The majority of people have got it all wrong about the competition.

Agressive parents and coaches are the worst offenders. Regular youth match attendees have all seen these parents and coaches that go completely bonkers, yelling from the stands, ruthlessly making it into some life or death competition.

What they should be doing is to make football a positive experience for the kids instead of making them pawns to use them to vicariously re-live their own childhood. The main problem is parents and coaches who put too much pressure on the kids to perform rather than develop and the programmess that emphasized winning as the main focus.

You see, competition is a good thing, infact it’s a fantastic thing… if it brings out the best in a person. Competition can show a person where his or her true weaknesses lie. [Read more...]