Re: JUNIOR FOOTBALL
Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 8:51 am
Look Good In Leather wrote:Moe wrote:Look Good In Leather wrote:Moe wrote:The rules state that Under 10 football oval size should be approx. 120 metres x 90 metres.
This is perfect.
Regardless of whether the coaches agree to play full size or not, I think these measurements should be adhered to for the kids sake.
Remember coaches, it is about the kids, not your personal thoughts.
Well done to the players and coaches of Brighton Under 8's who played against Morphy Parks last Sunday.
Not a hint of aggression from parents and players played with enthusiasm and my kids loved it. (Even if we didn't score). Which apparently we don't keep anyway.
I have always wondered though why Brighton parents are the only ones who stand on the other side of the oval.
Patronising comments like this give me the sh**s
Seems to be the quality of debate we hear from the SFL Junior Committee and the AFL these days. Meaningless tripe along the lines of "we know best so this is how you are instructed to think and behave". People volunteer their time at the coalface, in the majority of cases they are more qualified than most to give their opinion. They do not deserve to be ridiculed because they are "less educated" than some self-important soles.
Yep, and i am one of those volunteers who measure out the oval at 8am on a sunday morning. I stick to what size i am told for the simple reason the kids will be or are supposed to be, playing on the same size oval every week.
If that is patronising to you, who gives a $$$$.
Good for you.
I am sorry that there are people here who have opinions, opinions that may happen to disagree with the size of the oval.
According to you, these opinions are not to be had because 'it is about the kids, not your personal thoughts', even if those thoughts/opinions are motivated by what is best for the kids.
I think most clubs are following the rules in place, but they are allowed to disagree with those rules, as much as you are allowed to blindly support those rules if that is what you wish.
And there it is. The usual response when someone bites back. I gave my opinion, yet i was patronising. I gave my opinion on the rule regarding the size of the oval for under 10s, yet i was supposedly having a go at educated people.
It is my opinion that mini coaches follow the guide lines set out in the rules set by the SFL so the players of continuity each week.
It is my opinion that some of the rules regarding mini football are wrong, yet i dont change them on a weekly basis because i think it is the right thing to do.
It is my opinion that a year 11 education, which is where i finished, does not qualify me to be more educated than anybody.
That is MY OPINION!
As patronising as it is.