In 10,000 years of early years football, kids swarming around the ball has not been solved by shouting at them to “spread out” or “stop bunching” The ball is the best toy and the biggest attractor for them. They learn spatial skills and cooperation later. The solution is to reduce the complexity - in simple terms - smaller games with reduced number of players. One 8v8 is four 2v2s that actually benefits players. More touches, goals, dribbles, passes, movement, activity, engagement. The list is endless