Kids football, who needs the stress??
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Anyone got youngsters playing in junior football leagues?
Glocko Jnr plays for a local under 9's team.
Despite the fact it is not exactly Premiership ( the kids tend to group up like a swarm of bees chasing the ball!!), it's the parents that worry me (me included!!)
The matches draw you in and you find yourself screaming advice, tactical stuff and admonishments (Billy, stop picking your damn nose and get the ball!!!) from the touchline.
this year has brought several nose to nose confrontations between parents and referees.
One chav mother nearly came to blows with a referee after he gave a free kick against her cherub, held the match up for about 10 minutes!!
One pushy parent threatened to send his lad to bed early if he missed a penalty (and he really meant it!)
What causes this, is it bringing the latent Fergieness out of us all or are we just proud and encouraging parents.
As for me, of course I am supportive and full of praise for Glocko Jnr and have already borrowed on the strength of the £40k a week he will bring home in 10 yrs time.
Glocko Jnr plays for a local under 9's team.
Despite the fact it is not exactly Premiership ( the kids tend to group up like a swarm of bees chasing the ball!!), it's the parents that worry me (me included!!)
The matches draw you in and you find yourself screaming advice, tactical stuff and admonishments (Billy, stop picking your damn nose and get the ball!!!) from the touchline.
this year has brought several nose to nose confrontations between parents and referees.
One chav mother nearly came to blows with a referee after he gave a free kick against her cherub, held the match up for about 10 minutes!!
One pushy parent threatened to send his lad to bed early if he missed a penalty (and he really meant it!)
What causes this, is it bringing the latent Fergieness out of us all or are we just proud and encouraging parents.
As for me, of course I am supportive and full of praise for Glocko Jnr and have already borrowed on the strength of the £40k a week he will bring home in 10 yrs time.
Yep, it is disgracefull. I remember being quite into tennis when i was 11-14ish. Went to the local tennis club, took part in a tournament or 2 etc. However it really wasn't worth it in the end because everyone took it so seriously (especially the parents) that it was no fun.
Sad, sport is at the end of the day about having a good laugh whilst also excersizing your competative side. I'd rather have a son/daughter that was awfull at sport but a good loser and nice person then vice versa.
Cheers,
Rob.
Sad, sport is at the end of the day about having a good laugh whilst also excersizing your competative side. I'd rather have a son/daughter that was awfull at sport but a good loser and nice person then vice versa.
Cheers,
Rob.
It gets worse as they get older especially in stronger teams, My eldest plays u10 so next season moves upto 11 aside full pitch etc, and I expect things to get even worse with more scouts around.
I have to admit to being a bit vocal on the side line and did once get a warning from the ref! shook hands after the match and then realised it was his son i was moaning about!!!
very stressfull sunday mornings
I have to admit to being a bit vocal on the side line and did once get a warning from the ref! shook hands after the match and then realised it was his son i was moaning about!!!
very stressfull sunday mornings
I play in an U14s side. We always get parents yelling at us and swearing every time we make a mistake. The referees try to stop them, but there's nothing they can really do.
Last Sunday I played and was shadowing their left winger and I was nudging him a bit until I forced him out of play. His Dad was Turkish or Italian or something and he was yelling stuff at the referee like, "He's abundling him over ref!" and he was yelling stuff at me from the touchline. The kid was getting really embarassed and after the game he came up to me and apologised.
But parents and kids football really don't mix well unless you're careful.
Last Sunday I played and was shadowing their left winger and I was nudging him a bit until I forced him out of play. His Dad was Turkish or Italian or something and he was yelling stuff at the referee like, "He's abundling him over ref!" and he was yelling stuff at me from the touchline. The kid was getting really embarassed and after the game he came up to me and apologised.
But parents and kids football really don't mix well unless you're careful.
glocko said:
Anyone got youngsters playing in junior football leagues?
My son is about to complete his 7th season playing for the same team in the Co
er and District Youth League (long service award ) and to be frank, I'm glad he's not just starting at U10. The behaviour of both parents and players (and coaches come to that) has got steadily worse. I've seen parents nose to nose with refs, players square up to managers, refs and linesmen take streams of foul language from anybody who wants to...... We struggle to get a ref every week, there aren't enough to go 'round and you can see why.
By Under 12s we were coming up against teams who were obviously coached in every trick in the professional player's book. Late tackles, shirt pulling, elbows (
).......... In these 7 seasons I've run the line for the team continually except during illness and can honestly say I've NEVER deliberately given a wrong decision and yet have had to put up with more than enough vitriol. This season the opposing manager in one of the club's Under 13s games came on the pitch and threatened one of our boys...........Child Abuse????
God I hope Tom doesn't want to play Under 18s.....
siwil1 said:
...I expect things to get even worse with more scouts around.
Do you think some parents are to some extent 'banking' on the fulfillment of 'a Rooney?'
In an age of lottery fever, quick fix compensation and the overpresentation of instantly gratified, ludicrously overremunerated cretins from the worlds of petulant exhibitionism, I can imagine how the madness that such hopeless endeavours might encourage would affect certain folk.
derestrictor said:
Do you think some parents are to some extent 'banking' on the fulfillment of 'a Rooney?'
In an age of lottery fever, quick fix compensation and the overpresentation of instantly gratified, ludicrously overremunerated cretins from the worlds of petulant exhibitionism, I can imagine how the madness that such hopeless endeavours might encourage would affect certain folk.
glocko said:
As for me, of course I am supportive and full of praise for Glocko Jnr and have already borrowed on the strength of the £40k a week he will bring home in 10 yrs time.
Guilty as charged
My youngest son has had his confidence destroyed by the complete pillock who coaches the village team. Unfortunately, Murray loves the game so turns up week in week out for training. Every week the same - "You`re not good enough to play for my team" And in front of all the other players. No understanding, no encouragement, just humiliation. We are talking about a bunch of lads having a kickabout against other village teams, and this tw@t thinks he manages th national team.
Why do some parents try to massage their own egos/dreams through the medium of their kids?
Why do some parents try to massage their own egos/dreams through the medium of their kids?
Tell you what Steve, we're a small village team up against the big sides from local towns and our manager, Graham, plays anyone who turns up every week. There have been ocassions when we've been hanging onto a lead and he's upset the balance by bringing on a substitute just to give them a game.
You must have plenty of players if the pillock can risk upsetting some.....
You must have plenty of players if the pillock can risk upsetting some.....
My dad used to manage the Uxx team that my brother was in, do training with them every week etc. He got so much stick from parents asking why their son wasn't being played, had some real arguments with them I think... he stopped in the end. It's a difficult situation to be in - balancing competitiveness against letting everybody have a go, which is important at this sort of level (it is about fun, after all).
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