One of the easiest things to do when watching children play football is compare.

Compare ability, progress or confidence.

But children develop at different speeds

Some improve quickly.

Others take longer for the game to start making sense.

Some improve then drop off.

All are completely normal and we see it with every age we work with from toddlers to teenagers.

The important thing is that children keep enjoying the game and keep playing.

Development happens when kids keep playing in the right environment with the right training