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All I can say is that my son's Alexandria team was never really able to get how to play possession style this year. The team did terribly, and we always seemed to have the ball in our half of the field and were never able to move it forward. In almost every game, the "man of the match" for our team was the goalie. It could just be that the team wasn't very good. However, in one of our games, the ref commented that he could "sort of see what we were trying to do, but it wasn't working."

Assuming this is U9 or U10 -- I'd say there's a good chance this team will get considerably better over time. As a lot of parents here will say, the players who learn possession skills at an early age will overtake the others.

The caveat: It's still a physical sport. Players who aren't slow and strong are always going to be at a disadvantage. Some coaches think they can take any group of random 9-year-olds and make them top players by U14. They can do their best, but it might not pan out.

But you can't write players off at a young age. Sometimes kids finish up a growth spurt and have a lot more coordination and speed than they had at age 8. If those kids learned skills at age 8, they'll be better than the kids who didn't.[/quote]

I hope the team will get better over time.   The team did not communicate well during games, which didn't help matters.  Also, since they are U10, they had to rotate positions, which could be tough when kids were not in their ideal positions.  I get why they require this, though.

Unfortunately, DS never going to be large in terms of either height or weight.  He has decent technical skills, and hopefully will keep improving.  Last season, he often got pushed off the ball by larger opponents.

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