If you have a few loud, brash kids in your coaching session who dominate proceedings, you have minority rule.
Last night I offered the group I was coaching a free play session. Here is what I noticed:
The late developers came over to talk to me about other options – they weren’t seeing much of the ball.
Slowly but surely, more kids walked into a small-sided game scenario, leaving fewer players in the free play, which turned into a free-for-all.
Kids hiding other kids’ boots, arguments over incidents. You get the picture
The rule of two feet was applied. Kids had agency. When you have minority rule, the only way to combat it is to change the rules – give the underdog, which in this case was the majority, agency over their time in training.
Watch this space.