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disruptive child

Lee Barnes

hi, so the hardest thing i have to deal with is disruptive boys. i coach under 9s. they are a good bunch of lads. but sometimes they spend alot of time messing around. i try to keep them active and doing drills or matches. but balls end up flying everywhere. the last thing i want to do is raise my voice. i do a sin bin for 2mins. is this a good idea? or is there something else i can try?

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    Hi Lee

    Ive Tried a few things when these distractions occur.

    I always try not to single youngsters out, so for me personally i would stay away from sin bins.

    if your trying to get a message across and they are talking to one another or messing around, i stop talking and stand there.

    this sometimes gets a reaction from them as to them thinking "why isnt he saying anything" and they tend to stop talking and look at me to see whats going on.

    Give certain players more ownership like what would they like to do, can they set the equipment up for a certain pratice, dont always choose the same individual and try to get them to work in pairs, good cop bad cop.

    as pete says about getting parents on board, try to explain that whilst you want to coach for the maximum time and for all the parents/players to get thier moneys worth.due to the messing around, talking etc your only coaching for this certain amount of time.

    Ive just dropped down to u8's from u16's

    ive found that i really have to invest more time into just chatting to them, we had about a 15 minute chat about what other sports they play why they like them what simalarities are there to football, but i know they will invest their time back eventually because they see me showing interest in them

    but still remember they are still only 8yrs old and really excited to be there 

    all the best 

    lee

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    Hi Lee

    Ive Tried a few things when these distractions occur.

    I always try not to single youngsters out, so for me personally i would stay away from sin bins.

    if your trying to get a message across and they are talking to one another or messing around, i stop talking and stand there.

    this sometimes gets a reaction from them as to them thinking "why isnt he saying anything" and they tend to stop talking and look at me to see whats going on.

    Give certain players more ownership like what would they like to do, can they set the equipment up for a certain pratice, dont always choose the same individual and try to get them to work in pairs, good cop bad cop.

    as pete says about getting parents on board, try to explain that whilst you want to coach for the maximum time and for all the parents/players to get thier moneys worth.due to the messing around, talking etc your only coaching for this certain amount of time.

    Ive just dropped down to u8's from u16's

    ive found that i really have to invest more time into just chatting to them, we had about a 15 minute chat about what other sports they play why they like them what simalarities are there to football, but i know they will invest their time back eventually because they see me showing interest in them

    but still remember they are still only 8yrs old and really excited to be there 

    all the best 

    lee

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