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.
