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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think dozens of parents on this board have been where you're at with their little kids.  I'd be surprised if the coaches aren't already asking your DC to pass when she gets the ball seeing what she is capable of now.  As a coach it doesn't quite matter yet at this age if they are/aren't. Our DD was similar, and we thought when she stopped playing for a year it would change while she was a U7 but it didn't and U8 was almost the same but not quite because there were additional players on the field (5v5 instead of 3V3). But when they got to 7v7 it finally changed--the field was too big to consistently take it all the way, plus other kids caught up in their own technical and physcail abilities / coordination so it became much more difficult. And then we also moved her to travel this past Spring and she is sufficiently challenged now and not the best any longer.

I wouldn't worry about it much for the rest of this season. If your DD is a 2014 perhaps consider playing her up a year or trying to join a 2013 U9 travel team (either one so she can experience the larger field and realize the drop-off).  But honestly, if she wants to be with her friends, just leave her where she is out through U8 and then join a travel team at U9. She will be sufficiently challenged whenever you make that move because the other players will consistently be better than what she has seen before plus the size of the field and number of players on the pitch make it more difficult and passing and team play will be introduced.[/quote]

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