Hi, my son who is due to turn 7 very soon plays for a local football team at the weekends.
He's been with this team since November and has played football for around a year (was in a different team prior to this one but changed due to lack of training).
So my son absolutely loves football, he watches football and goes to games etc. he also goes to a football academy once a week to help with skills etc. and he's generally good at the sport but as soon as he's in a match, he crumbles.
As a mum I find it very hard to watch as he just turns into a different child during a game and loses all confidence and won't get stuck in at all. Almost as if hes scared of the ball and you can see he's always mad with himself after. I've tried speaking to him about it to find out what's stopping him in the matches but he doesn't really seem to say much.
I guess I'm hoping someone who's had a similar experience with their child at this age might be able to tell me that it will just click at some point? Or is football just not for him? (Matches anyway).
Also just want to point out that I don't push him at all, as long as he's happy I'm happy but it's just hard to watch 😟
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!