Friday, September 11, 2009
Enjoy the Game
As the season starts I hear the never ending conversations of "we need to move to club x because they have a better relationship with college scouts" "if we don't go to this tournament our daughter/son will not get the scholarship", etc., etc. The truth is if your whole goal is a scholarship quit soccer, put all the training fees into a money market account (or tutors) and work on the SAT scores and grade point. My oldest played all four years in college, the next turned down scholarships to play, the next just started playing in college and one still in H.S. Enjoy the time now and don't worry about what will happen next season or even next game. You never know when they will get hurt or have different interest. Enjoy sitting on the side watching the game, talking with the other parents. Nothing is gained by yelling at players (either team), the referees or complaining about the coaches or trainers. Be positive, have fun and enjoy the time you have, it goes fast.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Consistency of Calls
"Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead." Aldous Huxley. “Nothing endures but change (The only constant is change)" Heraclitus
Hey ref, why didn't you call that on the other end? What match are you watching? Call it both ways? I always do, the right and wrong ways are there others I missed. At our latest re-cert clinic, there were quite a few 75-85 grades and the assessor asked how would you like a game in which the referee got 75% of the calls right. The general attitude afterward was that would be a pretty good game. When I was coaching it seemed so easy, when I was sitting in my chair watching my daughter's games, it seemed amazing that the referee could not see that clear foul when just a few minutes before she carded our player for the "identical" thing, when I started in the center, I wondered how the heck was I supposed to see everything going on. Now I understand, let the players play, control the game where needed, have fun and be consistent.
Consistency (which by my definition means to consistently change and adapt as the game progresses) -- If I can do that, it should be a good game.
Hey ref, why didn't you call that on the other end? What match are you watching? Call it both ways? I always do, the right and wrong ways are there others I missed. At our latest re-cert clinic, there were quite a few 75-85 grades and the assessor asked how would you like a game in which the referee got 75% of the calls right. The general attitude afterward was that would be a pretty good game. When I was coaching it seemed so easy, when I was sitting in my chair watching my daughter's games, it seemed amazing that the referee could not see that clear foul when just a few minutes before she carded our player for the "identical" thing, when I started in the center, I wondered how the heck was I supposed to see everything going on. Now I understand, let the players play, control the game where needed, have fun and be consistent.
Consistency (which by my definition means to consistently change and adapt as the game progresses) -- If I can do that, it should be a good game.
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