We wanted to share the screenshot below from US Soccer that highlights their thoughts on age appropriate development and specifically look at U8. If you see the screenshot below you will notice they mention that players need to focus on “basic motor skills like walking, running or jumping combined with ball handling and ball control.” [...]
The following information is from the US Soccer Curriculum which is an excellent document covering how to best develop youth soccer players in the US. The document begins by saying, “Children do not learn in the same way as adults, especially when the learning process involves both intellectual and physical activity.” If you were like [...]