Juggling & Ball Feel in Soccer

Reviewer One of the better ball-mastery breakdowns I've seen — explains the mechanism, not just the trick.

Moderator This is squarely, entirely about juggling technique — how to create backspin, rhythm between feet, using the weak foot, starting progressions (kick-and-catch), fixing common problems (ball dying, ball flying too high). Nothing but the sub-skill for the whole excerpt.

Reviewer Great practical lesson — starts from zero and gives you a real progression.

Moderator Exactly on topic — how to juggle, targeting 500 reps, weak-foot inclusion, creating backspin with curled toes, building rhythm and anticipation.

Reviewer Clear, sensible beginner progression - this is how you teach first juggles.

Moderator How to juggle for beginners - drop to thigh, drop to feet, the flick-up, alternating feet, partner work. This is exactly the juggling sub-skill, taught from zero. Could not be more on target.

Moderator A genuine ground-up progression — bounce and catch first, both feet, then removing the bounce once that's easy. Builds toward juggling from the simplest possible starting point.

Reviewer Well-structured progression for a true beginner.

Reviewer Real mistake, real fix, shown working live.

Moderator Real-time coaching correction on juggling — diagnosing why the ball keeps bouncing away (locking the ankle, contacting with the laces) and fixing it with toe contact and leaning into the ball. Exactly the sub-skill, live.

Reviewer Explains the actual physics of why the ball goes where it goes - real teaching value.

Moderator An explicit juggling tutorial - explains contact point on the ball, common mistakes (hitting too far forward/back), and target height. Entirely on topic.

Reviewer Actually teaches the prerequisite skill first — that's proper coaching, not just a trick reveal.

Moderator Single-move deep dive on the around-the-world juggling trick, including the prerequisite drill (toe-tap juggling against a wall) needed to build the control the trick requires. Entirely about juggling ball control.

Reviewer Solid, well-progressed juggling workout.

Moderator Juggling tutorial plus a ten-exercise 1000-touch workout - body position, strike under the ball, alternating, single-leg, patterns. Exactly ball feel in the air.

Reviewer Good cues per trick, transcript's choppy but the content holds up.

Moderator Walks through several juggling/ball-control tricks (stall on foot, heel pop up the leg, neck/shoulder cushioning, around-the-world) with technique cues for each. Directly on topic for juggling & ball feel.

Reviewer Well-built juggling progression with clear cues - strong practice value.

Moderator 1000-touch juggling workout - alternating juggles, head-height control, laces/inside/thigh/chest combos, 10 progressive juggling exercises. This is dead-center juggling and ball feel. Brief Umbro mention but content is all juggling.

Reviewer Excellent, thorough rundown of first-touch options — genuinely useful for building ball feel under pressure.

Moderator First-touch/ball control catalogue — thigh, chest, head, inside/outside of foot, toe stop, heel control, cushioning technique for balls dropping from the air. This is the 'ball feel' half of the sub-skill directly, even though it's about receiving rather than continuous juggling.

Reviewer Focuses on the right detail - weight of touch, not just contact.

Moderator Directly about first-touch precision and weight of touch with partner drills - core to ball feel, well demonstrated with specific coaching cues.

Reviewer Good technique breakdown, but the last third is a heavy academy sales pitch.

Moderator Dead-on Juggling & Ball Feel — basic juggling technique broken down in slow-mo: contact point, backspin, right-left rhythm, relaxed body. Core of the sub-skill.

Moderator Live coaching on the touch in juggling: relax the ankle instead of locking it stiff, and curl the toes up to put backspin on the ball so it comes back and stays close. Squarely on juggling control; one point, repeated.

Reviewer One good fix, repeated until it sticks: stop locking the ankle, relax it and curl the toes up so the ball comes back with backspin. It's live coaching, so no step-by-step if you're starting from zero.

Moderator Breaks down 'around the world' step by step — the setup touch to the knee, jumping off the plant foot, bringing the foot around the ball. A specific juggling trick, still squarely within this sub-skill.

Reviewer Specific, step-by-step breakdown of a tough move.

Reviewer Solid general framing on building ball control through juggling practice.

Moderator This is squarely about soccer juggling and ball control - exactly the named skill.

Reviewer Genuinely useful — teaches players to think about their touch before the ball gets there.

Moderator This is first-touch / ball control instruction — receiving on the ground, in the air, and out of the air. That's exactly what 'ball feel' covers even though the title doesn't say juggling.

Reviewer Good quick reference for trick ideas, but it's a rundown, not a proper lesson.

Moderator Runs through 11 distinct juggling tricks (foot stall, hop the world, toe bounce, reverse toe bounce, leg catch, pancake, crossover, thigh catch, around the world, all-star, chest-and-thigh catch) — every single one is core juggling/ball-feel content.

Reviewer Decent, honest heel-juggle breakdown — names the common faults. A touch thin and no slow-mo.

Moderator Heel juggling — a specific juggling variant, squarely within Juggling & Ball Feel. Three steps from positioning to first touch to repetition.

Reviewer Nice two-method breakdown, just light on volume.

Moderator Juggling basics - two methods, laces punch versus toe-box lift, hit the center, find the happy medium. On topic.

Moderator A step-by-step on the Around the World, a standard juggling trick. You need controlled juggling first, then you break the leg motion into pieces and work up to doing it in the middle of a juggle. It's one specific trick rather than juggling in general, but a good fit for ball feel.

Reviewer Solid progression: leg circle with no ball, then drop-and-circle, then balance it on the foot before going live. Needs real juggling control first, and expect days, not minutes.

Reviewer Clean step-by-step teaching, brief ad up front but doesn't get in the way — good beginner session.

Moderator Five foundational freestyle/juggling moves — toe bounce, half around the world, crossover, heel juggle, the slap — each explicitly framed for beginners building ball feel and foot control.

Reviewer Solid ball-mastery session, just sit through two ads first.

Moderator Five dynamic ball mastery exercises with just a football: insides and soles, rolls, croqueta into chops, all surfaces, head up, plus a freestyle bonus. This is exactly ball feel and close control.

Reviewer Good keep-up technique - backspin, firm foot, vary touches, foot stall.

Moderator Effectively a juggling tutorial - keep-up technique, backspin, varying parts of the foot, building your record, foot stall for ball feel. It is weak-foot framed but the actual content is juggling/ball feel.

Reviewer Solid drill, just not much depth beyond the one cue.

Moderator Directly about ball control drills with a partner - footwork speed and precision of passes back into partner's hands. Solidly on topic for ball feel.

Reviewer Good clear cues, builds moves in a sensible order — solid session to actually practice from.

Moderator Straight freestyle/juggling tutorial: foot stall, around the world, hop the world, crossover, toe bounce, reverse toe bounce, outside foot bounce. All of it is footwork and ball control built directly on juggling ball feel, even though the presenter is upfront that it's freestyle flair rather than match performance.

Reviewer Clear, repeatable drills with good cues - real practice value.

Moderator Wall-and-cone ball mastery circuit - sole rolls, L drags, Cruyffs, step-overs, first touch back to the wall. Squarely ball feel and close control. Not air-juggling per se, but ball feel is half the sub-skill name and it nails that half.

Reviewer Explains the reasoning, not just the drill - good coaching.

Moderator Cone drills focused on cuts/direction changes and body control while dribbling - closely tied to ball feel/control, though framed as agility/1v1 evasion more than pure juggling.

Reviewer Good technical nuggets if you filter out the Messi-worship.

Moderator Breaks down close ball control while dribbling at speed - small quick touches, getting low, change of direction - which is core to ball feel, though framed around dribbling/1v1 rather than juggling.

Reviewer Solid follow-along workout with real rep targets and no sponsor padding.

Moderator 1000-touch home workout — mostly ground ball mastery but explicitly finishes with single-leg, alternating and hydra juggling. Genuinely hits the juggling/ball-feel skill, just not exclusively.

Reviewer Reasonable beginner advice, but generic and demo-light.

Moderator Beginner juggling - persistence, use hands early, both feet, backspin to keep it close, weak foot, hands-free start. On topic.

Reviewer Clear, practical cue for actually starting your juggle - a good fundamental technique.

Moderator This walks through how to roll the ball up onto your foot to start a juggle - a real, specific juggling technique, squarely on topic.

Reviewer Good technical cue on stalling, just wade through the ads to get it.

Moderator Directly about juggling tricks and stalls — foot positioning, creating the 'pocket' with the toes, stalling technique. Core content matches the sub-skill.

Reviewer Fine general tips, nothing you couldn't guess yourself.

Moderator Directly about first-touch/ball control - absorbing the ball, taking touches into space, footwork on long balls received. Solidly relevant, though framed as 'ball control' rather than juggling specifically.

Reviewer Strong first-touch progression, minimal kit, smart 30-day challenge. Mild sponsor padding.

Moderator First-touch wall workout — directly builds ball feel/control, and includes air-control sets (3-2-1 touch). Strongly tied to ball feel; juggling element is secondary but present.

Reviewer Good progressive touch work, mild plug for a paid program at the end.

Moderator Five wall-pass patterns for first touch and control in motion, checking towards and away, using all surfaces of both feet. That is ball feel and close control even if it is framed as passing rather than juggling. Relevant to the ball-feel family, not dead center on juggling.

Reviewer Well-structured beginner drills with good progression cues. Sponsor bookends drag it slightly.

Moderator Ball mastery with a cone — sole/inside/outside touches, V-cuts, L-drags. Builds ball feel, but its juggling content is nil; this is ground-touch control. Fits the ball-feel half of the skill, not the juggling half.

Moderator Six basic ball-mastery moves: a heel bounce, sole taps, a neck stall, a thigh pop, a Brazilian back-and-forth and a flick-up. The neck stall, thigh pop and flick-up are juggling-type touches, the rest is general touch and ball feel. It fits the sub-skill, but it's a handful of tricks, not a juggling progression.

Reviewer Handy menu of basic moves with a couple of good cues, like the push-up posture for the neck stall. Six moves in a minute leaves little room to learn any of them, so pick one and drill it.

Reviewer Clean, progressive 10-minute set with clear move descriptions. Sponsor bookends nick it slightly.

Moderator 10-min ball mastery — sole/inside/outside patterns, roll chops, cruyff combos. Ground control feeding ball feel; no juggling. Fits the ball-feel side only.

Moderator About developing real ball feel — controlling spin deliberately, hitting the ball at a consistent height off the foot — wrapped in a contrarian 'there's no one right way' argument. Still engages with the actual mechanics.

Reviewer Good underlying ideas, light on concrete steps.

Reviewer Sound juggling progression - collective count, backspin, build from kick-and-catch.

Moderator There is a real juggling block - 500 collective juggles, kick-and-catch progression, backspin, vary big/small touches - but it is one of three blocks in a weak-foot program. Juggling covered among other things.

Reviewer Good coaching, a bit scattered and promo-heavy.

Moderator Opens with genuine ball mastery on tennis balls, sole drags, iniestas, feel of the sole and inside, but the bulk of the session is dribbling awareness and 1v1 finishing. Ball feel is present but a minority of the clip.