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How many coaches should be involved at U10 level

I'm involved in an U9 team at the moment where we have 4 Level 1 FA coaches involved and the squad size is limited to 9. My question is how many is enough and how many is too many? I'm having this debate at the moment and although it looks good sometimes the kids have multiple instructions from around the pitch.

Ade HoneCoach, England

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PAUL Coach, England

Only 1 coach should be giving instructions. Any more will just confuse the kids

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PAUL Coach, England

Only 1 coach should be giving instructions. Any more will just confuse the kids

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brett gribbenCoach, New Zealand

Yep agree only 1 coach maybe an assisstant to help with setup and drills but only 1 head coach more than enough for 9th grade football.

Brett

Ade HoneCoach, England

Thanks for the feedback it`s greatly appreciated to know that I`m not the only one thinking this way..

Football CoachCoach

At our club we need to have 2 both with DBS

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