The greats such as (Diego Maradonna, George Best, Di Stefano etc) spent hours upon hours everyday/week speed juggling, usually a smaller ball than matchball (size 5), regular juggling, tennis/ping-pong/golf balls etc, wall work developing left & right feet usually till there feet got very sore, on the beach from dusk till dawn (if they had access), the beach having positive effects when applying the same skills on turf.
Thats gone now. All they had then was a ball. I never see good two footed players anymore, never see a player with a great Maradonna-esque first touch, them qualities (balance/coordination) have to be trained everyday (which are mentally demanding), in its place now is the internet, computer games for players etc… A lot do gym work, some with good programs, but greatness isn’t made there, although a player can certainly reep the benefits.
Its on the player to dedicate his life to the ball. And when I mean dedicate his life, I mean DEDICATE his life. Maradonna slept with his ball.
Carlos Tevez needed soccer to stay alive. When your life is dependant on it, you’d guess he would get pretty far.