter’s art project and I have all suffered the missed juggles. I took a tip from this thread and we decided on a goal of 6 juggles (for every year of his age) in a month. Is that an outlandish goal for his age. Maybe I got over excited at seeing that little boys video someone posted.[/quote]

Don't worry about anything except effort and then relate that effort to improvement on the field.  So maybe give him a goal of 500 total juggles each day 4 days a week. Have him log his total juggles and his best for that day each time he juggles.  He will see his personal best go up on a monthly basis for sure.  My son took his log to his coach at the end of every month and the coach gushed and it just inspired him to juggle more.  He's 11 now and his PR is well over 1000 but he hasn't tried for PRs for years maybe.  He doesn't do tricks but now he focuses on using all the parts of his body, juggling with a partners, hitting the ball up in the air as high as he can every 3rd touch, ladders, seeing how many juggles on one foot while balancing on the other foot, alternating feet keeping the ball below his knee, popping it over his had, turning and running it down and controlling it before it hits the ground, stuff like that.  It all helps with his touch on the field.  I wholeheartedly agree that juggles shows a coach that the kid is a hard worker willing to grind and not give up.  I'm not saying that non-jugglers are a bunch of quitters. I'm just saying that their is no question that jugglers are hard workers.

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Sorry 500 total juggles for a 6 year old is a bit much.  maybe 100.[/quote]

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