Quote Originally Posted by thehumblegringo View Post
I think keeping it FUN is paramount for children u14.
If you lose the fun factor then you'll inevitably lose the kid.
Listened to Undr the Cosh, and they were talking about an u11 drill, with cones and poles etc of a current PL manager. He wouldn't say but he's clearly old school. He said, "when you were 11 what did you want to do? Drop your bag and run to the park and play. While I'm here, I never want to see a session like that again. All they should be doing is playing games and making decisions for themselves". I've got to say, I don't disagree. Although small sided games where you get more touches wouldn't be a bad thing! I played out wide and really disliked it when I was younger as I wouldn't get the ball, and I wanted to get wide and put crosses in so if I came in that, I couldn't do that!