Category: Player Development
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How to Choose the Right Football Club for Your Child: A Parent’s Guide Your child wants to join a football club. You’ve Googled local teams. There are five within 10 miles. They all look… similar? Some have slick websites. Others have barely-updated Facebook pages. One costs £15/month, another £35/month. One mentions “player development,” another promises…
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Let’s talk fair game time in grassroots football. It’s half-time. Your U11 team is losing 2-0. You look down your bench. Three players haven’t touched the pitch yet. They’re fidgeting, looking at their parents, wondering if they’ll get on. You’re thinking: “If I put them on, we’ll probably lose by more. Should I just stick…
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With youth football development, asking “Is my child developing normally for their age?” is totally normal. At Ballrz we hear this all the time. Every football parent asks this. You watch other kids at training and wonder: should my 9-year-old be able to do that? Is my 12-year-old behind? Are we expecting too much too…