Juggling

As in any other sport, the recipe for succes in soccer is equal parts talent and preparation. There is not much we can do about talent, but there is a lot we can do to prepare.
It is important that the boys spend a lot of time playing around with a soccer ball. No matter what positions they play, it is important that they have a high level of "feel" for the ball, and feel comes from nothing else but accumulating experience with a ball on your foot, not to mention their thights, chest and head, and hands if you are a goalkeeper.

And the best to do it is: JUGGLING.

Juggling is one good way to develop ball feel. But even better is kicking the ball against a wall and playing rebound in different ways. The best thing about this is most players enjoy it.

This said, I won't write their score of juggling from this week. Only 2 kids are above 20 juggling, and the rest did less than last month. If we start to lose games, don't look at me! I have tried to prevent....