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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It could be your new to the club and don't know that particular player/coach relationship. The coach may feel he he's pushing this player just out of his comfort zone enough to see some growth. If he has the confidence to make him captain. He may know the particular player can handle it. By pushing the player slightly out of his comfort zone to continue developing the player into a leader. The question is , Is he treating all the players the same? If he is that may get negative results at such a young age as all kids at U11 aren't ready or may never be ready for that. I would commend his efforts as a coach if he can figure out each player individually. Developing each player by individually finding and expanding their comfort zones is what great coaches do. To answer the original question, Yes captains should be at all ages and used as a tool to develop leadership.[/quote]

NO NO NO, not at the younger ages.  You do realize, you want the team captain to really lead during the game, keeping teammates focused, etc.  None of them are able to do that at the younger ages, they need to listen to the coach.[/quote]

Once you are old enough for travel soccer. You can separate the snowflakes from the rec teams and the kids that are ready to compete. Its fine to start teaching leadership and pushing limits to get players better. Giving responsibility to a player is in fact coaching them.[/quote]

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