Hoof ball.

Just got back. Terrible game. I feel sorry for the boys, I really do.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 23 minutes ago
My school PE master was a former Chelsea player and he played the big kids over the more skilful smaller ones.

He should have known better.
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Football was a bit different in the 1930's, to be fair.

comment by Darren The King Fletcher (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 23 minutes ago
My school PE master was a former Chelsea player and he played the big kids over the more skilful smaller ones.

He should have known better.
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Football was a bit different in the 1930's, to be fair.
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Dazza

Shut it.

I've done a bit of coaching and there is A LOT of ego in grass roots level football. Some coaches think they're mini-Mourinho's or pint-sized Pep's.

I also worked with a coach, who is now coaching in New York, full-time who got the kids to stand in line and just shoot at the keeper, that means that only one kid is participating and the other 10 were standing there doing nothing.

Or he would play "elimination" games, where they would have to go and sit down if they missed the target or their ball was kicked out of the grid.

So if that game went on for 20 minutes, and they were eliminated after 1 minute, they spent 19 minutes sitting down watching, 40 if they played it twice.

Participation is key in 2015, all the kids involved in the session all the time, not sitting out or standing watching, that's 1970's stuff.

I could write thousands of words about my experiences in grass-roots football.

I've lived and coached in the U.S. For the Chicago Fire juniors for a number of years now - worrying that even here too everything is long ball and win at all costs.

I coach U10s and U17's, and encourage to play the ball out of the back. If we concede a goal who cares? Kids are so scared to make mistakes so it's a hoof forward which drives me insane

how do you teach hoof ball on a junior sized pitch... 6 a side?

U10's play up a year at U11 so we play 9v9 here - the field is pretty big, but teams who have kids with a good leg to blast it from all angles into your box typically win games

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 23 hours, 11 minutes ago
My school PE master was a former Chelsea player and he played the big kids over the more skilful smaller ones.

He should have known better.
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part of the problem for uk football.
Seem to get these big kids who look like 40 yet have a severe lack of skill and footballing brain