Soccer help/suggestions

Depends on the girls. If you've got one who has some ball handling skills (leave it alone, pervs), she should be your central midfielder. I wouldn't have the inexperienced players in the same position (i.e. both as defenders). Spread out the weakness...if that's what they are. You should probably use the faster player up front. I'd go with a 2-1-2. Don't even attempt any thing that doesn't have a midfield player. You don't want that gap in between.

That said, at that age, don't stress positions that much. Teach them all total soccer. They should all be able to defend and attack. With 6v6, everybody should be playing on both sides of the ball.

Finally, Beckham products and the Predator line are both Adidas. Please don't mix up nike crap for Adidas beauty.

 

I would suggest to solidify the defense with the best stoppers and those "football savvy" that can lead the mids and forwards to score. A great attack can start from the defenders spreading the ball up to the midfield and forwards.

When I was playing amateur with this good, no GREAT, team, I was given a chance to play ONCE with some top players... one of them, a veteran guy who had been with that team for a long time, was their leading scorer, but he switched to a stopper/sweeper position because we were short 2 players and so I played the entire game, and he sent me to the midfield. His directions to the rest of us were: "I don't care if we don't score, we at least won't let THEM score on us." We ended up tying in the last minute 'cuz he sent a nice ball over their attack and I was able to center it in on a counter, where we caught the other team sleeping.

Nonetheless, I'd like to say I would ALWAYS solidify the D. Good luck, sir.

 

What area of town is this? I have a daughter that is 8 yrs old and I can't seem to find an all girls team for her age. She's in the Tomball area.

 

It's better to send your daughter to a foreign country like Italy or England where the soccer is as popular as basketball is in US. US women soccer team is pretty good but I'm afraid it won't last long if we only spend our dollars and time on bball games, I mean Basketball and Baseball games. Football is pretty similar to soccer but it's not very fit for girls I'm afraid.

 

Teach them not to kick the ball with their toes -- make them kick the ball with their shoelaces. Reward them for staying in position and not 'beehiving'.

 

By watching the World Cup, I think the best idea is to tie each player's shoelaces together so that they constantly fall down and look like they are in horrible pain. This is not a game I understand.

 

Thanks, ROXRAN. I am just trying to crack wise so that I can get TWO cubes of soylent green near my name.

To be honest, my cousin's daughter plays in leagues nearby, and I've gone to dozens of games and find myself jumping up and down cheering. This is VERY unusual for me, so I sympathize completely. This kid is a complete studette, by the way.

Kudos to you and your wife for the volunteer/mentor work. That is my single New Year's resolution... to get more involved in such.