Yes. We recommend there is a minimum distance of 2-3 metres between each player during the games (not due to Coronavirus – this is actually the recommended distance anyway). Players who are technically more advanced can increase this distance to 5 metres or more. Beyond Juggling’s value in a Covid-19 world is not just about social distancing though. With players not participating in team trainings or games for an extended period due to the global shutdown, they need a solution that replicates the cognitive processes of an actual football game. Beyond Juggling provides this in a fun way, through its emphasis on decision-making, vision, task switching, reaction speed, memory, synchronization, rhythm, and anticipation – alongside its technical benefits. Of course, the programme will be just as beneficial for players once the Coronavirus situation improves and social distancing regulations end. The design and creation of Beyond Juggling dates back all the way to the middle of 2019.

Volume 1 features 30 games.  

The programme is aimed at elite players only. This is because the curriculum is very demanding, both technically and cognitively. We recommend the programme only to players who can comfortably do at least 200 solo juggles. As long as a player can do this, their age doesn’t matter – players from as young as 9 all the way up to first team players will quickly become addicted to the games! A wide variety of progressions and rule variations are also included, to provide infinite levels of challenge. As the programme is available on a mobile-friendly and tablet-friendly portal, academy and first team players alike can enjoy the games inside the locker room and leisure spaces of their clubs, not to mention outside the club in their own free time (a cultural aspect particularly relevant for academy players). Please note that all games require two players.

Each game can be played either competitively (two players battling each other, for points) or collaboratively (working together to make the longest rally). Guidance is given inside the programme on what counts as a technical error and what counts as a cognitive error. A fun point-scoring game is H-O-R-S-E, where the player who makes a mistake gets a letter, and the first to get all 5 letters becomes the HORSE and loses the game. If players prefer to play a rally game without point-scoring, it’s still possible to add a competitive element by using a stopwatch (to time how long they can keep the game alive without any technical or cognitive error). 

The default language of the programme is English. English-speaking players are used for all video demonstrations, and the game instructions/rules are currently only available in English. However, we are currently in the process of translating the portal and content into different languages. Please get in touch about your language requests.

We sell solo licenses to individual players (presently this is only available to players in the USA and Canada), and bulk licenses to football organizations. Bulk licenses can be provided to professional and amateur clubs, academies, and colleges all around the world. These licenses involve individual accounts being set up for anywhere from 50 to 1000+ players. Bulk licenses offer a significant discount compared to non-organizational licenses. 

The main idea of a club or organizational license is that the players themselves create their own pair juggling culture and integrate the games into their daily lives. This is the true power of the programme, as each player in the club/academy/college will have their own individual account to access on their device/s. Of course, organizations that buy licenses are given accounts for their coaches too, enabling them to use any of the games as part of their regular team trainings (as warm-ups, on low-intensity training days, as team-building exercises, or as part of fun intra-squad and inter-squad tournaments).

No, the programme is a long-term, open-ended curriculum. It is not a finite course with a set beginning and end point. The platform is designed to become a part of a player’s daily football culture and lifestyle. In Volume 1, there are 3 levels and 30 games in total. All levels and games are available from the start and players can choose to access them in any order. 

Club, academy, and college licenses provide access to the portal for one year, with the option to renew. 

Yes, a device with internet access is required to log in to the portal and view the videos and curriculum content. We have experimented with an App for offline access, but found it was not as reliable as browser access, slower, and gave a poorer user experience. This is why access has to be through a web browser (Chrome, Mozilla, Safari, or Firefox). Each video in the programme is approximately 30 seconds long, so even if you cannot use WiFi, only a minimal amount of data is used.

Our Terms of Service prohibit the sharing of account logins and passwords, and the portal itself restricts logins for each account to a maximum of two devices at a time. We educate clubs and players about all these requirements as part of the onboarding process.