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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s overrated now. Teams should play much more directly with balls over the top.[/quote]

As the kids age direct play becomes less and less productive. The defenses are easily able to deal with direct play. The teams have to be able to break down a defense that has stopped forward runs or has packed it in. If you can’t do that you do not score. Watch what happens to your forwards when they are stops in the final third. Let me give you a hint- nothing happens.[/quote]

I actually agree with everything you said except the premise.

Passing for the sake of maintaining possession is much more valuable for U-littles for their development.  Learning to create scoring opportunities through direct ball AFTER learning short passes for maintaining possession is much easier than the other way around.

As they get older, exploiting opportunities and counter-attacking through direct ball is an absolute necessity.  But if they don’t have proficiency in short passes, it becomes moot.  [/quote]

Nonsense!
No top soccer country, club, academy,  team in the world focus on passing for young players

Ball handling, technique, 1v1 skills, dribbling all take priority over passing 
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The point was short passes are more important than direct ball at U-little.  But yes.  I do agree that those things you listed are priority over passing at U-little. [/quote]

Accurate and properly weighted are important factors regardless of the distance 
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