Hi
Just my question from earlier tonight....... we are a brand new U10s development team, we havent played any matches as yet. At what point do you start to put them into positions? When we have done mini matches in training, no one wants to be a defender, everyone wants to be a striker and score goals! We even had a girls whos behaviour was unacceptable because she didnt score a goal at all.
I am also a parent who has become a coach and i m worried about the assessment.
Hi Michelle,
Some great tips here already and I would echo these. At this age it's about exploration as much as anything - you'll be amazed at how a 10 year old will refuse to play in goal then one day out of the blue decide they want to be the next Jordan Pickford!
It is tough when you get players that don't want to play certain positions - a greta way to deal with this is to plan out your games ahead of time, rotating positions each week. Share this with your players too (in the training session before the game works great) and give them challenges in the game that are relevant to where they are playing that week. This will keep up engagement and help them learn all areas of the pitch which is huge for their linger term development too.
Let us know how you get on!!
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Hi Michelle,
Some great tips here already and I would echo these. At this age it's about exploration as much as anything - you'll be amazed at how a 10 year old will refuse to play in goal then one day out of the blue decide they want to be the next Jordan Pickford!
It is tough when you get players that don't want to play certain positions - a greta way to deal with this is to plan out your games ahead of time, rotating positions each week. Share this with your players too (in the training session before the game works great) and give them challenges in the game that are relevant to where they are playing that week. This will keep up engagement and help them learn all areas of the pitch which is huge for their linger term development too.
Let us know how you get on!!
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