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Under 10s 7v7 with a big squad

Callum Holtom

Hi Everyone, 
Would it be possible to get some advice?

so this is my first year of coaching, i have taken on an Under 10 girls team, it has a big squad of 14 players. 
how do you deal with the rotation of players? obviously i want to give them all the same amount of playing time which i have told them all they will get. with some of them at a higher level than others, i am finding it difficult to know when to swap them all around? 
we have the 14 turn up each week. i also feel like if i take someone off i have their parents ready to say something to me. 
in fact i had one text me on 'the way they would do things' which was have my set 4 players & swap the others around. i feel like i cannot do that to the girls. 

should i just swap like for like? or could i do things a different way? 

Thank you for your time. 

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    My suggestion would be to guarantee every player at least 50% of every game and give yourself some wriggle room however if you have promised them equal playing time, which is very honourable then I would suggest you just look to swap like for like in terms of positions but be a little strategic in terms of who replaces who (assuming you have mixed abilities). My best advice is keep a log of who plays when as it sounds like you may have some challenging parents and perhaps remind them that it’s development football!

  • 0 in reply to Christopher Salmon

    Thank you for your advice, yeah we have mixed abilities, of course i dont want them to know who i think is better than who. what i am thinking is starting with a mixture of abilities & switch out to at one point have the higher abilities on at one stage? do you think thatll be a good idea?

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