Paul Rouse: Can you coach aggression? And should you? 

Why are some children timid on the pitch and others driven and aggressive and deeply competitive?

Kids play football 

There’s a really interesting thing to observe when you’re involved in running children’s football and hurling teams. It is the extent to which some children are timid or reticent or don’t really compete with aggression for the ball, while other children are really driven and aggressive and deeply competitive.

This is still more interesting when a child, who is somewhat placid off the pitch, changes entirely when they cross the line in a pair of boots. And the opposite scenario is also similarly intriguing.