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I would take 'em to play a team two age groups older, so they get their ass handed to them, just to show them what it's like.
I would make sure they remain focused -- and humble. I would make sure everybody was involved.
And then I would recruit some 1s and 2s. Project kids, with some good skills who lack the whole package.
Of course I have an emotional bias in saying that. I was a young kid with a love for the game, and great ball skills, but no nerve. Smaller than the rest of them, I was great in drills, but in games I would get flustered a lot and not make good plays. My coaches were all part-timers who could give a crap. Because of my age I got cornered into being the smallest player on a u18 team, lost all my friends who were still u16, and I rarely got into games, was flustered all the time and had a really terrible time. All I needed was somebody to recognize my situation and guide me a little bit, but no.
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