Learning to juggle is an important skill for young players. In addition to improving their first touch and ball control, juggling also helps players develop important mental skills such as focus, concentration, effort, determination, goal setting, patience and self-control. In fact, it is difficult to juggle well without acquiring each of these mental skills. For that reason, juggling is an excellent dual-purpose activity. Not only are players able to learn another way to become more comfortable with the ball at their feet, more importantly they are developing mental skills that will help them in every phase of soccer (and life).
It takes time to both master and succeed at juggling. Soccer Allies believes that once a player gets to 10 juggles they will find that their record increases very quickly. Yet, getting to 10 juggles will take time, patience, and belief. Once a player does get to 10 juggles, they have the base that will help them become a good juggler.
With that in mind, Soccer Allies thought it was time to provide a genuinely fun and manageable way to develop excitement (like everything we do) for juggling with our Soccer Allies Juggling Mission!
Below you will find the Soccer Allies Juggling Mission. Very similar to our progression format in the Next Level Challenge, the Juggling Mission is comprised of two main missions with tiers of sub-missions the players must complete before moving on to the next. The two main missions will be titled Mission Baller Status and Mission Elite Baller Status. After completion of each main mission the players will be rewarded with a pin (similar to the pins they receive at clinics after graduating a level) and a spotlight on our social media pages and website. Completion of the sub-missions and missions can be sent to the Soccer Allies Staff via video or done in front a Soccer Allies coach before or after clinic.
