The Problem With Positions
Have you ever had to keep reminding a 9-year-old to stay in his position? How often do you have to tell your U8 team to spread out? Even if you’ve reviewed and gone over the positional roles of your players a thousand times, they still don’t get it. Why is that?
Because kids don’t understand positions. They simply don’t get it. Their brains don’t think that way. And that is perfectly okay!
As adults, we love structure. We look at the white board, see X’s and O’s shaped in