Quote Originally Posted by Abdula
But before when Naruto injured Sakura, Yamato implied that they were going to teach Naruto to no longer rely on the Kyuubi and he said the very reason he is there is so that Naruto wouldn't be using the Kyuubi's chakra, so having this training be reliant on the Kyuubi is contradictory.

Exactly, they're not using Kyuubi's chakra, just Naruto's. So why didn't Kakashi make him do this earlier.