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What expectations do you set around training attendance?

Laura Wildbore

Coach U7s going to U8s next year and we have several players who are 100% committed and turn up twice a week to training and the matches. We then have a handful of players who have other commitments and only show for games and rarely make training. These players are then all given equal game time and with a squad of 10 @ 5 a side it means that 4 of them only get 10mns on pitch and have to play 10mns in goal. It also becomes hard to then work on areas for improvement after games as half the team are missing. I also think team building is so important at this age and is integral for their development.  Interested to hear how you manage these situations and how you set expectations with parents around commitment and attendance? Obviously first port of call is to talk to the parents so it was more club stance on attendance and playing time I was looking for insight on.

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    I'm not sure you can set expectations at that age. Ultimately it's down to the parents. Having been on both sides of the fence, getting one child to training once a week and a game on a Saturday is not always easy given other commitments like work and other siblings.

    You can set out at the start of the season what you'd like to achieve and explain why you'd like to get as many at training as possible, but you'll always have those who are super committed and those who aren't. Some kids just want to turn up and have a bit of fun because their friends do, but it's not their main focus, then you've others (like my lad) who eat, sleep and breathe football.

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    I'm not sure you can set expectations at that age. Ultimately it's down to the parents. Having been on both sides of the fence, getting one child to training once a week and a game on a Saturday is not always easy given other commitments like work and other siblings.

    You can set out at the start of the season what you'd like to achieve and explain why you'd like to get as many at training as possible, but you'll always have those who are super committed and those who aren't. Some kids just want to turn up and have a bit of fun because their friends do, but it's not their main focus, then you've others (like my lad) who eat, sleep and breathe football.

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