Actually have some insight here.
The Netherlands is a country of 17 million people but is a powerhouse on the international stage when it comes to soccer. More kids in the USA play soccer than the Netherlands. Why are the Dutch so god damned good at soccer? Because from an early age they focus on skills. Skills means any touch of the ball. Not just dribbling, but also controlled moves, tricks, any manipulation of the ball. Americans focus on playing the game. But during the course of a 90 minute game any given player will only touch the ball a handful of times. If you instead spend 90 minutes constantly touching the ball and doing tricks and moves and passes and dribbles, you're going to have the skills where it counts. Basically in soccer fundamentals are underrated and gameplay is massively overrated. That's all.
Make sure you have a ton of balls and have the kids always dribbling, passing, doing tricks.
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