I agree, but the parents that go absolutely spastic in the crowd just make it not worth it for the kids.
No, your child is not as good as you think, sit down and shut up.
The ref is 2 years older than your 12 year old, doing it for a bit of pocket money, why do you get out there you utter ■■■■■■■.
Agree that that behaviour is unacceptable.
We always kept scores and encouraging playing to win, but unless the kids are having fun then they just don’t want to continue., though how you can have fun with a fat-arsed Mother yelling like a harpie from the sidelines beats me.
Have a guy who works for me that coaches young kids soccer U7’s an dU9’s I think. First he had to get a Coaching Accreditation that cost a shiteload. and then the U7’s were not allowed to keep score. Life is a competition, and we need to encourage striving to win; but it may not be politically correct any longer.
Must admit that I feel the biggest factor for my now 19 YO 6’ 5" athletically gifted son being lost to Aussie Rules is because AusKick was non competitive. He was also playing U9 soccer and loved the competition even without winning very much. AusKick didn’t do it for him at all even though he could kick 45m as a 9YO. His school being soccer orientated didn’t help either.
I think the biggest barrier to many kids into any sport is ineptitude by coaches. If the AFL and govs would do something like with what Iceland did for their soccer youth programs sport in Australia would be in a fantastic spot.
Wizz Fizz is a hell of a drug.
Then there was the ex Collingwood player, who went to Port Adelaide. He jumped off the second story building from the rooftop while disoriented. He was taking part in an end of season footy trip to Las Vegas.
There was not too much said or much information about what took place in the media afterwards.
Handled himself pretty well. Basically said well how are you supposed to suspend players on hearsay.
Sounds like my 20yo son. 6’7" and counting, soccer and cricket all his life due to the school we chose and poor early experiences with Auskick.
Still time though, he has been testing for the last 6 months as a potential category B rookie under the Alternative Talent program. He may “Don the Sash” yet!
6’7" Can he bowl?
Yep, that was his main trade. Made his way through the State underage system, but has basically burnt out. Fast bowling, and all of the training involved, is far too taxing on growing young bodies. A season off this year, and a shift of focus to AFL has done him the world of good.
That’s an interesting insight into the elite junior cricket process.
If you only read the last five posts, this thread reads as the ‘last one to post wins’.
Yeah Woosha!,
Great coaching by Woosha, really showed his worth bringing these players together.
The right man for the job.
The way they continued to go Coast to coast after a kick out had me wanting to rip his ■■■■ off but thought he had a good game overall. Hope they do some work during the week on kick outs, seemed like we just couldn’t be bothered manning up most of the time
Imo, At least some of that was a consequence of how we moved the ball forward. We’d switch play in defence, spread the ground, switch back into the middle and look for numbers on the fat side with crumbers swarming everywhere to stop the easy clearance. Of course, If we then missed the shot to give them a controlled ball, it left us open on the opposing flank for a quick kickin with fewer numbers. Some things to work on, but on balance i think I’ll take the 31 scoring shots.
I read an article the other day that really put the JLT series into perspective for me.
I think it was Colyer, saying that he had only ever participated in 4 centre bounces (@AFL level) until the JLT series this year, where he experienced 18 more. It made me realise even more that winning pre season games isn’t important, compared to making the most of the opportunities to expose players to new situations.
Colyer and Langford’s exposure to Dangerfield would have been vital for their development. Also the coaches get to see how the players respond, even if they cop it from us for not making changes, etc.
Anyway, just thought id share as most criticisms of Woosha were based on his lack of results in the JLT.
Loving how pur team played against the Hawks. Lots of tap ons, soccering, playing on at all costs, one-step kicks under the arms of the man on the mark.
Definitely not coaching them old school, looked very modern.
It will be the same next year. People going off at club/players/coach over practice games. It’s the long drought of games that does it I reckon. That, and stupidity, of course.