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At what age did you start playing football, and what impact do you think it had on your body? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A friend of mine has a 6 year old boy, who has just joined a Premier League clubs pre-academy group. After speaking to some of the parents, he has found out that some of the boys there (6 and 7 year olds) play 3-4 matches at the weekend and train everyday, sometimes twice.

I think that is too much and have advised against following suit, but was wondering if anyone here thinks their body now suffers from playing too much football at a young age? Or maybe not and you are fine?

Edit: I'm not looking for pro footballers opinions, anyone at any level.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Kids that age have LOADS of energy. Also “3-4 matches at the weekend” sounds bad but remember they are playing short games on small pitches it’s not like they’re playing 90mins in full size pitches.

The kid will be fine. It’s quite a lot but not too much in my opinion (I’m no expert but played football for various teams for many years)