Contemplating a move this summer where I send my u12 down to Brazil to play unstructured, pickup soccer on the beaches and in the streets of Rio for three months.
Any thoughts on exposing them to that environment? Rather than three months of drills, drills, drills with silly coaches in the U.S. that strangle the fun out of the game, perhaps it is better to just give them exposure to the joy of the game in a real futbol country, with real players.
We put our toes in the water with this model when we went to Spain to see El Clasico for a few days and my son played in the parks in Madrid all day with other kids. Happiest I've ever seen him- and he learned a lot.
Any thoughts on exposing them to that environment? Rather than three months of drills, drills, drills with silly coaches in the U.S. that strangle the fun out of the game, perhaps it is better to just give them exposure to the joy of the game in a real futbol country, with real players.
We put our toes in the water with this model when we went to Spain to see El Clasico for a few days and my son played in the parks in Madrid all day with other kids. Happiest I've ever seen him- and he learned a lot.
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