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The questions that don't belong to a single season — sleep, nutrition, confidence, growing up in the game, and what football is really teaching them along the way.
Why Kids Quit Football — And How Parents Can Help Them Stay Playing
I once coached a U9 girl who turned up each week in the pinkest boots you've ever seen, grinning before she'd reached the pitch. She loved football. Then one Saturday she asked her mum a quiet question — and it's one I'd heard before. Most kids don't fall out of love with the game; they fall out of an environment that stopped working.