lorddulaarsenal Find myself giving him guidance which goes against what the coach says. Want him to feel comfortable trying things even if they don’t work out.
Let him on. A lot of the time on my team kids over dribble and lose the ball but if they don't do that now they'll never learn to as it gets more and more tactical the older they get. I also hate coaches who shout instruction to kids on the ball, I let them figure it out and if they make the mistake tell them after. Can't learn decision making without making your own decisions.
lorddulaarsenal The other day he passed across the face of the goal to a teammate - perfectly good pass which he sees a lot on telly but the coach yelled at him not to muck about with it at the back
TBF I sympathise with the coaches there. I've tried to get them not to pass across goal because it just costs goals too often. We have very mixed teams in terms of ability and some of them just aren't at the level where they can do it without giving the opposition and easy chance on goal. We're in the off season now and when we go back the teams will be graded so I'll have a stronger group and I'll be drilling them on playing out from the back then. They hate passing drills though, they think its boring and will do all sorts of stupid tricks and outside of the foot stuff to make it more interesting which usually leads to weak hospital balls, etc Not my lad though, we practice passing and touch more than anything else. If you're going to be wearing your Arsenal gear to training you have to play the Arsenal way.
