KOPMATT wrote:I know what it's like to see the kids at a young age devleoping their footie skills. I happen to manage my local under9's, Pontymister Youth. My son is 8 and plays(obviously) i don't put him under any pressusre other than the fact i think sometimes he can try to take advantage of the fact the his dad is the coach!
My son has all the ability, touch, shot & control but lacks the application sometimes and thats what fustrates me the most. It's not that i expect him to play like STEVIE G every week but I do expect the effort especially after i stop up from a night shift to take the team to some godforsaken team way up the valley at 10am on a sunday morning. I do think that maybe i'm a bit too hard on him coz he's my son, does anyone have any advice?
i've started to do a website for our team it's only at the beginners stage yet but feel free to have a butchers.
http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/pontymisteryouth/ under9's but as i say i'm only justs starting this site for the club.
YNWA
Fo Dne wrote:KOPMATT wrote:I know what it's like to see the kids at a young age devleoping their footie skills. I happen to manage my local under9's, Pontymister Youth. My son is 8 and plays(obviously) i don't put him under any pressusre other than the fact i think sometimes he can try to take advantage of the fact the his dad is the coach!
My son has all the ability, touch, shot & control but lacks the application sometimes and thats what fustrates me the most. It's not that i expect him to play like STEVIE G every week but I do expect the effort especially after i stop up from a night shift to take the team to some godforsaken team way up the valley at 10am on a sunday morning. I do think that maybe i'm a bit too hard on him coz he's my son, does anyone have any advice?
i've started to do a website for our team it's only at the beginners stage yet but feel free to have a butchers.
http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/pontymisteryouth/ under9's but as i say i'm only justs starting this site for the club.
YNWA
Drop him. Give him 20-30 minutes in two games running as a sub and make sure in those games he's doing alot of running and covering ground and doing the dirty stuff. Just say to him you're not playing because i need someone who will work hard for the team... and explain what he's doing wrong. If you then don't see an improvement when he's coming on as a sub, continue not to play him. Its the only way he'll learn and at that age he will learn. Also show him video's on youtube of players like Carragher and Gerrard making tackles and tracking back and point out how amazing it is. Instill it in him its important and he'll probably start to bring it into his game.
Praise him when he does the dirty stuff but don't over praise him aswell. What you're probably best doing is sitting down and talking to him now about how to find space, how to use his abilities and how to mask his weaknesses.
If you grab them young enough you can iron out faults, attitudes always a good place to start. The key though is getting the balance right.
Fo Dne wrote:KOPMATT wrote:I know what it's like to see the kids at a young age devleoping their footie skills. I happen to manage my local under9's, Pontymister Youth. My son is 8 and plays(obviously) i don't put him under any pressusre other than the fact i think sometimes he can try to take advantage of the fact the his dad is the coach!
My son has all the ability, touch, shot & control but lacks the application sometimes and thats what fustrates me the most. It's not that i expect him to play like STEVIE G every week but I do expect the effort especially after i stop up from a night shift to take the team to some godforsaken team way up the valley at 10am on a sunday morning. I do think that maybe i'm a bit too hard on him coz he's my son, does anyone have any advice?
i've started to do a website for our team it's only at the beginners stage yet but feel free to have a butchers.
http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/pontymisteryouth/ under9's but as i say i'm only justs starting this site for the club.
YNWA
Drop him. Give him 20-30 minutes in two games running as a sub and make sure in those games he's doing alot of running and covering ground and doing the dirty stuff. Just say to him you're not playing because i need someone who will work hard for the team... and explain what he's doing wrong. If you then don't see an improvement when he's coming on as a sub, continue not to play him. Its the only way he'll learn and at that age he will learn. Also show him video's on youtube of players like Carragher and Gerrard making tackles and tracking back and point out how amazing it is. Instill it in him its important and he'll probably start to bring it into his game.
Praise him when he does the dirty stuff but don't over praise him aswell. What you're probably best doing is sitting down and talking to him now about how to find space, how to use his abilities and how to mask his weaknesses.
If you grab them young enough you can iron out faults, attitudes always a good place to start. The key though is getting the balance right.
destro wrote:Took me ages to dig this post back up
Anyway.....hes still at Liverpool ( after he tried and didn't like City and Burnley )??? . I went to watch him a couple of weeks ago and was alerted to some "dodgy looking bloke" ( my sisters words ) taking a very keen interest in him, writing notes and talking to the coaches. Next minute hes is called over to speak to the "dodgy looking bloke" and the coaches and then put into a higher age group for the remainder of the session where he continues to impress.
The "dodgy looking bloke" = King Kenny himself
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