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Originally Posted by James Buckley
I agree, no one should be stuck in any position in underage football, but if a players likes a position including goal then shouldnt we encourage them and help them to develope the necessary skills required for the position.
I always let our goalkeeper play outfield whenever he wishes during the end of training fun games, I also make all other players switch positions during these fun games, but I still get him to practice his kicking and ball handling skills at every training session.
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Yes this is excellent - its about keeping kids happy and developing them - what do u guys do with players that want to play in specific positions and then you rotate them in a match situation and their confidence drops - is that the right thing to do? ie putting defenders into forward positions or reverse?