Kids Footy

[batton carrier]

I absolutely loved being involved in coaching my daughters team ,we wrapped it up when they got to u14s, and I was gutted. We lost almost every week but what a laugh we had. I bump into the odd player every now and then they are adults now and I always get a lovely welcome.  A great time in my life.

[Dr Faustus]

2 hours ago, Rival Son said:

Is this not the sort of community project, Sharon and the board (with help from club sponsors) should be throwing themselves into?

And, you never know, the best young footballers, involved with Bolton Schools supported by Bolton Wanderers, might be captured by the Wanderers, as players and fans.

And a town girls team, for the same reasons.

I suggested a private lottery to Salford and my grassroots team- a bit like Lifeline

 

£2.50 a month, 500 people.

X amount in prizes, Y amount to individual teams as a rollover, Z to the club overall

I even suggested a further split to include Derian House etc… reckon you’d easily get that many people; I rarely gamble but wouldn’t bat an eyelid. More of a charity/community thing

[Leyther_Matt]

On 04/06/2025 at 21:18, Dr Faustus said:

I suggested a private lottery to Salford and my grassroots team- a bit like Lifeline

 

£2.50 a month, 500 people.

X amount in prizes, Y amount to individual teams as a rollover, Z to the club overall

I even suggested a further split to include Derian House etc… reckon you’d easily get that many people; I rarely gamble but wouldn’t bat an eyelid. More of a charity/community thing

Goldline will actually help you out with setting up that sort of thing and give you back x percentage in the pound and do most of the hard work for you 

[Dr Faustus]

10 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Goldline will actually help you out with setting up that sort of thing and give you back x percentage in the pound and do most of the hard work for you 

now that's interesting! cheers bud, i'll look into it

[boltonboris]

My sons had a bit of a 'journey' when it comes to footy. His first ever team at u7 was ruthless and he was cut for not being up to standard - I was bitter at the time, but I coached his next team and he started finding his feet, scored a few goals and improved. I no longer wanted to coach that team, as there were some behavioral problems in the team and on the sidelines, so we uprooted again, this time of our own accord as he had an opportunity to play with some of his school mates and a couple of lads whose parents I'm friends with

Third season just finished at his 3rd team and he smashed it. Voted 2nd in Players Player, 2nd in Parents Player and was the winner of Coaches Player of the Year. He's absolutely flying at the mo and I'm gutted the season's finished.. Hopefully his coaches keep getting friendlies in so he keep his momentum going

Proper proud Dad! He's more buzzing that he can give it back to his sister who has been giving it him about her trophy wins 😄

Edited June 9, 2025 by boltonboris

[boltonboris]

Are your kids teams having a break or playing right through? Both ours have friendlies this weekend, then nothing til mid-july 😞 

Bit gutted to be honest. Might start touting them out as tournament ringers 😄

[Dr Faustus]

15 minutes ago, boltonboris said:

Are your kids teams having a break or playing right through? Both ours have friendlies this weekend, then nothing til mid-july 😞 

Bit gutted to be honest. Might start touting them out as tournament ringers 😄

Shouldn’t be playing any friendlies this month bud, unless league sanctioned. Insurance across the board stopped on 1 June, so unless the club has their own private policy they are goosed if owt happens 

Admittedly you’re not looking at loss of earnings, but (dread the thought) one of them breaks their leg, the host club could be sued. Was just 11v11 originally, but I understand extended to all formats

[boltonboris]

2 hours ago, Dr Faustus said:

Shouldn’t be playing any friendlies this month bud, unless league sanctioned. Insurance across the board stopped on 1 June, so unless the club has their own private policy they are goosed if owt happens 

Admittedly you’re not looking at loss of earnings, but (dread the thought) one of them breaks their leg, the host club could be sued. Was just 11v11 originally, but I understand extended to all formats

Do clubs not need public liability insurance for this reason? Leagues are no longer obligated to provide insurance to members I believe

[gonzo]

2 hours ago, boltonboris said:

Are your kids teams having a break or playing right through? Both ours have friendlies this weekend, then nothing til mid-july 😞 

Bit gutted to be honest. Might start touting them out as tournament ringers 😄

I'm the other way, wish they'd have a full break from it all. Sick to the back teeth of it.

Kids need a rest too especially my eldest. 4s and 5s turning up to training which is still twice a week. They're all fucked.

I'm still on 2 training sessions per week per child and friendlies or training Sat and Sun. Only Wednesday is free in the whole week.

And yes I know I'll miss it when it's gone

Edited June 11, 2025 by gonzo

[deeane Koontz]

Do the coaches still think they're little Peps?

[Dr Faustus]

24 minutes ago, boltonboris said:

Do clubs not need public liability insurance for this reason? Leagues are no longer obligated to provide insurance to members I believe

Rule B21.3- as i say it used to be 11v11 format, but an email came through apparently stating all games. All clubs should have insurance, thats what their affiliation number is for. Every chairman got the message

[Dr Faustus]

24 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

Do the coaches still think they're little Peps?

half of mine do... so many hung up on winning, poaching rather than coaching

[gonzo]

29 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

Do the coaches still think they're little Peps?

Played a tourny the other week that categorically said no academy players.

Our first match was against a team who's keeper was like a fucking cat. Full Blackpool training kit on. 

Turns out he's Blackpool academy keeper.

Just why would you bother for a shitty tournament?!

Few other ringers too. Scouse team won it with 2 lads clearly above anyone else in the whole thing.

 

[boltonboris]

42 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

Rule B21.3- as i say it used to be 11v11 format, but an email came through apparently stating all games. All clubs should have insurance, thats what their affiliation number is for. Every chairman got the message

EJ's game is against the League Secretary's / Chairman's team, so presume all good

[boltonboris]

38 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Played a tourny the other week that categorically said no academy players.

Our first match was against a team who's keeper was like a fucking cat. Full Blackpool training kit on. 

Turns out he's Blackpool academy keeper.

Just why would you bother for a shitty tournament?!

Few other ringers too. Scouse team won it with 2 lads clearly above anyone else in the whole thing.

 

I coached for 1 season at entry level. None of the kids had played for a team before. We entered a tournament at low ability, which we were at that time. Three teams turned up that had also entered low, but were pretty much pre-academy teams posing as local clubs. One of them being the famous Blue & White @Dr Faustus

They were all looking at eachother in disgust. Like that Spiderman meme... In a 20 minute game, my lads got beat 14-0 by "Fletcher Moss"😄 They were asking my boys which academies they play for as they didn't recognise them!

The medium-low ability section was a much higher standard the the High ability section, which tells you everything you need to know about these coaches and parents (and it is often the parents)

[Stig]

4 hours ago, Dr Faustus said:

Shouldn’t be playing any friendlies this month bud, unless league sanctioned. Insurance across the board stopped on 1 June, so unless the club has their own private policy they are goosed if owt happens 

Admittedly you’re not looking at loss of earnings, but (dread the thought) one of them breaks their leg, the host club could be sued. Was just 11v11 originally, but I understand extended to all formats

As long as your team FA affiliation is re-done you should be fine

[Dr Faustus]

48 minutes ago, boltonboris said:

EJ's game is against the League Secretary's / Chairman's team, so presume all good

League sanctioned games are ok either way

[MancWanderer]

Took my grandson to training tonight at Avro’s in East Manc

I genuinely don’t know how folk like @Dr Faustusdo it. I really don’t.

All players and parents, grandparents, carers, whatever got called in to a meeting after training

Head coach of his age group laid out quite precisely which team each kid will be playing this coming season (there’s two) based on current ability, and what position they’ll be playing, based on their skill level. Then went through details of training (moved from Friday 5.30 to Wednesday 5.30) with an additional training session added in that focuses on individual training needs at no extra cost to the subs on a Monday. 4 coaches now instead of 2 because demand is so high and the waiting list is so long they want to give as many kids as possible a chance to train and play and be invoved

I could make this post the longest in WWays history with the stupid questions fired at the head coach and the entitlement of parents who think that little Billy deserves a bigger pitch, less competition for places, more individual one on one coaching, etc. 

I pulled the grandson out and took him home when the poor coach, yet again, tried to explain that the reason they use small pitches, small goals and small groups is to coach ball control for u-10s, not to train them to bend one past a 4 man wall into the top bins from 25 yards

It’s sad that had to sit him down with his mum to explain how the coach is right and to ignore the wannabe Peps. Just leave the coaches to do their job and accept the FA guidelines on kids football ffs

[jayjayoghani]

6 hours ago, boltonboris said:

 The medium-low ability section was a much higher standard the the High ability section, which tells you everything you need to know about these coaches and parents (and it is often the parents)

Winning more important than becoming a better player.

[Dr Faustus]

7 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Took my grandson to training tonight at Avro’s in East Manc

I genuinely don’t know how folk like @Dr Faustusdo it. I really don’t.

All players and parents, grandparents, carers, whatever got called in to a meeting after training

Head coach of his age group laid out quite precisely which team each kid will be playing this coming season (there’s two) based on current ability, and what position they’ll be playing, based on their skill level. Then went through details of training (moved from Friday 5.30 to Wednesday 5.30) with an additional training session added in that focuses on individual training needs at no extra cost to the subs on a Monday. 4 coaches now instead of 2 because demand is so high and the waiting list is so long they want to give as many kids as possible a chance to train and play and be invoved

I could make this post the longest in WWays history with the stupid questions fired at the head coach and the entitlement of parents who think that little Billy deserves a bigger pitch, less competition for places, more individual one on one coaching, etc. 

I pulled the grandson out and took him home when the poor coach, yet again, tried to explain that the reason they use small pitches, small goals and small groups is to coach ball control for u-10s, not to train them to bend one past a 4 man wall into the top bins from 25 yards

It’s sad that had to sit him down with his mum to explain how the coach is right and to ignore the wannabe Peps. Just leave the coaches to do their job and accept the FA guidelines on kids football ffs

Wait until 3v3 kicks in- uproar already!

[boltonboris]

1 hour ago, Dr Faustus said:

Wait until 3v3 kicks in- uproar already!

Heard they’ve tweaked it now to allow keepers so it’s 4v4? Is that right?

[Dr Faustus]

22 minutes ago, boltonboris said:

Heard they’ve tweaked it now to allow keepers so it’s 4v4? Is that right?

news to me. everything i have seen is geared to being a bazooka goal and no keepers. more touches etc- if you get the inflatables (££££) its ace. i'm geared up for four games at one time, whether i can get the 10k for inflatables is another matter.

 

so many people, who really should know better, are kicking off over this, but just havent researched it

https://www.3v3europe.com/uk

[superjohnmcginlay]

Just taken up assistant manager role at my lads under 12’s after never really wanting to get involved. I coach him at cricket that was enough.

Finding it quite the task after being on the parents side of the pitch these past few years. 

 

 

[Stig]

35 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

news to me. everything i have seen is geared to being a bazooka goal and no keepers. more touches etc- if you get the inflatables (££££) its ace. i'm geared up for four games at one time, whether i can get the 10k for inflatables is another matter.

 

so many people, who really should know better, are kicking off over this, but just havent researched it

https://www.3v3europe.com/uk

I'm still not a fan at all. All that will happen is the bigger, earlier developing kids will hog the ball even more.

Our club is contemplating not having an under 7s next season because we don't have the pitches (or expensive equipment) and may struggle to find volunteers for 2 teams. Even if we end up with one team it's reducing participation. 

Surely anything that decreases participation can't be good for kids playing football. They should have just extended 5 a side to 3 years before jumping up to 7 a side.

[Dr. Feelgood]

Or, play with your mates on the local field. 5 a side, 8 a side, 11 a side, 18 a side. Jumpers for goalposts & have fun. Over coaching & over formalising everything kills the whole thing.