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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you help an 8-year-old increase speed and stamina? DS is tall and brawny, more of a football build.  Proportionate weight for height but 4'10" and 80 lbs. Watching his game over the weekend I saw that he is a slower runner than some of the smaller slighter kids. He's great at defense and shaking the ball loose from a pack but not so good as a striker running ahead of defense to shoot the ball.

Is his lack of speed due to his greater height and bulk or is there something I can do to help him?  He rrally wants to play striker.

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You could:
- work on soccer specific stamina by running 5 minutes slow 1 minute fast build up to 20 minutes total and 2 min slow 1 min fast intervals
- work on speed by doing sprints w/o and w ball no more than 15 yards (either you create separation from defender or dont)

You could:

- create agility with the ball, work on change of pace change of direction feint deception shielding (putting himself into path of defender so he cant be caught w/o foul)
- work on transitions - recognize the transition, anticipate it, and act on it
- work on the first touch as a striker, work on both feet so he can shoot either side while shielding defender

Dont worry if your kid lacks speed to dribble on his own breakaway for 30 yards and shoot - that is not going to happen anyway as he moves up and faces a backline of 3 or 4 - a lot of those 'stars' will be unable to score later

You should:
- let him be who he is, an 8 year old[/quote]

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