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kids footy
- Thread starter empire
- Start date
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
We lost 3 - 2 after being 2 - 1 up, silly boys threw it away
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
magoo
New member
Woodingdean U12's beat Patcham 9-1 
I'm U 16's but why do you say this anyway?
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
- 9,358
get in theirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,pw colts (lancing) thrashed their local rivals 7-1 away,the fixture is on par with man u v liverpool or palace v us,honestanyone else
Nothing like an over competitive parent in kids football
bathseagull
New member
He's right - have a read of this http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/martin_samuel/article2910642.ece sums it up pretty well.
7-1 is a joke of a result. I bet it was really tight for a while and then when the team went 2-1 or 3-1 down it turned into a rout.
I don't think kids should be playing league football at 11 years of age.
i must agree with the above , i remember my son going from u 10s to u11s and all us parents worried about was how they would stay onside and trying to get the keeper to take goal kicks when i look back now i realise how short minded we were, i was part of the training staff and what we should have made sure of was that all the boys had a ball , then get them dribbling , doing keepups , skills ect ect , love him or hate him ronaldo is a bit special and none of the team i helped coached will be anything like him as it was drummed out of them by the time they were 11 , changes are needed
Thats written by the best sport journalist about bar none. All of what he says is correct.
I have got wrapped up in wanting to win matches rather than play them.
I`ve encouraged my boy to hoof it rather than to show a little more subtleness.
You see its in our genes. We cannot help ourselves we are English. Get it forward as quickly as we can and then fight for it. I think thats why a foriegn coach for the nation team is important - they are not so narrow minded as us -
Boys s should be playing on smaller pitches until 13/14.
I have got wrapped up in wanting to win matches rather than play them.
I`ve encouraged my boy to hoof it rather than to show a little more subtleness.
You see its in our genes. We cannot help ourselves we are English. Get it forward as quickly as we can and then fight for it. I think thats why a foriegn coach for the nation team is important - they are not so narrow minded as us -
Boys s should be playing on smaller pitches until 13/14.
Deano's Right Foot
Well-known member
My lad is a pretty good player for his age (7) but in spite of my almost instinctive vicarious wish to see him do well in a competetive arena (sad, but true and I am not proud of it) I will try to keep him away from competetive games for as long as possible. He goes to Saturday Soccer on Saturday mornings at Varndean, and the emphasis is fun and he really enjoys it. They subscribe to the "give us back our game" way of doing things - see websites below
www.giveusbackourgame.co.uk
www.saturdaysoccerschool.co.uk
www.giveusbackourgame.co.uk
www.saturdaysoccerschool.co.uk
Hopefully the link and the above posts have answered your question. I too have been part of the "doesn't matter so long as we win" culture and I've seen at first-hand how it can stifle ball skill.
At empire's game once it had got to about 4-1 they should have switched the teams around to make it fairer - however that would be against League regulations!
Tubby Mondays
Well-known member
This is all very interesting but does anyone know how the Winnie Mandela football team got on? Theres a juniors team worth supporting.
Dave the OAP
Well-known member
I went past BASVIC on Sunday and my wife commented on a match going on there on a full size pitch and the kids could have been no more than 12.
Even at that age, kids havent got the power in their legs to kick a ball half the length of the field.....its rediculous kids are expected to play on full size pitches.
In cricket, youngsters are protected by for example if you are under 16, you can only bowl 5 overs at a time then you have to come off to be brought back on later, and batsment under 16 have to wear protective helmets. I cannot see anything that protects young footballers from burnout
Even at that age, kids havent got the power in their legs to kick a ball half the length of the field.....its rediculous kids are expected to play on full size pitches.
In cricket, youngsters are protected by for example if you are under 16, you can only bowl 5 overs at a time then you have to come off to be brought back on later, and batsment under 16 have to wear protective helmets. I cannot see anything that protects young footballers from burnout
magoo
New member
Some can but that's only because they are bigger and more powerful than the other lads. Which is another thing wrong with kids football. They all grow at rediculously different speeds. My nephew for example is at an advantage because at only 11yo he's 5ft 3" and looks like Peter Crouch compared to the others. But eventually they'll catch up and i wonder if he'll still be able to compete as much then.