Mark Lavery - Soccer's video: How To Juggle A Soccer Ball Tutorial For Beginners - Part 1

Learn how to juggle a soccer ball from professional player Mark Lavery. He will give you a step-by-step path to follow that will include training videos, tutorials, and basics tips that will help you become the best player you can be. This video is designed to help beginners and is part 1 of a 3 part series. Mark Lavery - Soccer Subscribe: goo.gl/kpxmfi Part 2: http://bit.ly/1jEkf4B Part 3: http://bit.ly/205QQ49 Mark Lavery is currently a professional soccer player playing in Costa Rica. In his third year as a pro - he knows exactly what it takes to reach your highest potential. Join him and Spila Soccer Services as they give you tutorials, tricks, and drills that can be used to help you improve your game and reach "Your Goals. Your Way." Drill Transcript The first example is having your toes down, and your ankle soft, or not "locked." As you can see when your toes are down and your ankle isn't locked the ball is almost impossible to control. It either won't bounce back up where you want it to, or it's going to move forward away from your body. The second example of bad technique is when your toes are pointing too far up. Even though your ankle is "locked" since your toes are pointing too far upwards, when you make contact with the ball it's going to bounce back into your leg or your body. The last example of poor technique is when you bring your foot behind your body to kick the ball. It is possible to juggle like this, but it's going to be a lot harder to maintain control or the ball. Alright, now lets focus on the right way. First, you want to make sure your toes are slightly up and your ankle is firm, or "locked." As you can see in the clip, my toes are slightly up, my ankle is locked, and my knees are slightly bent to help with balance. As you guys start learning to juggle pay attention to these techniques, but also pay attention to the rotation of the ball. If your technique is good, then the ball should either have backspin or very little spin at all. Now I'm going to show some basic drills you can do as you start learning to juggle. These drills all build on each other, so it's important that you master each drill before moving on to the next one. As you learn to juggle I recommend that you start the ball from your hands. So, in the first drill you're going to start the ball from your hands, drop it and let it bounce, kick it back up to your hands and catch it. You want to make sure the ball is coming right back up to your chest, and you're not having to chase the ball. I recommend trying to do ten perfect reps with your dominant foot and then ten perfect reps with your weaker foot. You can also try and do thirty seconds on each foot and the move on. In drill two start the ball from your hands, drop the ball, let it bounce, and then kick it up with your dominant foot letting it bounce in between every touch. You want to focus on making sure the ball stays below your waist, and directly in front of your body. Make sure you keep your knees bent so you're able to move your feet a little bit if you do take a bad touch. It's okay to move your feet just try to stay under control. Try to complete twenty perfect reps with each foot, or try to go thirty seconds on each side without messing up. Once you've completed the reps challenge yourself to try to walk forward with the ball as it's bouncing and then backwards. In the last drill for today we're going to start the ball from our hands, drop it and let it bounce, and then alternate feet. It's very similar to drill two except instead of doing one foot at a time, you're getting used to alternating your feet each touch. Try to complete twenty perfect reps with each foot which is forty touches total, or you can try to go for forty five seconds without messing up. Music: Laszlo - Imaginary Friends [NCS Release] http://bit.ly/1okhikC Lazlo: https://www.facebook.com/LaszloEDMOff... http://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic http://twitter.com/laszloedm http://www.youtube.com/user/laszloedm