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Author: Kris Connolly Date: Category: Likes: 0 URL: https://www.skool.com/coachingacademy/runners-but-not-passers
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Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Sep 17Kris, at the age of 8/9/10 the kids are still very much selfish in terms of being on the ball. They haven’t quite developed that sense of being a team. My team is U11 and while they are better at trying to pass, they still occasionally dribble too much when a pass is on, but that could be a not looking up and decision making issue. We had one kid that wouldn’t pass because he said he didn’t trust his team-mates.What formation do you play, and is it mainly the forwards that are doing this?At 7-a-… See more0Reply
Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Sep 17Kris, at the age of 8/9/10 the kids are still very much selfish in terms of being on the ball. They haven’t quite developed that sense of being a team. My team is U11 and while they are better at trying to pass, they still occasionally dribble too much when a pass is on, but that could be a not looking up and decision making issue. We had one kid that wouldn’t pass because he said he didn’t trust his team-mates.What formation do you play, and is it mainly the forwards that are doing this?At 7-a-… See more0Reply
Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Sep 17Kris, at the age of 8/9/10 the kids are still very much selfish in terms of being on the ball. They haven’t quite developed that sense of being a team. My team is U11 and while they are better at trying to pass, they still occasionally dribble too much when a pass is on, but that could be a not looking up and decision making issue. We had one kid that wouldn’t pass because he said he didn’t trust his team-mates.What formation do you play, and is it mainly the forwards that are doing this?At 7-a-… See more0Reply
Kris Connolly
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Kris Connolly • Sep 17That’s exactly it, they need more trust with each other, I will continue to drill it into them.We play 7 aside and usually play 2-1-3. Middle man is usually told to be a midfielder otherwise I get one lad standing in the box still saying “I’m a striker” 😂Yeah, usually my wingers. Got pace and good feet, always get past their man but need to lift their head and get that cross in.1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 17I can see if from the players point of view, who probably are still at an age where sharing means losing out on fun (not having the ball). I personally don’t think it is worry but I can see why you are flagging it.I have two ideas for games:One Team Dribblers - play a 20 min game of 7v7. For 10 mins, one team cannot pass the ball and can only dribble. The other team can pass, dribble, anything. After 10 mins, swap them around.Take note of who was more successful in the game, the dribbling team o… See more2Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 17P.s. I literally just made these up so don’t have session plans and they may need tweaked for your environment2Reply
Kris Connolly
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Kris Connolly • Sep 22Always appreciate the input as it just helps get the thought process going.I’ve got some ideas from this to hopefully help with building a session plan.Always appreciate the input and I’m sure I’m not the first and won’t be the last with this issue2Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 22@Kris Connolly always happy to help, Kris1Reply