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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here.  Thanks for the insight.  I just watched these other teams in awe at how "together" they were.  Hard to commit to these tournament weekends to watch the team get blown out.  [/quote]

I know "winning" a U9 or U10 game is essentially meaningless. You can tell if they're developing skill. The score is often a product of which team has the better goalkeeper, and many clubs aren't even training their goalkeepers at that age.

But I do sometimes think we overdo it. Losing game after game after game wears down kids' interest in playing. I know a kid who has played 30 tournament games in five seasons. Hasn't won a single game. They have five or six wins in league play over that span. They're not great players, but there are some basic tactical things they could learning at U11 and U12 that would make them more competitive. How long does this club expect these kids to stick with it?[/quote]

Then the kid and the teammates may simply not be that good to begin with. Talk with the coach and determine what the season objectives are for the players and the team.

If you are only practicing twice to three times a week and there is no outside work on technical training, either on your own or with another coach then there is your problem. If the same can be said for the teammate, then there is your problem. You have to identify what your kids shortcomings are and address them. Find some videos on youtube for footwork drills, play wall ball, juggle, watch soccer, play FIFA, anything and all of those can help.

But a good team takes good players. A good coach can make good players into a good team and a good coach can challenge weak players to want to get better but a good coach can't perform miracles. [/quote]

PP here -- in one of these three years, the coach was terrific, and the team wasn't bad. Their league record was decent -- not first, not last, usually quite competitive. They just kept entering the higher brackets in tournaments so they could "challenge" the kids. [/quote]

Unless they were winning their brackets with crazy ease there is no reason to keep pushing them up brackets to be challenged. [/quote]

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