We do have a lot of local kids/ lads in our academy. I see loads of black and latino kids about the manor in our training kit/ tracksuits. I think i've mentioned it on here before about kids on Peckham rye with a ball.
There's a colombian geezer that coaches his kid and a few others. They're about eight/ nine year old. Then there'a African fella teaching a few kids and his son- same age as the latino kids. The colombian fella has his lot dribbling between cones, two touch pass and move, all technique, no goals up, all of who he trains are two footed and bloody good on the ball. No shooting practice just pure ball skills. African geezer is the same with his lot.
Twenty yards away there's an English geezer with a group of kids the same age as above. Five minutes of running for a warm up. Then in and out of three cones and shoot at the small goal he's put up. That's all they do then they have a five a side where all the emphasis is on scoring and winning. It was the same for my son when he was both at primary and secondary.
Kids in Spain, South America etc don't play competitive games or train with goals up until they're 12/13. When they do the pitches are very small, as are the goals, no more than seven a side and two/ three touches only. My son was playing on full size park pitches with big goals when he was 9 and 10 until i took him out of it.
