I put my son on football basically the day he got 3 years old. I’ve been passing the ball to him since the day he learned how to walk. In the first months training each Saturday was a bit messy, he didn’t understand the principles of waiting for instructions and doing certain exercises, so he just started running around like a headless chicken.
Now 9 months later its so fun to see how much he improved. At training since a few months he understands what he has to do, coordination also massively improved. His aim (while passing) got much better aswel, although for shooting obviously it’s early days, doesn’t have the power yet to make a decent shot, let alone aim it. I try to stimulate it a bit more with brining a ball with me whenever I’m able to take him from kindergarten or if we go outside together.
Mid-term goal is definitely getting a coaching license and becoming a trainer at a local club (with him obviously in my team). Its quite common here, at least from my reference point I always had trainers and their sons were always part of the team. Really fun reliving my old memories with my son, I’ve been passionate about football ever since I can remember, to time transmit that addiction to him. The only difference is that I got in touch with football when I was 7 or so. Any other fathers here who practice sports a lot with their children?