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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like one of my daughters--she had spent so much time around her older sibling's practices and everything that when she hit the field at U-Little she knew how to play already and looked like a wolf among sheep. The rest of her team was lucky to touch the ball at all when she was in and the other team didn't do much better.

She is playing in college now at a pretty high level so she did fall in love with it and stick with it. She did start playing up very early, and she started playing on the boys team instead of the girls team since the clubs around here divide by gender as such absurdly young ages.

While she may be too young to really be able to tell you exactly what she wants in her own words, IMO as the parent you need to try to figure out what she wants and provide that for her. Based on the experience she's having right now she would probably be open to the idea of finding a setting a little more challenging. Depending on where you are try to find a small training group of other similar players. Vince Carter with McLean is by far the best coach in this area with those younger players--maybe reach out to him--if she really loves the game she will love working with coach Vince. I think NPC futsal starts with the kids that little, maybe check into something like that for her as well.

The leagues we run for U-littles are designed for parent enjoyment, not for player development. You want to get her into the best league setting for her sure, but if she really loves soccer the league is not the most important thing to look at.[/quote]

Not seeing his contact info at either McLean or NPC. Would you have contact info for him? [/quote]

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