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Last Post By: TimthePsych ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:22 pm
Topic By: TimthePsych ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:22 pm
I think it is important to remember that at this age the crucial thing any parent or coach can do is help to develop a love for the game to foster a deep internal motivation to play and get better, which will happen with time. As others have said try not to make your son do anything like this, after all it is sport and should be enjoyable.

Think about this, if someone is doing something because of pressures by others, the motivation they develop for the activity will be much less 'self-determined'. This means that they are taking part in an activity not for the pure pleasure of doing it, but because they have to. This type of motivation is found to lead to reduced likelihood to persevere and exert effort over time, something which is invaluable for sport. It can be frustrating as a parent when children don't develop the way we would like, but what would you rather, your son ends up how he wants to be or how you want him to be?

As a technical point, at the age of 7 specialising in anyone sport isn't always likely to lead to elite ability in the long term. Moreover up to the age of 12 or so children develop better from engaging in a variety of sports and hobbies before moving into what are called the "specializing years" once they have found the activity for them.

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Last Post By: Mourinhosapprentice ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:21 pm
Topic By: Mourinhosapprentice ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:21 pm
We1shy! We1shy! We1shy!

You go girl!

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Last Post By: we1shnewby ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:09 pm
Topic By: we1shnewby ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:09 pm

alex wrote:I was asked by someone who plays in an adults team but none of my youth coaching stuff has anything, no worries.

Welshy - would that just be a 'Big Sam' DVD

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Last Post By: we1shnewby ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:09 pm
Topic By: alex ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:04 pm
I was asked by someone who plays in an adults team but none of my youth coaching stuff has anything, no worries.

Welshy - would that just be a 'Big Sam' DVD

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Last Post By: we1shnewby ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:09 pm
Topic By: JaySav ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:58 pm

Row18kemlynrd wrote:

alex wrote:that'll be a 'no' then?

Unless you have MA's dads computer in which case it would be a 'n'

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Last Post By: Mourinhosapprentice ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:21 pm
Topic By: Sirius ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:31 pm

we1shnewby wrote:OK may be it was a rant - but in my defence I did say i'd post it on this thread late last week i think - and the incident was nearly 2 years ago!!

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Last Post By: we1shnewby ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:09 pm
Topic By: Row18kemlynrd ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:30 pm

alex wrote:that'll be a 'no' then?

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Last Post By: we1shnewby ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:09 pm
Topic By: we1shnewby ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:19 pm

alex wrote:that'll be a 'no' then?

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Last Post By: Mourinhosapprentice ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:21 pm
Topic By: we1shnewby ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:06 pm

Row18kemlynrd wrote:Thats 5400 seconds divided by about 6000 (key taps including space bar) which is 0.9 seconds per tap.

Rant or no rant?, answers on a postcard

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Last Post By: Lozzy V ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:58 pm
Topic By: Lozzy V ON: Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:58 pm

alex wrote:yep I have seen an instance too.

On the other hand - how many of us have players of separated parents and does that bring difficulties for you? ie arguments over who pays subs, only available every other weekend etc