Hi all,

I am coaching in China and have a U7 boy elite team. So I have serval good players. By the difference of the football environment between England and China, we have a 8v8 tournament (I know they prefer to play 5v5, hope you know the difference, this is not the point what I want to discuss). So I deliver my session focus on how to build up from our back (how to receive the ball and 1v1 duel to through to the mid third) and how to create the attacking (2v1 session before we finish).

My boys perform well on these two session, and I told them if you can break out from our back, you might have more spaces to drive the ball forward and to score.

But one of my players’ father (this boy is mediocre level) always yell by the side of the training court while we trained. He always wants his son to dribble the ball to attack and requires the club and I what should be trained by his mindset. Sometimes this boy cannot follow my instructions to play. I asked him why you do that, he answered me his father told him to do that. The other thing is his father wants his son to play more important role in the team and doesn’t want to defend.

In my opinion, I want to the young players learn more like how to use strength and weakness feet, how to recognize the situation to enhance their confidence in 1v1 duel, etc.. I don’t want to they play like Man City, but they have to know how to move the ball forward in speed not only by dribbling but also by other options like passing, if the players can do that. I don’t want the parents yelling beside the court. We can discuss after training if the parents have some questions. Cause that really disturb the training.

I want to hear the advices from the coaches how to deal with the parents like that in England. And what I can try to figure it out.

Thank you.