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The 3v3 at the youngest age I'm all for — more touches, more goals and more involvement, instead of a row of seven-year-olds standing in defence watching the ball at the other end.",{"type":137,"content":167},[168],{"text":169,"type":141},"But pushing 11-a-side back another year to Under 14? I'm not sold at all. That now means three straight years of 9v9, and I've never been a fan of the format. Honestly I'd skip 9v9 altogether and go straight to 11-a-side, just playing on pitches set up with the smaller goals. Do that and you can carry bigger squads and get more kids more game time, which is surely the whole point of it. I genuinely don't see what 9v9 gives them at all, let alone three years of it.",{"type":143,"attrs":171,"content":172},{"level":145},[173],{"text":174,"type":141},"What it means for your club right now",{"type":137,"content":176},[177],{"text":178,"type":141},"If you run the younger age groups, your team sizes and pitch setups will shift next season. Worth raising at the next committee meeting rather than the week before kickoff. The FA has 3v3 festivals and CPD sessions coming to help, so nobody is being thrown in cold.",{"type":143,"attrs":180,"content":181},{"level":145},[182],{"text":183,"type":141},"On the app side",{"type":137,"content":185},[186],{"text":187,"type":141},"Smaller formats mean more, shorter games and a lot more rotation. That is exactly the sort of season that turns into a mess of paper and group chats unless it is written down somewhere. We also put up an honest comparison this week for anyone weighing Trac against the big free option, if you want the straight version of where we are different.",{"type":137,"content":189},[190],{"text":191,"type":141},"That is the week. Enjoy the last few fixtures, and start sketching next season's squads.","","2026-06-05T18:55:26+00:00",1780695106183]