Size matters

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Soccer is one of those sports were size matters less than other sports. There are very few kids at U10 who are going to improve based on a coach, particularly town teams. Get your kid playing pick up games, as well as working on his physical skills such as speed and strength. Improve his dribbling and shooting skills by getting him one of the online soccer programs such as BeastMode, Renegade, etc. Investing 8 to 10 hours a week improving his technical skills will pay off. If your kid is willing to put in the time to improve his physical and technical skills he will be seen as a good player. It is has more to do with the size of his effort and desire to improve than the physical size.

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Coaches can help, but they only have your kid for an hour or so a day, total of a few hours a week max. If your child loves the game and/or wants to improve, it is the effort put in at home that will make the difference. If your child can competently control the ball, they will get noticed. Practice the coaches drills at home, use you-tube for training ideas, play pick up games with friends.

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Coaches can help, but they only have your kid for an hour or so a day, total of a few hours a week max. If your child loves the game and/or wants to improve, it is the effort put in at home that will make the difference. If your child can competently control the ball, they will get noticed. Practice the coaches drills at home, use you-tube for training ideas, play pick up games with friends.

Get a dog!

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The single best piece of advice is to get him playing in pick up games. Few 10 year olds want to drill on their own. My son never did, and he will be playing in college. The things that made the biggest difference were playing in the yard with older brothers (made him comfortable with physical contact, both were much bigger than him), and playing pickup with a group of young hispanic men starting at 14.

Also, sending him to a high level soccer camp for a couple of weeks in the summer, e.g. Red Bulls RDS. Finally, giving him breaks! This is a marathon not a sprint and you need to guard against burnout. We took the summers off from organized soccer, except for 2 weeks at camp.

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Continued from above post:

Now is a good time to instill the belief that hard work pays off. Work hard and you will do/be better. If you do your best, you can be happy no matter the outcome.

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Hi. I’m a shorter player too only 5-5. Guess what?! We dominate the field. I was much faster as than my team mates. I had to be. Unless your a keeper or center defense your kid is going to be fine.
Here is a bit from an article to help you feel better...
Usually short players are a lot more agile than tall players. Why is this? It happens because, the shorter you are, the closer your center of gravity will be to the ground. This gives you a considerable advantage when making quick cuts, changes of speed and direction.

Usually short players are the best dribblers and the hardest to stop for defenders. They can easily squeeze in between tight spaces and leave defenders behind. When you get to read the 23 player examples you’ll see what I am trying to say.

As for coaching yea don’t worry. I agree get your kid involved w the boys in the neighborhood playing at night screwing around. Most coaches know nothing. If they put your kid on the B team due to size tell your kid to just dominate. As he gains speed and confidence the A coach will be asking your kid to play on his team while the big slow often out of shape kids who are picked based on size but not really talent, will be sucking wind on the side lines waiting for practice to end so they can go to McDonalds.

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Coaches can help, but they only have your kid for an hour or so a day, total of a few hours a week max. If your child loves the game and/or wants to improve, it is the effort put in at home that will make the difference. If your child can competently control the ball, they will get noticed. Practice the coaches drills at home, use you-tube for training ideas, play pick up games with friends.

Agreed but a coach that keeps giving the smaller player chances and encouragement can make a big difference. Confidence matters in these situations. Playing frequently with older players helps too.

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You must be a coach from another club?

One of the smallest players I've seen plays on Bolts DA.

which age?

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Hi. I’m a shorter player too only 5-5. Guess what?! We dominate the field. I was much faster as than my team mates. I had to be. Unless your a keeper or center defense your kid is going to be fine.
Here is a bit from an article to help you feel better...
Usually short players are a lot more agile than tall players. Why is this? It happens because, the shorter you are, the closer your center of gravity will be to the ground. This gives you a considerable advantage when making quick cuts, changes of speed and direction.

Usually short players are the best dribblers and the hardest to stop for defenders. They can easily squeeze in between tight spaces and leave defenders behind. When you get to read the 23 player examples you’ll see what I am trying to say.

As for coaching yea don’t worry. I agree get your kid involved w the boys in the neighborhood playing at night screwing around. Most coaches know nothing. If they put your kid on the B team due to size tell your kid to just dominate. As he gains speed and confidence the A coach will be asking your kid to play on his team while the big slow often out of shape kids who are picked based on size but not really talent, will be sucking wind on the side lines waiting for practice to end so they can go to McDonalds.

Make sure to teach him to draw a foul every time he feels a breath on his back (if they’re not wearing masks)
He can make a living in the box

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which age?

I think he is 16 now.

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I think he is 16 now.

Nope. he got cut. they went with a bigger, less skilled player.

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Nope. he got cut. they went with a bigger, less skilled player.

How would you know? What’s the first initial of his last name? Then I’ll know if you’re lying?

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How would you know? What’s the first initial of his last name? Then I’ll know if you’re lying?

I’ll go out on a limb and say he was being sarcastic...

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Make sure to teach him to draw a foul every time he feels a breath on his back (if they’re not wearing masks)
He can make a living in the box

You European?

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I’ll go out on a limb and say he was being sarcastic...

Very weak sarcasm...more likely a typical TS a-hole.