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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]she needs to pass. U4,5,6 scoring is more about the kid caring enough to try not about talent mismatches [/quote]

Thanks for responding. I guess there isn’t any one correct method, but is this true? We’ve always been told that through U8 the emphasis should be on possessing the ball. Her coaches, who are excellent for rec as they all have multiple travel kids, have not mentioned passing whatsoever so I’ve kept quiet about it. [/quote]

My son was like that -- and yes, while he probably has a knack for it, his skill level was certainly improved by the presence of older siblings with whom he had to try to keep up.

In our case, after a year like you're experiencing, we asked to have him play up 1 year with older kids ... I think he was still too young for travel, so we just played him up one year on the rec program (i.e., I think when he was 6 he was playing with rec players who were 7).  Then by the time he was 7, we played him up a year on a travel team, where he was 7 playing with and against mostly 8 year old boys (although, there were some other 7 year old boys playing on his team as well, he wasn't the only one).

By age 8, we let him play with kids his own age, as it felt like the right amount of challenge for him (and because he's a smaller kid).  He's doing well and loving it.[/quote]

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