[Football] Sussex youth coaches - Russell Martin Academy

DarrenFreemansPerm said:

Sounds like great fun
The team we played were EDC (Elite Development Coaching). Sounds identical to the Eastbourne set up, professional coaches, kids train 3/4 times a week, it’s a fully paid up service, they’ve got kids on Fulham and Palace’s books. Quite snide attitudes as well, calling our players trash ands telling them that our club is trash too. They’re 6 and 7 year olds. Bit grim tbh.

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DarrenFreemansPerm said:

Sounds like great fun
The team we played were EDC (Elite Development Coaching). Sounds identical to the Eastbourne set up, professional coaches, kids train 3/4 times a week, it’s a fully paid up service, they’ve got kids on Fulham and Palace’s books. Quite snide attitudes as well, calling our players trash ands telling them that our club is trash too. They’re 6 and 7 year olds. Bit grim tbh.

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Jackthelad said:

My son who is only 7 played a team like that from Eastbourne area they were calling our players worthless and swearing and making threats. They've learned this culture it's been taught to them. At only 7 as well.

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tstanbur said:

Disgusting.

My boy is five and not part of a team but enjoys going to Little Kickers.

Stories like this and others on this thread make my heart sink as expect he’ll want to join a team and will have to deal with similar scenarios.

Merry Christmas!

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DarrenFreemansPerm said:

My boy is playing his first season at u7s and I can honestly say we’ve had zero trouble from any of the regular local teams. Don’t let the odd bad story put you off.

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Half Time Pies said:

To be fair to the Eastbourne All Stars they are a very well mannered bunch, it just seems very serious and they don't seem to be having much fun!

Sad that 6 and 7 year olds would be behaving like that and doesn't bode well for their future development, the coaches should be stamping that sort of behaviour out. Theres something about youth teams from Crawley, having watched both my sons play youth football against various Crawley based teams, theres definitely a bit of a theme with the kids, parents and sometimes coaches being rude and often quite aggressive.

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tstanbur said:

Cheers, glad it’s isolated incidents. I think it was the two stories back to back that got me!

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DarrenFreemansPerm said:

Yeah, I can see that. My little lad getting into football has been amazing, it’s awesome having a passion to share with him, and it’s wonderful watching him develop, definitely something to encourage.

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