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lookout123 · 12-11-2007, 10:15 AM

your mention of the back pass made me lol (just a little) at my son in last week's game. he and one of our neighbor boys have been on the same team for about two years and always play in the neighborhood. they are a fantastic midfield tandem. we're talking 6 year olds with blind passes and heel kicks. they just know where the other one will be.

somewhere in the last two years he and the neighbor just started doing this neat little thing where my kid would quickly turn around and drop a hard pass straight back and then take off running down the field past the defenders who'd caged him in. the neighbor would pop up and and one touch lob the ball downfield and my kid would run up on it for an easy point. worked every time and it was fun to watch them just create their own little tricks.

well, the neighbor is taking this session off so it has kind of thrown my son off. saturday my kid is moving up the field and realizes he has little chance of making it through the 3 kids in front of him and there is no support for a forward pass. he turns fast and makes a really hard back pass and takes off downfield. except there was no neighbor - just one really freaked out defender who can't figure out why my son tried to shoot at his own goal. he kicked it out of bounds and then started yelling at lil lookout. lil lookout is just like WTF? why didn't you lob it?
I was still laughing about it after the game when i had to sit them both down and explain what had just happened from each player's POV. they were both like "OOOH, you wanted me to..."
man i love coaching kids.

12-11-2007, 10:15 AM	#21
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	your mention of the back pass made me lol (just a little) at my son in last week's game. he and one of our neighbor boys have been on the same team for about two years and always play in the neighborhood. they are a fantastic midfield tandem. we're talking 6 year olds with blind passes and heel kicks. they just know where the other one will be. somewhere in the last two years he and the neighbor just started doing this neat little thing where my kid would quickly turn around and drop a hard pass straight back and then take off running down the field past the defenders who'd caged him in. the neighbor would pop up and and one touch lob the ball downfield and my kid would run up on it for an easy point. worked every time and it was fun to watch them just create their own little tricks. well, the neighbor is taking this session off so it has kind of thrown my son off. saturday my kid is moving up the field and realizes he has little chance of making it through the 3 kids in front of him and there is no support for a forward pass. he turns fast and makes a really hard back pass and takes off downfield. except there was no neighbor - just one really freaked out defender who can't figure out why my son tried to shoot at his own goal. he kicked it out of bounds and then started yelling at lil lookout. lil lookout is just like WTF? why didn't you lob it? I was still laughing about it after the game when i had to sit them both down and explain what had just happened from each player's POV. they were both like "OOOH, you wanted me to..." man i love coaching kids. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin Last edited by lookout123; 12-11-2007 at 10:23 AM.