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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i'm willing to spend perhaps $20/hr to hire a college kid to train 8-yo DS one-on-one to help him improve his game. he's not a fast kid so always late to the ball and never has a chance to take a shot. but if he has better foot skills and tactical skills i think he can perhaps have a better chance to score? he really wants to score some goals and i think it's important to keep him interested/motivated to continue to play...

would love to hear from those who've used private coaches before. tks![/quote]

A year ago I would have told you 8 is too young. But, when I put my middle schooler in a travel team I found that I had the opportunity to put my 9 yo on a travel team that practices at the same place at the same time. Saving time/driving won over my ideology that playing travel at 9 was too young.

My 9 yo was just like your son, not very skilled, not very fast, low motivation.

What I found out was that after a year of learning real soccer he can play pretty well. He is very fast but never tried to get to the ball because he would get schooled and feel embarrassed. Once he learned some skills he had more confidence as was able to steal the ball and do something with it he was more apt to try.

I would not just hire a college kid though - unless that college kid plays soccer at his college. Our coach is a college kid and I would hire him because he plays soccer for college but charges more like $50/hour. We have not done the 1 on 1 training but learning the real way to play soccer has gone a long way to his self confidence and enjoyment of the game.[/quote]

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