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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 Nathan,

    Firstly, thank you for your contribution to kids in sport! Your County FA can provide you with some important context here, but essentially there is a pathway for player development that the FA have spent a long time defining. It is based on the cognitive and physiological learning and development capabilities of each age group, and these are often called "age-phase priorities".

    For example, children are built to develop gross and fine motor skills when they are younger, and more complex decision making when they are older. It is why the youngest ages in grassroots are moving to the EPPP (Academy) format of 3v3. To develop players to their full potential, the focus is to target the windows of opportunity that biology provides through maturation. Therefore where basic passing is important to know as a concept, "ball mastery" is the priority for u8 - best delivered with principles that are focussed on 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3.

    This is not glory, his actions are actually telling you what biology is telling him :)

    Sometimes that's a hard sell with parents who want to see a team move the ball like classic Barca, and that's why I point you to your CFA to help give you the conviction to be clear with parents that it's in the childrens' best interests to work on their age-phase priorities.

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    Hi Nathan,

    Firstly, thank you for your contribution to kids in sport! Your County FA can provide you with some important context here, but essentially there is a pathway for player development that the FA have spent a long time defining. It is based on the cognitive and physiological learning and development capabilities of each age group, and these are often called "age-phase priorities".

    For example, children are built to develop gross and fine motor skills when they are younger, and more complex decision making when they are older. It is why the youngest ages in grassroots are moving to the EPPP (Academy) format of 3v3. To develop players to their full potential, the focus is to target the windows of opportunity that biology provides through maturation. Therefore where basic passing is important to know as a concept, "ball mastery" is the priority for u8 - best delivered with principles that are focussed on 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3.

    This is not glory, his actions are actually telling you what biology is telling him :)

    Sometimes that's a hard sell with parents who want to see a team move the ball like classic Barca, and that's why I point you to your CFA to help give you the conviction to be clear with parents that it's in the childrens' best interests to work on their age-phase priorities.

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