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My Coaching Group of a Handful of 5 year olds

I have a group of 5 year olds and technically they're not the greatest and I'm really at wits end with what kind of games to give them that will improve them - they still have the mentality of playing games not football related.

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nathan abbottParent, England

intergrate games they understand like stuck in the mud, every player has a ball apart from chaser has a ball if touched they must pick the ball up above ther heads, the only way they can be released is by someone passing the ball through there legs, this will encourage head up a talking, the progression from this is if the player passing through the legs kicks the ball to far away the chaser can kick it out and that player is out unitl restart ofdrill

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