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U8 player will not pass help

Nathan Day

U8 coach here looking for advice. I have 1 player who doesn’t like to pass he is your old school no9. Only time head is up is when he is shooting. I have tried so many things.

I’ve coached him for a year an half. Parents give him £1 for each goal which I’ve asked them to stop and reward him for an assist instead. Parents think he should play more than anyone because he scores most of the goals.

I’ve played him in defence I’ve done 2v2 and 2v1 to encourage him to pass. But he is still only looking for self glory. Any advice would be welcome. Thanks

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    Hi so I would use reward and celebrate route,  start at training get rid of the goal, and use target players each end, here are plenty of drills available to show this, amd only ever encourages a pass because that’s how you score a point! 
    obviously when he does pass shout words of encouragement and praise him 

    buy yourself off amazon a load of cheap medals, and tell the players and parents that MOM each game week you will be looking for that player that can assist or make a fine pass, every child even the one you are having trouble with wants a medal at 8 years of age.

    If I’m honest I wouldn’t start the player that isn’t passing but show him what the others are doing, so he can watch the game and the others pass, then speak to him during gameplay explaining that to win MOM you want to see the great passes he can do! 

    it’s your team and your volunteering your time and hours of it if the parents aren’t on board explain it’s a team game and working together as a team is more important than the goals going in as in a blink of an eye you will be 7v 7 9v9

    But make sure you praise and celebrate at the right time 

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    Hi so I would use reward and celebrate route,  start at training get rid of the goal, and use target players each end, here are plenty of drills available to show this, amd only ever encourages a pass because that’s how you score a point! 
    obviously when he does pass shout words of encouragement and praise him 

    buy yourself off amazon a load of cheap medals, and tell the players and parents that MOM each game week you will be looking for that player that can assist or make a fine pass, every child even the one you are having trouble with wants a medal at 8 years of age.

    If I’m honest I wouldn’t start the player that isn’t passing but show him what the others are doing, so he can watch the game and the others pass, then speak to him during gameplay explaining that to win MOM you want to see the great passes he can do! 

    it’s your team and your volunteering your time and hours of it if the parents aren’t on board explain it’s a team game and working together as a team is more important than the goals going in as in a blink of an eye you will be 7v 7 9v9

    But make sure you praise and celebrate at the right time 

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