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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to hijack but can people please list advice that I can give my rising u10 for tryouts at a very competitive club? i.e. be aggressive on the ball. [/quote]

Ugh. I hate tryouts.  My kids have always had a very high tactical awareness and in tryouts none of that matters...even in the older years.  If you kid passes and knows where to run/get open, and plays a smart style they will be over shadowed by the hyper chickens with their heads cut off plowing into everyone and dribbling it into the ground.  If they get out wide and wait for the pass—it will never come and if they “give”, they will never get the return “go” pass.

My advice tell them to go hard and be possessive.  [/quote]

Good coaches should look past the ‘hyper chickens’ (great descriptive phrase, btw) and if they can’t, your kid will probably be better off somewhere else in the long run anyway. Just my two cents, but I think a lot of youth players/US players generally spend way too long on the ball; imo, coaches should be looking for players who can move the ball and impact the game in a few touches as well as without the ball (i.e. via movement and positioning). If a kid needs a lot of touches to get into a good rhythm in terms of touch and accuracy, that’s probably a player that will be a challenge to work with in a team environment.
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