Kids Football question..

Since the age of 5

far far too young to be organising competitive teams. I overheard a lad mustve been 8 or 9 being chastised by his mum for having a bad game, his explanation was he'd been holding a poo in and couldnt run as fast. At age 5, come on, and it breeds a clickiness ie we've been coming since he was so high etc etc. Not having a dig, just not my cup of tea.

Besides, Im too busy to get involved with the organising and running about. What with his golf lessons, lacrosse and high board diving.....

 

No doubt

you'llbe like that school PE Teacher, you know, one of those who was always last pick at footy when he was a kid and now joins in with the kids and thinks he's great....

"and its the slightly balding Charlton to kick off".... he he

 

To be fair you

come across as exactly the type of person who spoils kids football development. Winning is paramount and that's the be all and end all. </p>

'Show me a good loser... and i'll show you a real loser !!!!!' What an attitude!</p>

<font size="4">IT SHOULD BE FUN!!!!!!</font></p>

 

Generally most junior clubs start at under 7's. depends on their codes of conduct as to whether they would let a 4 year old train with that age group but i suspect that some clubs will. you could also try the footy in the community things and see if they have a minimum age.
HTH

 

What do you reckon to blokes who always manage their son's side and always pick him mate? nt

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RE: Dont agree

You say....I think its good for kids to be part of a team environment....Spot on (Y)
Bit out of the range mind, but my two sons did a lot of Boxing from the ages of maybe 10-11yrs old, got a bit fed up with it-that's fair enough mind, but before that they did a few of yrs at Karate from ages 5/6yrs old.....

Point I'm trying to get across is that nobody forced them to do it, its just that they enjoyed the companionship of their friends, and from them days they have made friends for life, which is all good in my book, and to be fair we all need that competitive streak in us to get on in life....

Sport for the young uns is what this country needs, it teaches discipline and respect, something what this isle we live on is so woefully short of IMO....

 

Personally I think all kids should get a game. I've put kids on the

pitch knowing full well that it will mean we will probably lose the game.It's a difficult thing to do because it's against what you want to do, you just have to try to put things aside and bite the bullet. From a point of view of my team, then my lad has probably not been played where he would like more than most cos if there's a position that none of the others want to play then he's the one I've asked. </p>

I won't be managing my youngest's team and they won't be playing in a league at age 6 either. I really don't think the way kids football is run and dominated by adults is the best way forward. Guy who is going to do this age group is a superb coach, far better than me, and he wants to develop the kids by playing fun, small-sided 4 a side games, I fully support everything he is trying to do and believe that is the best way forward.</p>

 

Yes but what do you reckon to blokes who always manage their son's side and always pick him mate? n

 

It's up to the parents, if they stick with a guy who does

that then more fool them

 

My youngest lad started at 4 ........

<span style="font-size: 6.5pt; font-family: Verdana">.... he joined a local club down here in Swindon that his older brother has been at for a few years.

</p></span><span style="font-size: 6.5pt; font-family: Verdana">If youlad's keen on footballI'd say go for it if you can find a club that will take him - they are not allowed to play competitively until the under 8's anyway so there should be no worries in that direction.

</p></span><span style="font-size: 6.5pt; font-family: Verdana">My lad joined what was in fact the club'sunder-6's team as this is the first age group that most clubs run. All this amounted to was one hour of coaching on a Saturday morning with the odd (very) friendly game thrown in. He learnt basic skills in a very fun environment and made some new friendsand thoroughly enjoyed himself. At that age their concentration span is about 5 seconds so the training is designed to be fun and involves lots of running and shooting, just organised play really. He is not a big lad by any means but coped no problem (while a lot of the other kids were bigger and older than him it was their first taste of football too so ability wise there wasliterally a level playing field).

</p></span><span style="font-size: 6.5pt; font-family: Verdana">A year later he is now 5 and is still in the under-6's (he didn't go up to the under-7's like most of his team mates did) - however after a year of coaching he is significantly more able than his new team members who are just starting. He loves it; there is no pressure, just training and the 20minute kick-about at the end of every session.

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GOOD NEWS!!!

after only getting 5 minutes last week, my nephew got the whole of the second half this week. Things are looking up!!!