6 and 7 year old players are a bit more compliant than their U-6 counterparts. They will be able to follow 2 or 3 step instructions and are starting to have a good understanding about what it means to play a "game". They are also starting to cooperate more with their teammates. In fact, they now will recognize that they even have teammates by the fact that they occasionally, and I mean occasionally, will pass the ball to a teammate, on purpose. Often, they will repeat the phrase "I can't do that!", but, will quickly run to you to show you that they can, even when they only think that they can. Some other things that you can expect to happen during a season with this age group are:

• There will be at least 200-300 falls during the season, but, now they will usually pick themselves back up.
• The puddle in front of the goal is still too tempting to resist.
• Keep a spare pump in your bag as the players usually do not realize that their ball is flat until they try to kick it, or the coach tells them that it is flat.
• Some of the girls are a lot tougher than the boys.
• They will still want to wear a pinnie, even when the color is identical to their shirt.
• It will be impossible to remember who is who's best friend as you try to make up teams.
• School conflicts will come up... please, let them go (they must face their teachers five days a week).
• They will wear their uniform to bed.