Female Speaker: We are going to take you through a series of juggling, drills, and exercises starting with basic progression. And this one is going to be sitting and all we are going to do is start with the instep with your shoe laces and loft the ball up, two times and catch and then we slowly want to build on the number of consecutive times that we can do it. Your repetition is going to vary depending on your level, but the key is do one or two more than you did the day before. So every new practice you want to add one or two more.
Next progression, we are going to move to a standing position and we are just going to use one bounce. We call it one bounce juggling and we just keep the ball up. You don't want to go much above chest level, and then if you can keep it up a couple of times it is great. When it hits the ground just keep it going from your feet. It hits the ground then pop it back up, no problem.
Now we are going to move it up to the thighs. You may want to use the middle part of your thigh, if you use your knee, it's going to bounce off. Go away from you. You want to keep it low, close to your body, and you could just start with a couple, whatever your level is. Remember, everyday you want to try to do a few more and when it falls you are just going to knock it back up. Falls from your thighs you are going to knock it back up with your foot. Doug is going to show us the thigh-foot combo; he starts the ball on his thighs, when he loses control. He just knock it right back up with his foot. It might take him a couple of times, that's fine; try to get a one-time touch back up to the thighs, well done.
Another way to keep the ball in play, when it hits the ground is to just tap the ball down with the sole of your foot, bounces, it comes up, tap it down and bounce tap down we call that. Anyway we can keep the ball alive without using our hands it's going to give us superior control. Taking it to a more advance level, Doug is going to use the same foot and just try to keep the ball below his knee. He does not even put the foot down, nice little taps, the ball is not going any higher than his knee. Now he is adding a little hopping motion which is fine making it a little bit more active. Yeah, you can use your right foot, if you need to, to keep it alive that's fine.
Usually, one foot is going to be a little bit weaker; just use your dominant foot to help the other one out. Now we are going to add movement to our juggling and I am going to use any part of body I am comfortable with, but now I am going to move forward and backwards, a little bit sideways here. Okay, again, it takes us to a little bit more advanced level. I am still under control. I am not kicking and chasing the ball and now we add outside of the foot, inside of the foot. Around the world is a juggling challenge that involves your feet, your thighs, and your head. So you go from one foot to one thigh to your head around your body to your other thigh to your foot.
The numbers juggling game, it's a partner activity and what you do is call a number out as you send the ball over to your partner they have to do that many juggles and send it back over to you. For examples Doug is going to start, he is going to call out number, whatever he calls, I am going to send the ball back him and call out a number when the ball is in the air.
Doug: Three
Female Speaker: Three - one, two, three; Two.
Doug: Four.
Female Speaker: Three.
Doug: Two.
Female Speaker: Oh! My back, point for Doug and we will start again here.
Doug: Okay. Four
Female Speaker: Three.
Doug: Five.
Female Speaker: Two.
Doug: One
Female Speaker: Two.
Doug: One
Female Speaker: Two.
