small help

cena

What can I do with u8 kids that are just messing all the time and not wanting to learn the game of football or skills.

DARK-KNIGHT

cena wrote: »

What can I do with u8 kids that are just messing all the time and not wanting to learn the game of football or skills.

Incentives!!!

Like with all kids incentives like a team chart with stars for training etc would be given and every month or two have a prize for person with most stars

cena

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Incentives!!!

Like with all kids incentives like a team chart with stars for training etc would be given and every month or two have a prize for person with most stars

The club doesn't allow stuff like that.

davegrohl48

Give them as many size 4 footballs as you can and walkaway.
They'll figure out the basics themselves from watching other older players in the club or being at matches themselves or seeing it on tv.

If yer looking long term, at u12 get the interested ones a football each. You'll have the most skillful team in yer region by u16. Time with an actual O'Neills away from the club is the biggest difference between alot of intercounty players and less skillful players. It was noted that it was very common to see Colm Cooper, Peter Canavan with an O'Neills away from their club.

I doubt any club has ever tried it, but I'd say a 3 year investment like that would produce an incredible minor team. When you see clubs spending big money on scoreboards, floodlights, dressing rooms, training pitches to try and aim for success. They miss the much less expensive option which will guarantee improved players.

jimbo79

cena wrote: »

What can I do with u8 kids that are just messing all the time and not wanting to learn the game of football or skills.

im doing a bit with my 6 year old now, will start him with a club next year, it can be hard to get him focused, my suggestion would be maybe to bring in an u16 or minor player with you someone that they might look up to, try keep it fun and vary it to keep them interested remember they are only small

cena

jimbo79 wrote: »

im doing a bit with my 6 year old now, will start him with a club next year, it can be hard to get him focused, my suggestion would be maybe to bring in an u16 or minor player with you someone that they might look up to, try keep it fun and vary it to keep them interested remember they are only small

We have players that where here last year and you can tell that they did it before. Most of the kids have older borthers and sister and are good at the game. I ask them do they play football at home and get told they hate the game.

I also help out the u10 hurling team. I have no family in either team and take the my free time to go around traveling with them and helping out.

Speak Now

cena wrote: »

What can I do with u8 kids that are just messing all the time and not wanting to learn the game of football or skills.

Give them a hurley

premierstone

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Give them a hurley

Feck you anyway read the OP and was about to post this, great minds and all that

ArielAtom

cena wrote: »

What can I do with u8 kids that are just messing all the time and not wanting to learn the game of football or skills.

My expierence is that it is normally two or three kids that set each other off. They get giddy and messing starts. Seperate them. If that does'nt work I used the hockey card system. Green=Warning, Yellow=5 mins on side line, Red= sit out session. This was deployed for two weeks and never used since, cost me €8.00 per set of cards and still have them!!!!!!

Kids normally react to encouragement. What are your coaches to kids ratio. If say 1 coach to 10 kids then coaches will get frustrated and sessions will suffer. Try and get more parents involved. Mix up the sessions, rotate coaches as kids get bored listening to the same voice.

Im up to u10 now and we still get the odd session when a few act up, i blame the full moons myself!!!!!!

NORTH1

Break them up into smaller numbers, recruit parents from the side line(don't except the i don't know what to do excuse) and get them running drills. Keep them occupied. Wow that was easy to type!

U10 football training last night second one back after the break, usually have around twenty to twenty five, last night thirty seven turned up, with two mentors it was tough as i wasn't prepared for these numbers.

It only gets worse when you get to minor level.....a whole new set of problems there!

DARK-KNIGHT

cena wrote: »

The club doesn't allow stuff like that.

Can I ask why? Your the manager you set your training!!!!

Sometimes clubs really get in the way of getting kids interested the bastards!!!!!

curry-muff

cena wrote: »

What can I do with u8 kids that are just messing all the time and not wanting to learn the game of football or skills.

With kids that young they're never interested in doing drills etc, your best bet is to divide them into teams and just let them play a game of football.

You can sneak in education by blowing the whistle to stop the play every now and then to tell them what they should be doing.

popebenny16

curry-muff wrote: »

With kids that young they're never interested in doing drills etc, your best bet is to divide them into teams and just let them play a game of football.

You can sneak in education by blowing the whistle to stop the play every now and then to tell them what they should be doing.

this.

these kids are only 7 for gods sake, divide them into a&b teams, and ask for bottles of fizz and crisps from the club for them at the end. what sort of club wouldnt do that???

Bizzum

http://www.edenderrygaa.com/coaching/cul-redz-coaching-nursery

Take a look at this. Very popular with the kids. Some clips of it on youtube probably worth a look too!

GAAman

Well first off you need to remember that they are just little kids and some of them are just dumped on you as a very cheap babysitting service for an hour!

That said the way I have found with the younger ones is games. Everything needs to be fun. One example is a simple hand passing drill I do, you break them up and make teams then have a little runway. In the runway there are 2 blue cones 5 steps away from them then a red cone 10 steps away (Toe to heel steps)

They have to hand pass it over the blue (If the ball touches the ground before passing the blue it does not count) and try and hit the red cone.

There are loads of things but the first and foremost is fun.