By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:31:52 +0000

I quite agree with your comments, the bigwigs at the fa don’t have a clue of the problems of grassroots coaches and whatsmore don’t want to. This plan will be frittered away, they are just being seen to do something. Kids can’t play football in the street anymore because of councils putting up ‘no ball games’ signs, parents have forgotten what they used to do when they were young and all the green land is being sold for housing for the ever growing population.Therefore kids will have to play at organised events which cost a packet to hire the venues from the councils

By: swift1

swift1 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:34:49 +0000

Some very good points there. That is the problem when proffessional coaches who work with the top players at junior / youth level do not relate to the vast contrast between abilities at ordinary kids teams around the country.
I do believe though that the over analysing of Englands failure to qualify is getting ridiculous. It is good to see grassroots in the spot light but i do not think we all need to lock ourselves away because we are doing everything wrong. Lets not kid ourselves if we had qualified there wouldnt be any of this “everybody getting involved with their view on whats right and wrong with coaching” It was fully grown proffessional adults that failed not grassroots coaches! I do not believe there is a great deal wrong with our methods i just think sometimes people look for change just for the sake of changing.

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