Keepy-Up Skills
Juggling builds brilliant touch, balance and confidence, and it's great fun.
Set up
- Warm up for 3 minutes: gentle toe taps and sole rolls.
Garden, park, indoors.
How to play
- Drop the ball on your foot and kick it up to your hands. Then 2 kicks before catching, then 3. Build up.
- Alternate feet: favourite foot, practice foot, catch. 2 minutes.
- Thigh plus foot: foot, thigh, catch. Mix the surfaces. 2 minutes.
- Quick restart: when it drops, pick it up and go again straight away. 2 minutes.
Make it easier
Make it harder
- No-hands start: roll the ball up your foot to begin without using your hands.
- Beat your run: keep trying for one more than last time.
- Mix surfaces: foot, thigh, foot without a catch.
Three things to say
- Start with one bounce between each kick, then slowly take the bounce away. Patience is everything.
Colts habit
Work hard: little and often beats one long go.
Both feet
Do a round with the practice foot only.
Heads up
Look up between touches.
Safety: Feet and thighs only. No heading.
Keeping score: Not counted. Tick the drills you did today.