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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you help your child deal with a teammate who is a ball hog? 9v9[/quote]Have you kid watch to see if the teammate is looking at their feet when dribbling, many kids can't see the pass or their teammates. Just having your kid take the evaluation perspective gets them thinking more about does and dont's  better. A well placed encouraging "look up" from a teammate might be better than an exasperated scream to "pass the ball."

Few coaches seem to try to fix this.[/quote]

I'd second this.  "Look up," "Find Jimmy," "Man on," could all help.  As a teammate, you can work on positive on-field communication and seeing more of the field than the ball hog is seeing.  Shouting "Pass the ball" could sound very negative and confrontational.  Communicating when to look up, or what pass to look for, could also help ensure that there is a viable pass being missed at that moment.  If all the teammates are standing around making zero effort to get open or make runs, maybe the ball hog is right to try to dribble the whole team.  If that's the case, your kid should also be communicating to other teammates to move ("Joe, move to support," "Roger, make a forward run," "Mike, overlap").  [/quote]

Second this. Great response.  We have a similar issue and my player just says, "Pass Im Open!" But the players keep on dribbling.  (This is at U11... so 9v9 also.)   I'll have to encourage her to offer more specific supporting vocal instructions.   But yes, we have players who only dribble and rarely pass.  They do False8 dribbling training and like to use their skills on the field instead of passing.  The usually loose the ball and have not figured out when to dribble or when to pass yet.  The coach encourages the dribbling at this age.  I hope that changes, but for now we have 3-4 ball hogs on our team.  [/quote]

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