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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD was stuck at the 20-30, top 100 pretty often for a little while - because she didn't put the time and effort into it. Her touch was decent but not spectacular.

Then she started really enjoying it and finding it fun, so she started juggling on her own more. Now, she can juggle whatever number she wants. She isn't limited to a certain range. And now her touch is amazing. She can receive any type of ball at any height, weight, good pass or a bad one, and stop it right at her feet. [/quote]

This was my oldest at age 9.  Then, he saw a girl his age juggle 1,000.  He spent everyday that summer juggling, and the records kept breaking where he could do 300 buy the end of the summer and he was up to 1,000 by 10 years old.  He is 13 now and his touch is amazing.

Younger brother is 10 and can barely get 15-20 consistently.  He does not practice it.  He has great ball skill/touch and loves playing soccer all of the time, but he just won't juggle--he'd rather shoot, dribble, etc.,

I know for my older one a light went off and part of it was getting over the hump.  Once that happens, it's exciting to keep beating your record---and do fancy tricks like 'around the world'.

My older one used to be so embarrassed by his lack of proficiency in juggling at U9 that he would always hide when the age group was warming up juggling so nobody would see him---and now he's the kid that can do all of the tricks.

Playing soccer tennis over a short net or cones also really helped and my non-juggler kid loves that.[/quote]

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