The topic of Free Play comes up over and over again when our top players are interviewed and asked about how they experienced the game as a child. Whether it be pick up on the blacktop, free play times orchestrated by clubs, futsal games or additional technical training at one of the numerous such technical training facilities around the country, the importance of free play to development can’t be ignored.
In this video clip from the Soccer Parenting Summit 2016, (now available at the SoccerParentResourceCenter.com) Kelley Pulisic – mother to Christian Pulisic, discusses the role free play had on Christian’s development.