My 12 year old brother currently absolutely smashes it for his local side and is now playing for the junior pro elite team in London and plays against teams like Fulham and Norwich u12s.
Problem is he'll most likely end up dropping football once he's old enough to have to concentrate on his education. His mum wants him to go to Oxford for god sake.
Watching some of his games though you really see why English football is so fucked. He's really small for his age but fast, skilful and has vision. But the size difference at his age can be quite drastic and he's started to get bullied off the ball.
I don't believe kids that age should be playing so many games where winning is the only objective. They should be taught to value possession and technique. Not just hack it up to the bigger faster kids to win the game at all costs just to appease the psycho parents on the sidelines
Problem is he'll most likely end up dropping football once he's old enough to have to concentrate on his education. His mum wants him to go to Oxford for god sake.
Watching some of his games though you really see why English football is so fucked. He's really small for his age but fast, skilful and has vision. But the size difference at his age can be quite drastic and he's started to get bullied off the ball.
I don't believe kids that age should be playing so many games where winning is the only objective. They should be taught to value possession and technique. Not just hack it up to the bigger faster kids to win the game at all costs just to appease the psycho parents on the sidelines