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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I was the one that offered some 50/50 drills to help out and some others have given some good suggestions as well with the shoulder tackle drills that will help.  I definitely recommend those, but take them slowly and do them right as they can lead to fouls at the younger ages if done incorrectly.

I know it's hard, but why even respond to some of these people?  You are simply asking for help and like most of the internet you have the arm chair police who love to make themselves feel better by commenting on others.  It's amazing.  Maybe they are jealous because their kids want to play video games and they want them to be more like your kid asking for help.  I don't know and who really cares?  You asked for help and shouldn't be ridiculed.  I had a similar situation with a super motivated kid of my own.  He would push me to push him so I did.  We bought hurdles, ladders, kick-walls and all kinds of training equipment.  It's what he would ask for every birthday and Christmas.  We were up at the field one day and a guy walking past made a comment that I was living through my child.  Who cares what they all think?  That guy was probably pissed his kid sat in the basement on an xbox all day.  You are pushing a child who obviously wants to be pushed.  If they didn't you would be wrong, but you're not.  There is nothing wrong with that and builds a lot of life long character qualities even outside of soccer.  For what it's worth, I pushed my child in a healthy way and they ended up being a hell of a soccer player who went on to play in college and semi-pro.[/quote]

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