Get rid, Get rid, good lad

Yozz76

Yozz76

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Anyone involved in kids football who has said the above please hang your head in shame.

Collectively, you are to blame.

kids footy in this country is why we are so bad. We're a joke.

Most dads are out there on the touchline living a dream that they couldn't realise and because of them their kids will never too.

Should be silent touchlines in kids football - anyone who speaks should lose points.

Notts Forest used to have a wall at their academy - every parent had to stand with their back to the wall and keep their gob shut - if the parent mouthed off their kid was out - more of this.
 
You want a silent touch line? FA guidelines state that parents should be welcomed to shout support and encourage youngsters. There is nothing anywhere suggesting silence. If you are trying to say that there is too much aggression and passion in parents and that they go over the top "supporting" kids football, then I would certainly agree, they can, and do, do this. The actual language used I would also agree confuses children. We have had discussions about this at my lads football club where too many adults use adult language and abbreviations/sayings that mean nothing to kids. Can be anything really. Things you take for granted like "goal side", "give and go", "backdoor", "easy ball". etc. Unless the kids are taught what this means....useless.
 
jaybee said:
We have had discussions about this at my lads football club where too many adults use adult language and abbreviations/sayings that mean nothing to kids. Can be anything really. Things you take for granted like "goal side", "give and go", "backdoor", "easy ball". etc. Unless the kids are taught what this means....useless.
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but thats the point of coaching/training surely ?

unless i'm missing something obvious "goal side", "give and go", "easy ball" are basic terms that they should be aware of.

as for the FA and parents offering encouragement that more than supports a good case for silent sidelines as the FA have proven time and time again they don't have a clue.
 
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There's a time and a place to get rid of the ball, so don't really see the point in your post.

Or are you more referring to the parents trying to coach their kids aspect?
 
Reminds me of playing rugby for Exeter at U14 - our winger got "tackled" (I say tackled, it was more like a clothesline, he went down like a sack of spuds and was completely out like a light) and his Dad rushed on, grabbed the lad that did it and promptly broke his nose.

How lovely in front of all the other parents and 13 year old kids.
 
McBain said:
There's a time and a place to get rid of the ball, so don't really see the point in your post.

Or are you more referring to the parents trying to coach their kids aspect?
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possibly referring to both, but to the extent of hoofing the ball rather than playing it on the ground to a team mate.

your hear hansen on motd shouting about "put it into row z, don't take chances" the only reason you need to do that is if you have no team mates available.

yes its the safe option rather than giving the ball away, but it's part of the problem with the english game looking to "get rid" rather than find a team mate in a decent position.

watching spanish/german/italian games they very rarely do it.
 
If in doubt..... :p
When i was 14 or so I played for a fair few teams and most of them tried to play the ball through the middle followed by balls over the top. I was a keeper and can honestly say i was told to thump it long just about every time because most young defenders lack the confidence to play out from the back (no one wants to make a mistake :( )
I do remember moving to the big pitch's really early which made it very hard to do anything but thump it because we were s small in comparison. I think thats where it comes from, if you keep youngters on smaller pitches they're encouraged to play short passes :)
 
I'm a little surprised that the OP is coming in for criticism having posted this thread. I assume that some of the replies are from those who have no knowledge or experience of youth football, or perhaps they are those loathsome scumbags and idiot parents that are the problem.

Yozz76 said:
Should be silent touchlines in kids football - anyone who speaks should lose points.
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If anything we need a stronger stance, judging by what the youth coaches I've spoken to about this have to say, huge numbers parents should be prevented from attending games.

It's very sad state of affairs to be saying something like this, but parents are a severe problem and seriously undermining the coaching and development of children and the FA should have a much stronger stance.

The problems range from relatively mild: parents yelling at kids to do the opposite of what the coaches are trying to teach, to more serious: abusive, threatening and violent towards coaches, other parents and children.
 
A bigger problem can be found in my local secondary school, realising its not 'proper training' but still - they play 'Touch Football' - yeah.

Tag the person with the ball on their back and its given to the other team. Great way to do it =/
 
Kids do need encouragement, but parenting needs to be given some sort of nazi style course. Too many parents seem to think they know better than coaches and teachers which is just embarrassing.

All football fans need to stop with the nonsense of "easy ball" or "get rid" as hoof NEVER pays off a treat. Probably the worst bit about going to football is listening to someone actually believe these little phrases are the best way to play and get somewhere in the game when 99% of the time its throwing possession away.
 
Icm76 said:
I'm a little surprised that the OP is coming in for criticism having posted this thread. I assume that some of the replies are from those who have no knowledge or experience of youth football, or perhaps they are those loathsome scumbags and idiot parents that are the problem..
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Agree, having spent the season following my nephews very good u13 side I have been appalled by some of the parents on both sides. Games stopped until parents leave the park. Some terrible language directed at refs.

I am told that clubs get pounded for it though, don't know how true it is.

The standard of football though has been superb, rarely do I see kids just bang it away or 'get rid'.

Some of the worst I have seen though was at Middlesbroughs youth set up. Kids rolling on the floor at the slightest touch, clutching knees until the game was stopped and then they would get up and sprint again. 8 or 9 year olds screaming at refs when decisions didn't go their way. It was so bad to see the EPL cancer become acceptable at that level.

Parents are a huge problem, the coach on one side is trying to organise his team and the parent on the other side is shouting orders to his son. They never want to actually take charge of the team or help in any way with the running of the team but are happy to spend every single game moaning about where their little timmy is playing and the coaching methods.

Too many dads trying to re-live their failed dream through their poor kids.
 
pingwing said:
All football fans need to stop with the nonsense of "easy ball" or "get rid" as hoof NEVER pays off a treat.
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those mean 2 different things to me, "get rid" is hoof it, "easy ball" is to play it to a team mate who's open/in space which is what you want as the movement of the players makes them available for the pass.

likes of xavi/iniesta can pass the ball but a majority of there passes are the "easy ball".

dannyjo22 said:
Some of the worst I have seen though was at Middlesbroughs youth set up. Kids rolling on the floor at the slightest touch, clutching knees until the game was stopped and then they would get up and sprint again. 8 or 9 year olds screaming at refs when decisions didn't go their way. It was so bad to see the EPL cancer become acceptable at that level.
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problem is that it needs to be stamped out at that sort of level otherwise its only likely to get worse, needs to be explained to the teams and parents its unacceptable.
 
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