My (almost) 9yo will be entering the SAP world in 2021.
New club, new everything.
I've been keeping an eye on this discussion, and at times got scared by all the non-football issues and the amount of political BS around young kids playing football (and sport in general). But that's the real world, I guess.

Being admittedly very bad at this, my simple and naive advice to my kids has always been:
1. Work hard
2. Keep improving
3. Do your best
(4. pass the bloody ball!!!)

Hope it works...