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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a U9 team from Sterling.   Coached by Omar Ismail.

Pay attention to their positioning, decisionmaking, confidence to play out of pressure, individual skill and confidence to take players on when appropriate.

This is what good coaching at this age looks like.

If your kids coach isn't trying to get them to play this way, keep looking.

https://youtu.be/6EZ5WPwsgFA
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You're kidding right?
Pretty sure any team can look great from a manufactured highlight reel. 
Put 15 minutes of raw footage on there, then we'll see. [/quote]

Watch the video again but stop ball watching this time.

This thread is about what u9/U10 coaches should be doing.

Look at this team's shape off the ball.   That doesn't happen by accident.  And with 7/8 year olds it doesn't happen without a ton of work and attention by the coach.

Yet, they aren't robots.  They are using individual skill and showing confidence in 1v1 situations, but they are able to see and pass to teammates when players are in better positions.

Yes,  it's a highlight video.   It's their best moments from the first 1 1/2 months of travel soccer.

I'm sure this isn't how they look for 60 min every match,  but that wasn't the point.   The point was that this is how coaches should be trying to get their teams to play at this age.

The reality is there are very few coaches at U9-U12 whose teams EVER look like this,  let alone for a 15 min highlight video.

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