Reddit reviews Tom Byer’s Soccer Starts at Home [US]

We need help at EVERY level, even the U-littles like your son will be in. My biggest advice for kids under 10 is to teach them that it isn't a KICKING game. It is a ball control game. We have to get every kid comfortable with teh ball and not just booting it away whenever there's pressure, especially at these young ages where winning - and thus mistakes - doesn't matter all that much.

Honestly, parents have so much power and I highly HIGHLY recommend Tom Byer's book to anyone with kids under 8 that might be into soccer. He's the guy who really sparked the Japanese to become known as a technical soccer country.

This might be a good read for you: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Byers-Soccer-Starts-Home-ebook/dp/B01EHNLM5C

You're seeing the renaissance of Japanese soccer helped by an American. Tom has implemented the culture that is now taking a strong hold there. If you read his book, it's about how soccer at a young age isn't just for winning, but playing and having fun at a young age.

https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Byers-Soccer-Starts-Home-ebook/dp/B01EHNLM5C

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Byer

just read the book.