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[quote=Anonymous]Some of you are getting closer to really understanding. Once you take this curiosity beyond the big known countries to smaller countries like Iceland, Croatia, South Korea, Ghana, Egypt, and Japan. You will see that yes, passion and drive are essential. But, the knowledge imparted at a very young age is crucial and the experiences/temperament of the supporting group (parents and coaches). It is the only thing that unites all of these groups globally.

I never hear of kids in Iceland playing soccer non-stop in the streets. Why are they competitive on the global stage? Well, they recognized that the coaching of the very young players was substandard and required only licensed coaching at the youngest ages. They built facilities (Domes) because it is cold, and the kids would have to be taken to the facility, where knowledgeable coaches guided them. A lot of federations (Germany, France) require licensing for the youngest coaches as well.  That doesn't explain all of it for, say Ghana and Egypt, where the resources are far and few. Their community and main support (parents) had the knowledge and imparted it to them at a young age.

[quote]But what can we parents do to encourage a better approach?[/quote]

I'll go back to what I said before for a US system current, pre 11 vs. 11.

1.  Educate yourself on the game and get involved. Watch games with them at home. There is a good book called Soccer Starts at Home by Tom Byer. Play with your kid at home, learn the skills and help them early.
     2.  Get detached during games. Don't overstimulate the kids while they are building the skills needed to play. Stop screaming; nothing is happening! Your screaming is affecting my kid and your kid. You are way too close and way too loud.  They don't have a lot of time away from you to do this, so make these moments count. The weekend game is free play if we let it become that.
     3.  Identify knowledgeable coaching only focusing on development. The goal should not be to go pro or win the tournament but acquire skills. If the coach doesn't care (no rotation, constant joysticking, no fun, no knowledge), leave. That ex-player is broken mentally.

If done on a large scale or a community, those three things would have a huge change in the development of players in a big enough group.

Most don't care, even if you tell them and show them the multiple ways it would help.

Here is one more for you. Here is a very talented professional football player playing basketball. You can see, he never had a connection with that game early and that's what it looks like. A kid playing for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kDvVY-OovE

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