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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

At the older ages speed of play and playing in tight space makes things happen. A possession team will not pass up a long, medium or short pass that leads to an opportunity. It is a false argument to state possession teams pass for no purpose and never pass long.

Watch a good possession team and they will get out of pressure with 1-2 passes and 2-3 passes later are outside your box. You turn the ball over against a possession team and in 1-3 passes they are outside your box. [/quote]

Don’t know if you’re agreeing or disagreeing.  If you’re disagreeing, I don’t understand.  I am in favor of maintaining possession, and it does serve a purpose including long passes.  I’m saying learning to be proficient at short passes should come first. [/quote]

Passes are almost always short at U-littles no?[/quote]

Short passes are not necessarily attempted passes that went short. A lot of “passes” at u-little do not count as passes.  More like getting rid of the ball.  This is why I think they need to be proficient at short passes. [/quote]

They need to be proficient at ball handling skills
Passing can come way later

Why teach them to treat ball like live grenade instead of having creativity?[/quote]

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