Player Development

[Joao Moutinho]

So I've been running the football team at the primary school that I work at (ages 9-11) and there is one kid who is quite a talent. He's only 10/11 (not sure which) but he has great ball control, pace with the ball at his feet, strength, can knock a ball 25/30 yards with ease and has an eye for goal.

However, he has no concept of team play. He refuses to pass to most people, often loses the ball in possession, doesn't ever have his head up, never tracks back and fails to listen to anything I say to him. He is also a right arrogant kid in school too. The problem is that outside of the school team he is allowed to play however he wants regardless of who's on his team, which is really frustrating.

I've tried everything to try and positively develop his game: working for him i.e making runs that he should be looking to pick me out on, taking him out of the game by avoiding passing to him and putting him on a weaker team. He still won't listen.

I'm thinking of just marking him out of the practice game next time just so he can see how one dimensional his play is and how easily he can be dealt with in a real game. Or is that too harsh?

The problem is is that it seems to be a recurring theme in youth football and is it possible that the game at a higher level is going to be affected in the future because players of this age think its the right way to play the game?

 

[andym78]

He'll get found out when he goes to secondary school mate. There'll be kids that are as good if not better than him there and the defenders will get better as they get older so he'll have to adapt.

Or he'll find girls and alcohol and forget about football all together.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Drop him.

 

[Joao Moutinho]

He'll get found out when he goes to secondary school mate. There'll be kids that are as good if not better than him there and the defenders will get better as they get older so he'll have to adapt.

Or he'll find girls and alcohol and forget about football all together.

Yeah I think he will, from a football perspective it's a shame because he could be a decent player. But from a teaching perspective I'm not arsed because he is a knob to everyone in school.

Drop him.

Tried that, he wasn't arsed. Came back even more of a [Poor language removed]

 

[ijjysmith]

Give him to Moyes.

He'll never be seen again.

 

[tommye]

Jimmy Savile him lad. That'll show the little fecker who's da man.

 

[roydo]

So I've been running the football team at the primary school that I work at (ages 9-11) and there is one kid who is quite a talent. He's only 10/11 (not sure which) but he has great ball control, pace with the ball at his feet, strength, can knock a ball 25/30 yards with ease and has an eye for goal.

However, he has no concept of team play. He refuses to pass to most people, often loses the ball in possession, doesn't ever have his head up, never tracks back and fails to listen to anything I say to him. He is also a right arrogant kid in school too. The problem is that outside of the school team he is allowed to play however he wants regardless of who's on his team, which is really frustrating.

I've tried everything to try and positively develop his game: working for him i.e making runs that he should be looking to pick me out on, taking him out of the game by avoiding passing to him and putting him on a weaker team. He still won't listen.

I'm thinking of just marking him out of the practice game next time just so he can see how one dimensional his play is and how easily he can be dealt with in a real game. Or is that too harsh?

The problem is is that it seems to be a recurring theme in youth football and is it possible that the game at a higher level is going to be affected in the future because players of this age think its the right way to play the game?

Should fit right in with England then.

 

[Kurt.]

Get him on mastermind lad with questions about quantam physics... the little fwker will pass all week ..

 

[Joao Moutinho]

Should fit right in with England then.

This was what I was thinking, is it the way that the game is going in this country if youngsters think this is the right way to play?

 

[Kurt.]

This was what I was thinking, is it the way that the game is going in this country if youngsters think this is the right way to play?

Play small sided games with no goals to score in.... make the object of the game something like 5 passes gets the team a goal.... persist with it though, don't give up if it's not happening, reduce it to 3 passes per goal... if they find it easy raise it to ten passes per goal,,,,,,be imaginative though and make it fun.

 

[roydo]

This was what I was thinking, is it the way that the game is going in this country if youngsters think this is the right way to play?

Dont know how old you are mate, but year in year out, pundits/media etc have bemoaned the (lack of) development of players in this country. We seem to occasionally stumble upon a decent team, such as 1990, but watching England yesterday was utterly depressing, and it must stem from the players early experiences. (As you seem to have witnessed).

Great foreign players come to the PL, and when they go back to their National teams, or transferred abroad, they dont look rubbish by playing in England, so it cant be the senior game. Beats me.

 

[Del]

Punch him in the kite everytime he disobeys you lad, He should be passing the ball in no time at all

 

[DanEFC92]

Give him an electric shock everytime he should pass but doesn't.

 

[Joao Moutinho]

Play small sided games with no goals to score in.... make the object of the game something like 5 passes gets the team a goal.... persist with it though, don't give up if it's not happening, reduce it to 3 passes per goal... if they find it easy raise it to ten passes per goal,,,,,,be imaginative though and make it fun.

Tried that, everyone else got it. He moaned and sulked, told me to [Poor language removed] and made another kid cry. That was when he got dropped.

Dont know how old you are mate, but year in year out, pundits/media etc have bemoaned the (lack of) development of players in this country. We seem to occasionally stumble upon a decent team, such as 1990, but watching England yesterday was utterly depressing, and it must stem from the players early experiences. (As you seem to have witnessed).

Great foreign players come to the PL, and when they go back to their National teams, or transferred abroad, they dont look rubbish by playing in England, so it cant be the senior game. Beats me.

I'm only 18, so I am not long out of playing junior football myself so i have noticed that the standard is quite low with less of an emphasis on playing good football and more on winning. Although I am going to do the first level coaching course in the not too distant future so I think then I will genuinely find out whats going on. I think the problem is definitely grassroots.

 

[Kurt.]

]Tried that, everyone else got it. He moaned and sulked, told me to [Poor language removed] and made another kid cry. That was when he got dropped.[/B]



I'm only 18, so I am not long out of playing junior football myself so i have noticed that the standard is quite low with less of an emphasis on playing good football and more on winning. Although I am going to do the first level coaching course in the not too distant future so I think then I will genuinely find out whats going on. I think the problem is definitely grassroots.

Well my friend to be honest he may be a good individual but he is not condusive to the team ethic.... don't play him is the only answer.