Last year, Madelyn played basketball. It took her all soccer season to have this epiphany:
Me: Do you remember in basketball how your coach told you to get open and get to the basket? Do the same thing for soccer. [Note, they don't follow all of the rules for soccer at this age.]
Madelyn: But this is soccer, not basketball.
Me: In basketball, you dribble the ball with your hands and try to get the ball in the basket. For soccer, you dribble the ball with your foot and try to get the ball in the goal. They're practically the same thing.
Madelyn: You're right!
The next time she was playing, she got open, received a pass, and almost scored. One of her teammates finished off the play and scored.
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