@levelupballer: What are you doing if you see this ? People don’t realise how important technical ability is at the top level ⚽️ Watch Jiro closely… first touch, body shape, his attention to detail . Just elite technique repeated over and over. Talent gets noticed. Technical ability keeps you there. If you want to play at a high level, stop skipping the basics. 🎯 #f#footballs#soccertrainingt#technicalabilityj#jleaguef#footballskills

Holloh :

First player is Jiro Nakamura. Very very good technically but didn’t make it at Gamba. Now plays in J3 for Tochigi SC. Second player is Shuto Abe. Spent 2 years in Belgium with RWDM but never really broke through in Europe. Still a very good J1 level player tho.

Phenyo 𓅓 :

Then he turns out to be the reserve for their b team

Brian Nelson :

In my experience these players usually performed the worst. They spent hundreds of hours mastering tricks rather than working on practical skills.

Aimee-Lee :

Diego Maradona did this kind of thing.... All the time... Back in the day

Aki :

I could do these at the age 14 bro and I am just an average midfielder

phumla January :

Football is not about skills it's about goal real shii just practice how to score

fṟïęðķħæṉ :

So uh, why aren’t they playing for the national team

IAD :

Doesn’t mean he’s a great player

YouFoundJay :

Ngl i eat players like that for breakfast n i cant do none that😭

uwaize :

nah tbf japan has some crazy technical ballers

p1nchil0v_ich :

blue lock is real

Detective Umar Thaqifu :

literally normal in Brazil. y'all glaze Japan too much

Nick_Nick_Nick :

Not trying to brag ir say that I am better but the heel juggling is pretty easy, I can do about 15 kick-ups like that.

awwalx_ :

I’d rather learn how to curl and shoot and pass than learn how to juggle more than 5 times 😭

kip_A :

and they tell you his their 3rd choice gk

donai :

not that impressive

tonifation138 :

abase :

🫥 :

and then they Lost

Roonie :

Japan?

Arafat R Leao :

If this is all u need why doesn’t Japan win WC

︎ :

if you could do freestyles and hundreds or thousands of. juggles that's enough not this

KEFA :

Happened to me we lost 7-0 😭

YoSv ✤ ® The~Original•YAN :

All this to get bodied by a nation who don’t bother doing fancy juggles

phumla January :

What you mean I'm not even in