{"id":100170,"date":"2025-03-07T13:55:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T13:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=100170"},"modified":"2025-03-07T13:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T13:55:26","slug":"%f0%9f%98%82-how-do-you-stop-children-from-crowding-around-the-ball-like-bees-around-honey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=100170","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude02 HOW DO YOU STOP children from crowding around the ball like bees around honey?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RRakLEEA4_U?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\ud83d\ude02 HOW DO YOU STOP children from crowding around the ball like bees around honey?<\/p>\n<p>Tell them to pretend it\u2019s a smelly Brussels sprout instead!<\/p>\n<p>Young children  naturally swarm the ball because they\u2019re excited and want to be involved.<\/p>\n<p>But by using this fun little trick, you can help them understand the importance of creating space &#8211; without overloading them with complicated instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Encourage them to imagine that the ball is a smelly sprout and they need to move away from it.<\/p>\n<p>This helps them learn to spread out, giving their teammate in possession more options while also finding better positions for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple but effective first step in teaching young players in the foundation phase about spacing, movement, and teamwork &#8211; all while keeping the session fun and engaging!<\/p>\n<p>Try it in your next session and watch the difference it makes!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to follow @CoachJonnyFFF for more coaching tips, and share this with any coaches that you think would find it useful!<br \/>\n\ud83d\udfe1<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd35<br \/>\n\u26aa\ufe0f<br \/>\n#FootballFunFactory #CoachJonnyFFF #Football #FunFootball #FootballFun #Grassroots #GrassrootsFootball #Coaching #GrassrootsCoaching #Soccer #SoccerCoach #SoccerDrill #FootballCoach #FootballDrills #FootballDrill #Teaching #Teachers<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RRakLEEA4_U\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\ude02 HOW DO YOU STOP children from crowding around the ball like bees around honey? Tell them to pretend it\u2019s a smelly Brussels sprout instead! Young children naturally swarm the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1102,"featured_media":100171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/100171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}