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Individual Training Challenge #3

APRIL 1, 2024

We're back with the third round of our Individual Training Challenge! We are up to five players who have earned brand new Nike soccer balls, and two who have earned Adidas mini Skill Soccer Balls via Challenges #1 and #2. Players who successfully complete and send video of their third challenge will earn a pair of light blue grip socks! Even though club soccer season is in full swing, real progress is made outside of the hours of dedicated team practices, training sessions, and matches. Players who put in the extra time, on their own, with ball mastery, fitness, nutrition, and so on are at such a major advantage over those who do not! Don't let August roll around and wind up being somebody who wishes they would have done more, when they could have done more!

Remember, all you've got to do is  record yourself during training and share their progress with Coach Horton via text or email. These videos will be compiled and showcased on Coach Horton's Twitter/X account and, ideally, on the John Jay Soccer YouTube page as well.

Individual Training Challenge #3

(1,000 Touch 10 Minute Ball Mastery, courtesy of Micahel Lewis Cunningham of 7mlc Training)

ITC #3 does not require any equipment or cones. Just a soccer ball and a little bit of space!

• Double Sole Roll Stop - 60 seconds (or 60 reps)

• Bell Tap to Sole Roll - 60 seconds (or 60 reps)

• Sole Roll Outside Tap - 60 seconds (or 60 reps)

• 90° V-Turns - 60 seconds (or 60 reps)

• Sole Roll to Cruyff/Chop - 60 seconds (or 60 reps)

• Scissor, Bell Tap, L-Drag - 60 seconds (or 60 reps)

(Watch the video below for a demonstration of every skill)