 Posted 26/06/2007 23:24:38
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During last saturdays training session with the assistance of a level 3 coach Baring in mind that the children involved are under 10's 06/07 My team got bored swore at each other went off in huffs etc The action that i took ay the end of the session was to warn players of any further swearing Will cost them a £1 but on the first instance they will be given a written warning The training was quite successful from a football point of view However the first and foremost aspect of coaching in my view should be fairplay and within our first season we were the most unbiased team in our league Now results are how we are all judged but at what cost to our players long term development. But how can we let the game be the teacher when it is led by a lot of people who set bad examples i.e referees who favour one team foul and abusive language yelling at small children who are prone to making lots of silly mistakes Remember we are the ambassadors/teachers and role models 
Assistant bossman
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Posted 27/06/2007 10:36:52
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We had a tournament a couple of weeks ago and I refereed a group of under 11 matches. One team were excellent on the pitch, a bit bigger, stronger and more aware than all the other teams. A bit more aggressive too. They had one particular player who had a face that looked like a bulldog chewing a wasp. He never smiled never said heelo, good luck just seemed to growl. Despite playing everyone off the park this one particular player just wasn't happy. When he did finally talk it was a load of swear words because he missed the target with a shot. It wasn't aimed at onyone he was just angry with himself. However, it was sais and said quite loudly and I could tell just by looks on the other players faces that they felt even more intimidated by him now. I stopped the game and shouted him over to me. I told him to calm down and to keep his mouth shut or I would send him off. I told him not to let himself or his team down by using such abusive language. He said okay and actually smiled. His smile soon disappeared when his coach substitued him keeping off for the rest of the tournament. I thought that that was a nice touch by the coach and that perhaps the kid may learn something from it. Obviously I hid after the match in case the kid came looking for me
Woolston Rovers Warrington
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