What challenges do you face when helping players with 'intercepting the ball'?

In November, we'll be providing resources, on various platforms, to help your players develop skills to 'intercept the ball'. As a coach, what challenges do you face in this area? Please reply with your questions. 

Parents
  • early in my coaching pathway if I looked back at some notes i tried to keep them in certain positions and organised , this was a failure stressful and damaging , I quickly realised this with some support from my fa mentors and online support , please try not to structure your very young players , try to allow them to freely move engage with opposition to either intercept (try not to use this word find a alternative that ignites and connects with them and simplifies the task , ask them what does a pass look like ,where does it start ,when should i move to try and snatch or collect the ball or players movement /how do I get their /distances / speed , (i need to be like a space rocket taking off ) 

    What the brain does determines what the body does, and what the body does changes the environment  these changes that we make in the world come back to the brain through the body

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  • early in my coaching pathway if I looked back at some notes i tried to keep them in certain positions and organised , this was a failure stressful and damaging , I quickly realised this with some support from my fa mentors and online support , please try not to structure your very young players , try to allow them to freely move engage with opposition to either intercept (try not to use this word find a alternative that ignites and connects with them and simplifies the task , ask them what does a pass look like ,where does it start ,when should i move to try and snatch or collect the ball or players movement /how do I get their /distances / speed , (i need to be like a space rocket taking off ) 

    What the brain does determines what the body does, and what the body does changes the environment  these changes that we make in the world come back to the brain through the body

Children