Despite the frigid temperatures this morning, there were many good aspects to the matches the Gold and Academy groups played today. We have been stressing in training the speed of play for the boys and making quicker decisions based on the available information. It is always good to play matches against fast opponents who pressure us to make decisions and play faster. Once you get past obvious physical differences, we displayed some active and creative footballing brains.
The Gold group struggled at times athletically and this is a circumstance we must deal with better. Technically we did some good things as far as receiving and playing the ball in quick combinations forward. Decision making and knowing when to give space to faster athletes is something we will continue to stress.
The Academy group fared well with bringing in some of our U10 players who play on the U11 Academy team. This serves as an opportunity for us to see our group as a whole. The overall style of play, especially in the first game was very good, but we again struggled athletically a little in the second game. We will live with what we determine are "10 Year Old" goals, which is what we gave up. There were some very creative interchanges happening which was very encouraging.
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