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What to actually watch when your U7 plays

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A parent watching from the sideline of a U7 match, attention on the children playing rather than on a phone, with a small-sided 4-a-side game in progress.

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You're standing on the sideline holding a coffee that's gone cold. Your kid is somewhere in the middle of a small pitch with seven other 6-year-olds, all running at the ball at once. Every now and then she looks up across the grass to find your face in the crowd. You wave. She turns back.

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