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7v7 formations, experiments, experiences...

Chris Ironmonger

Hi all,

Currently managing an Under 8's junior team and with the current lockdown conditions were pretty much heading towards the 7v7 version of the game with not much 5v5 football left...

I wanted to hopefully hold a discussion about others' experiences, experiments when thinking about and selecting the best formation in this format for their teams/players...

Does the attributes of you players dictate how you eventually lined up? Should we care, whats the best for overall development, should that still remain the focus? I'm keen to keep it high on the agenda but losing every week unfortunately would confidence wise hurt the group we have as they are used to winning and to break up their progress as a team to purely focus on development seems counter-productive to me..

Hoping to really get into this some..

Thanks all in advance :)

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  • Hi chris , the only advice is I have is to try and think in regards to wider and deeper areas to impact the opposition ,but not forgetting about how we impact learning for others , the older they get the more areas or zones we need to cover , practice designs will change and units start to form and how each player can create positive ways to link with each other and units ,there is no right answer but only understanding your players and how they fit into your thinking and some players may need to adapt and change but always be and treated has a whole and always valued has individuals they are still in the foundation phase and requires thier priorities staying on ball, protecting ,team work ect , 

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  • Hi chris , the only advice is I have is to try and think in regards to wider and deeper areas to impact the opposition ,but not forgetting about how we impact learning for others , the older they get the more areas or zones we need to cover , practice designs will change and units start to form and how each player can create positive ways to link with each other and units ,there is no right answer but only understanding your players and how they fit into your thinking and some players may need to adapt and change but always be and treated has a whole and always valued has individuals they are still in the foundation phase and requires thier priorities staying on ball, protecting ,team work ect , 

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