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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To coach at 8:41: can you explain to us clueless parents at the U10 and U11 ages what should happen with smaller and weaker kids who may be good technically but need to grow? What I see is the bigger kids getting more playing time immediately; which gives them more confidence and more game awareness; and then the gap just increases. It is almost like we say if you are young and small for that year, don’t bother, even if you have good potential. Because by the time DS is 12 or 13, they have lost so many chances to grow they will never catch up. Is this accurate or am I imagining it?[/quote]

If a coach is doing that it’s because they are playing to win, not to develop. Big now isn’t necessarily biggest later. It’s theirs job and they need to stay employed so they focus on winning. The kids that can get better with that focus keep the paychecks coming. The smaller kid has to work harder to make it, because it’s all about the Coach. Those are tea leaves you’re seeing. 
Having coached elementary school age kids, and having had my own kids play and still playing, the focus should be on development, not games, not clubs, not cliques, just training and development. In this country it’s a paid business and therefore you’re going to have a lot of emphasis on winning, and playing the most physically developed child at that age. When I look at premier league players, I don’t see those players all over the pitch. I see varying physiques. They were all developed. It’s definitely negatively impacting youth development. [/quote]

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