I got a D1 scholarship without good juggling skills. I had excellent skills with the ball in actual situations, however. The more touches you get, the better but I always hated juggling and was still good.

Ignore the trolls. No one who can read thinks you were bragging or trying to compare your kid to Messi. You just shared that he was inspired by a great player, set a goal, and worked hard to reach that goal. All kids count juggles at those numbers. Over 5000 some will switch to time - such as setting a goal of an hour or something like that.

Breaking the 1000 mark at 9 years old is good accomplishment. No one is naturally a good juggler at that age. No one reaches that number without putting in a ton of work on their own, struggling at times, getting frustrated at times, but showing dedication and the ability to keep on pushing. He'll remember what it felt like when he couldn't even get 3 in a row, and then 10 seemed impossible, and all the other times he was frustrated and wanted to quit, but didn't. The life lesson there is way more important than soccer.

As for what it means. He's probably in the top 2% locally for his age at juggling. More important is the work that went into it. If he applies that to other areas of his game, he'll be a good player.

Anonymous wrote:Like I said in my post, Im not comparing him to Messi, just wanted to note that his record was 1200 at age 9 and my son happened to reach the same goal. As for why count, his club requires a daily juggling log that they check once per week. After a player reaches 1000 juggles, they are no longer required to record their numbers.

So kids have to count to 1000? Ridiculous. Kid juggles, you time and count for 30 seconds. It’s usually 2 juggles per second. Juggle 8 1/2 minutes. So once you get to this point you should be isolating each foot and incorporating juggle into a routine like this.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CgsymJy0RJk

I understand why you ask the question and yes it is good but there is no real record for this thing. You can basically break the “record” anytime. My DD at u10 was juggle for 5 minutes. She could have juggled for 10 or 15 minutes but it gets boring. Work on technique, tigh space ball control, passing accuracy, touch on passes and touches on all body parts(ie foot has 6 surfaces). Does your kid make others better around him or is he a man show?

Are all great/professional players excellent jugglers? Just wondering.

I agree that juggling is a necessary thing, but not sufficient to be a good player.

My son (U11) practices juggling a lot, and would fall into the "highly skilled" range for juggling. But he's not a great player, just a decent one. Juggling does not compensate for lack of aggression and confidence.

Like I said in my post, Im not comparing him to Messi, just wanted to note that his record was 1200 at age 9 and my son happened to reach the same goal. As for why count, his club requires a daily juggling log that they check once per week. After a player reaches 1000 juggles, they are no longer required to record their numbers.

Anonymous wrote:my son juggled a soccer ball 1239 times. he was 9 yrs old and 1 month. was wondering how big of a deal this is. i never played the game and I'm not sure what to make of it. thanks for the input

LOl, you dragged up a six-month-old thread to brag about how your kid is a better player than Messi?

Anonymous wrote:"Technique is not being able to juggle a ball 1000 times. Anyone can do that by practicing. Then you can work in the circus. Technique is passing the ball with one touch, with the right speed, at the right foot of your team mate."

Johan Cruyff

I can't believe people are on here saying that juggling is not important.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMPflZoIkio

Anonymous wrote:He does. He plays club level and futsal. He is a possession player and can dribble and distribute the ball very well. But as far as juggling numbers goes, none of his teammates are even close. He is ahead of most kids 2+ years older as well. As a side note (and by no way am I drawing a comparison), I read somewhere that Messi broke his juggling record and made it to 1200 while attending a tournament in Peru. He was 9 years old at the time. That was always a goal of ours.....though not seriously until he actually did it. lol

So after 120, you just juggle by time- minutes. So 1200 is about 10 minutes. Why would you count?

He does. He plays club level and futsal. He is a possession player and can dribble and distribute the ball very well. But as far as juggling numbers goes, none of his teammates are even close. He is ahead of most kids 2+ years older as well. As a side note (and by no way am I drawing a comparison), I read somewhere that Messi broke his juggling record and made it to 1200 while attending a tournament in Peru. He was 9 years old at the time. That was always a goal of ours.....though not seriously until he actually did it. lol

Anonymous wrote:my son juggled a soccer ball 1239 times. he was 9 yrs old and 1 month. was wondering how big of a deal this is. i never played the game and I'm not sure what to make of it. thanks for the input

That’s great even for kids much older than him. But I hope he’s spending time practicing his dribbling, kicking and other technical skills and not just juggling. Juggling is great for first touch but he needs other skills as well.

my son juggled a soccer ball 1239 times. he was 9 yrs old and 1 month. was wondering how big of a deal this is. i never played the game and I'm not sure what to make of it. thanks for the input

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

This got thinking...when you have kids with mixed juggling ability, I used to like to have competitions to like 10 points where a point for the best juggler was maybe each time they were able to keep the ball up and do left foot, left thigh, left shoulder, head, right shoulder, right thigh, right foot and for the weakest jugglers a point might be just getting 3 juggles. I used to do this when I coached and I did it with my kid when he was younger and I was learning to juggle.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:It is very, very important to get good at juggling.

1. It is key for developing first touch skill; and
2. Every coach of every high level team will expect that you can juggle a hundred plus times easily. Want to get cut quickly? Show up for a tryout and don't stand around juggling before anything gets started.

Being a proficient juggler makes you a better competitive player. It's a simple as that.

That applies to girls and guys.

Would you recommend wearing juggalo face paint as they juggle their juggles to increase their chances of being accepted to the juggling society?

I’d recommend that you always remember to remove your ODSL car magnet before driving through a car wash.

That sounds like a voice of experience.