U11B Blazers 19 Abbey Villa B team 0

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I stand by what I said. You have no control on what others choose to do, only what you choose to do.

Typical victim mentality approach.

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I think you overestimate the knowledge of the average parent. When they investigate clubs, they will first see whether or not the club has a favorable W/L record, rankings,what leagues they play in, and what tournaments they go to. Although I feel that I have greater appreciation and insight, I would prefer my child to play in the first division, play against competitive clubs etc etc.
Ideally, after you have selected a few clubs to consider, you will investigate further and learn of the clubs reputation, development strategies, and how they treat the players...who are still children.
Regardless, you will NEVER get away from the W/L record....

If the W/L record is ALL some parents look at, then it's their ignorance and they'll get what's coming to them. One of the uses of this forum is to inform and reveal rogue behavior in the local soccer world that negatively affects our children that parents may not be aware of.

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Typical victim mentality approach.

Are you suggesting I, the person whose post you appear to be responding to has a "victim mentality" or are you suggesting the person to whom I was responding has the "victim mentality"? If it is me, well than you certainly don't know me very well, that is for sure!

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Are you suggesting I, the person whose post you appear to be responding to has a "victim mentality" or are you suggesting the person to whom I was responding has the "victim mentality"? If it is me, well than you certainly don't know me very well, that is for sure!

If you are qouting a daytime tv fraud saying you can't control what others do, then yes, that creates a victim mentality.

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Rediculous. My daughter plays on a team where they scored 6 goals in 20 minutes of play in U11 Maple. Coach said, " I like to win but not like this". Kids got the point and passed the remainder of the game. Final score 6-0. Good lessons to the kids about good sportsmanship and classy coach. Kids understand they could easily have made it 19-0, but why?

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Rediculous. My daughter plays on a team where they scored 6 goals in 20 minutes of play in U11 Maple. Coach said, " I like to win but not like this". Kids got the point and passed the remainder of the game. Final score 6-0. Good lessons to the kids about good sportsmanship and classy coach. Kids understand they could easily have made it 19-0, but why?

You think passing the ball around a weak opponent is a good example of sportsmanship??? To me, it's insulting and even worse than running up the score. Certainly both teams know the score (little pun there) regardless.

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You think passing the ball around a weak opponent is a good example of sportsmanship??? To me, it's insulting and even worse than running up the score. Certainly both teams know the score (little pun there) regardless.

First of all, you haven't been 10 for awhile and chances are you have also never been a girl.

Second, and more to the point, you're wrong. The humiliation FOR THE PLAYERS is the rising goal differential.

I watched a BU15 team play keep away during a blow out once, and the game went from a very real risk of violence (every run for goal got uglier and uglier) to neutralized for the remaining 20 minutes of the game. Everyone came off the field cooled down and in one piece. If this was really the "humiliating" experience that you, on the sidelines, as an adult "fan", seem to perceive, then certainly the violence that was escalating among 14 year old boys during the trouncing would have gone throw the roof once the keep away began. It didn't. It calmed down.

Players are less humiliated by keep away than they are by being relentlessly scored on. As for the sidelines? Who cares. Parents who react to 10 year old soccer as if they were watching the NFL as probably just to weird for words anyway.

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Possession is common practice done without goals. It's good for both teams. A overly dominant team is sending the message "OK - you're done, so let's practice for the remaining time". That, or shifting forwards to the back etc, is just reasonable sportmanship. No harm is done to either team by not continuing to increase the goal differential - really!.

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Yup

Possession is common practice done without goals. It's good for both teams. A overly dominant team is sending the message "OK - you're done, so let's practice for the remaining time". That, or shifting forwards to the back etc, is just reasonable sportmanship. No harm is done to either team by not continuing to increase the goal differential - really!.

I agree. The problem really is the goal differential. Posession is a very practical out for an overly dominant team. There is no value in humiliating these kids. Any good coach understands this.

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First of all, you haven't been 10 for awhile and chances are you have also never been a girl.

Second, and more to the point, you're wrong. The humiliation FOR THE PLAYERS is the rising goal differential.

I watched a BU15 team play keep away during a blow out once, and the game went from a very real risk of violence (every run for goal got uglier and uglier) to neutralized for the remaining 20 minutes of the game. Everyone came off the field cooled down and in one piece. If this was really the "humiliating" experience that you, on the sidelines, as an adult "fan", seem to perceive, then certainly the violence that was escalating among 14 year old boys during the trouncing would have gone throw the roof once the keep away began. It didn't. It calmed down.

Players are less humiliated by keep away than they are by being relentlessly scored on. As for the sidelines? Who cares. Parents who react to 10 year old soccer as if they were watching the NFL as probably just to weird for words anyway.

Actually I am a girl and have been on the receiving end of a humiliating score. You people are making a mountain out of a molehill. You and your kids need to toughen up.

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why aren't you in school at 11:07am on a wednesday?

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why aren't you in school at 11:07am on a wednesday?

Who says I wasn't?

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being at school and not doing your school work that shows how reliable source you are!!!!!!

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being at school and not doing your school work that shows how reliable source you are!!!!!!

Homework was done an hour ago.

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Actually I am a girl and have been on the receiving end of a humiliating score. You people are making a mountain out of a molehill. You and your kids need to toughen up.

You're an old fat dad. And you need to get a life.