Very good article by the coaching manual, from my experience of coaching you cant just turn up at training once a week and expect to master the ball, be good at passing ,keep ups etc etc, this comes from what the child does in his /her spare time . From a coaches perspective we can easily spot those who have practiced in their spare time and those who haven't, for me the foundation phase 5-11 is crucial, it is called the foundation phase for a reason ! Those who have older siblings will benefit massively having to compete against them . Playing futsal will help, in my opinion its the tight space , your first touch has to be good , passing precise but most importantly the weather never affects play , the games can be conditioned within the session , IE , playing out from the back, shooting , counter attacking ,defending 1 vs 1,s etc etc . Key points in the article below , main article at the bottom.
As a product of Generation X, I sometimes wonder if I look back at my own childhood through rose-tinted spectacles. Did we really enjoy that much freedom and were summers so much longer then? Unfortunately, research suggests I'm not. A study by JCB in 2013 found that children in the modern era are spending (on average) 10 hours per week less outdoors. It's a genuine problem.
Practice makes perfect
The main thing these unstructured games gave us was practice; hours and hours of it. The beating heart of these games is what the Football Association would now call the social corner. That is, groups of friends, schoolmates and team mates across different age groups who just wanted to play. The games went on and on, perhaps starting with 5-a-side, growing to 15 or 16-a-side and dwindling eventually to a couple of mates taking free kicks at each other until they heard the unmistakable tones of mum calling them home for tea-time.
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