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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it insane that adults pressure their kids to not pass to their teammate because that player dribbles more than the parent (who know nothing about soccer or development) would like. Do you also pressure her to not pass to the kids that pass it’ll directly to the wrong team or dribble out of bounds under no pressure? Or is it just the dribblers that you don’t want her to pass to?

Parents are the worst, purposefully creating a toxic environment. [/quote]Rewarding good behavior and punishing bad behavior is innate.[/quote]

Yes, as much as everyone likes to say (myself included) we should be about development and not winning, the kids should be developing their problem solving skills toward the goal of eventually (gasp) winning.  Smart players will push the ball toward match-ups where the team has an advantage and avoid match-ups where they don't.  There are limits to the development benefits of pretending bad teammates are all great, as it could start to suppress their competitive instinct.  Stick with the coach's gameplan even if it makes winning harder, but within that gameplan you should be fighting to win each game.  That often means favoring passes to your better players unless the coach tells you to cut it out.  Each kid has a brain, and they should be using it.  [/quote]

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