Comments on: Sometimes It’s The Simple Things http://onthepitch.org/2009/10/22/sometimes-its-the-simple-things/ Thoughts on Youth Soccer from a Soccer Dad, Fan, Coach and Administrator Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MattB http://onthepitch.org/2009/10/22/sometimes-its-the-simple-things/comment-page-1/#comment-70840 MattB Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:54:23 +0000 http://onthepitch.org/?p=1748#comment-70840 Its a great feeling when the kids do something spontaneous like that. My son is 3 years old and has already started doing the backheel. Im also encouraging the little ones to kick with either foot from the get go, before they get stuck in a 'rut' and begin developing their game biased to one side. Its a great feeling when the kids do something spontaneous like that. My son is 3 years old and has already started doing the backheel. Im also encouraging the little ones to kick with either foot from the get go, before they get stuck in a ‘rut’ and begin developing their game biased to one side.

]]> By: Paul http://onthepitch.org/2009/10/22/sometimes-its-the-simple-things/comment-page-1/#comment-70283 Paul Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:12:46 +0000 http://onthepitch.org/?p=1748#comment-70283 Great write-up. We had a similar experience Saturday. Our 7-year-olds were up 5-2, and the same kids that have scored all season were scoring today. At the halftime break I asked if anyone hadn't scored this year. A couple of kids still hadn't. So I asked the other players to try to help these two kids get a scoring chance. It was amazing how the game changed! The players started paying more attention to other kids on the field, picking their head up, trying to find an opening to get the ball to those other two to score. It was very cool, and rewarding to see them try some things we had done in practice but didn't really come out until they slowed down to think a bit. Glad to hear about your pull-turn fest! Always great to see the kids pull it off in a match. Great write-up. We had a similar experience Saturday. Our 7-year-olds were up 5-2, and the same kids that have scored all season were scoring today.

At the halftime break I asked if anyone hadn’t scored this year. A couple of kids still hadn’t. So I asked the other players to try to help these two kids get a scoring chance.

It was amazing how the game changed! The players started paying more attention to other kids on the field, picking their head up, trying to find an opening to get the ball to those other two to score.

It was very cool, and rewarding to see them try some things we had done in practice but didn’t really come out until they slowed down to think a bit.

Glad to hear about your pull-turn fest! Always great to see the kids pull it off in a match.

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