I have a new 17 year old playing her first season in open-age, women's football. She has never had any proper coaching, so her first touch, passing, shooting, dribbling - almost all core skills are currently behind the level we need her to be.
However, she has the fitness level and energy of a Grand National racehorse. 90 minutes at full pace is nothing to her. Doesn't even break a sweat. Never seen anything like it, but she is all over the park. Has no positional sense.
In the short term, how would you recomemmend getting the best out of a player like that?
My thoughts are to give her one thing to focus on, and build from there.
For example, "Mary, today, when we don't have the ball, I want you to stick to their #8 and make sure she does not get the ball. Be really aggressive, fair but aggresive, and when you win the ball, pass to the closest player on our team."
What are your thoughts?
We're going to need months to get her to a decent level, but in the interrim, I'm thinking we can gain these small wins and take things from there.
