Juggling Achievement Club

What's your goal?

The Alliance FC Juggling Achievement Club is designed to provide a goals-setting system that can be utilized to achieve significant improvement in technical skill, enhanced parental involvement in player/child development, and further association of life long fun with the game of soccer.

Goal – Mastering technique and skill is an absolute necessity for young soccer players seeking a continued rate of progression and continued ability to compete in a highly competitive soccer environment. Simply telling players that they must work on skills at home is not effective. The goal setting portion of this program will revolve around setting up technical goals for players, helping players set technical goals for themselves and helping parents understand their crucial role in support and reinforcement for achieving those goals.

Time Management/Goal Setting

Develop time management skills by maintaining discipline in a goal-setting based juggling routine
Begins with 1+ hour a week dedication consisting of 20-30 minute juggling sessions 3 days a week
A good starting number for beginning players is 300–500 practiced touches per session, this can be accomplished usually in 20 – 30 minutes
Setting and achieving a goal of 300‐500 per session gives children a sense of accomplishment and improvement in technical ability

Parental Involvement

Parental assistance and involvement with player progression increases their sensation of contribution to the player’s development
Parental assistance with the “Alliance FC Juggling Journal” will display emphasis of task importance by parent
Continued interest by parents frequently results in an increased and continued interest by player
Supervision by parents can provide added ability to diagnose technical errors and additional suggestions for correcting errors

Process of Success

Practicing juggling regularly increases skills with the ball that are necessary for continued progression in the game
A chance to perform juggling abilities in front of a coach provides an opportunity to display achievement in skill and dedication to the game
Peer recognition of improved technical skill by teammates, parents, and coaches provides a improved sense of confidence to player
Improved confidence often reciprocates in to increased ability to perform in the training environment and to compete at higher and higher levels of match play

Rules of Qualification

Certain requirements must be met by the player and parents before a player can perform a qualified attempt
Players can only attempt a goal once a month, on the last practice of the month foreach respective team either before or after training at the coach’s discretion
In order to attempt a goal players must present signed proof (Alliance FC Juggling Journal) of a minimum of (12) 20 ‐30 minute juggling sessions outside of training
Players have two tries at obtaining a goal per qualified attempt. Meaning if a player allows an error (ball hitting the ground) they have one more try to reach the goal without such an error

Awards - Providing rewards for goal-achievement serves as a form of double motivation for player accomplishment

100 juggles = “100 Juggles Club” T‐shirt
300 juggles = “300 Juggle Club” T‐shirt
400 juggles = Alliance FC Nike Hats for Parents
500 juggles = “500 Juggles Club” T‐shirt and Nike Size 1 juggling skills ball
750 juggles = Nike Manchester Boots Bag
1000 juggles = Nike Size 5 match ball and “1000 Juggles Club” T‐shirt
1500 juggles = Manchester United Jersey
2000 juggles = Nike warm‐up or Nike rain gear

Benefits

Potential benefits of this program include improved club unity, continued club success, and spill over effects of goal-setting into community life
Parent/player bonding through goal accomplishment increases association of positive direction when considering interactions with club
Improved technical skill of all juggling club participants should translate in to continued and/or improved match capabilities for juggling club participant
Realizing the potential of goal‐setting techniques on soccer skills can help families identify other areas of their lives, that can benefit from the application of such method