What are your unpopular opinions about youth soccer?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My unpopular opinions:
1. On a free kick, players who purposefully stand within 10 yards to stall the game until the ref moves them back should be cautioned. It is poor sportsmanship and players who do it know better.
2. Throw ins should be kick ins and treated like an indirect kick, but with no offside.
3. PKs should never determine a tourney winner. Play until one team wins with a golden goal.
4. Offside should not wait to be called. I've seen too many near collisions between an offside forward and a keeper coming together. Even hockey did away with a race to reach an iced puck, knowing too much potential for injury was there.
5. Long distance running/conditioning should not be part of a practice. Just play or scrimmage longer or with more intensity and the fitness will come. Or, have kids run at home on their own time. Lazy coaches use conditioning because they are lazy and don't want to teach technical fundamentals. Sprinting, quickness, and ball skills trump a timed 2-mile run. In a game, you get tired, you get subbed out. All club staff should be able to meet the fitness requirements of the ages coached through U16.
6. Yellow cards should come with 5 minutes in the penalty box. A red card should come with an ejection and a PK, no matter where the foul occurred.
7. If in a wall, a player, especially a young one, should be able to protect his/her face and head without risking a handball offense.
8. Heading results in too many injuries in youth ages. Coaches should discourage high balls into the 6 because balls on the ground to the 12 or 18 are better scoring opportunities anyways.
9. If men's D1 football can put 100% of players on scholarship, then 100% of women's soccer players should be full-ride eligible. 14 scholarships per team with a roster of 30-35 isn't enough money. Even if it isn't a "revenue" sport, it doesn't seem fair.
10. The USWNT is good, and I like watching them play.
11. The politics surrounding the USWNT is not good.
12. National team players should stand respectfully for the anthem or be removed from the team. One nation, one team, not One nation, 18 political statements.
13. Taking a knee in solidarity with BLM is woke virtue signaling and should not be a thing on a soccer field.
14. The parent that yells the most probably knows the least.
15. All players over 15 should ref at least 3-5 games per year for the younger players.
16. School-year made more sense than birth year for recruiting.
17. I like ECNL for girls.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

LOL!

On free kicks, you are incorrect. Giving the other team enough space that the offensive player can shoot a ball or make a pass without allowing the other team to settle in gives that offensive team an advantage that they aren't necessarily guaranteed.

At times you will see one player stick around the ball until the ref asks them to step back. Nothing wrong with this as the defensive player steps back and offensive player then has to wait.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My unpopular opinions:
1. On a free kick, players who purposefully stand within 10 yards to stall the game until the ref moves them back should be cautioned. It is poor sportsmanship and players who do it know better.
2. Throw ins should be kick ins and treated like an indirect kick, but with no offside.
3. PKs should never determine a tourney winner. Play until one team wins with a golden goal.
4. Offside should not wait to be called. I've seen too many near collisions between an offside forward and a keeper coming together. Even hockey did away with a race to reach an iced puck, knowing too much potential for injury was there.
5. Long distance running/conditioning should not be part of a practice. Just play or scrimmage longer or with more intensity and the fitness will come. Or, have kids run at home on their own time. Lazy coaches use conditioning because they are lazy and don't want to teach technical fundamentals. Sprinting, quickness, and ball skills trump a timed 2-mile run. In a game, you get tired, you get subbed out. All club staff should be able to meet the fitness requirements of the ages coached through U16.
6. Yellow cards should come with 5 minutes in the penalty box. A red card should come with an ejection and a PK, no matter where the foul occurred.
7. If in a wall, a player, especially a young one, should be able to protect his/her face and head without risking a handball offense.
8. Heading results in too many injuries in youth ages. Coaches should discourage high balls into the 6 because balls on the ground to the 12 or 18 are better scoring opportunities anyways.
9. If men's D1 football can put 100% of players on scholarship, then 100% of women's soccer players should be full-ride eligible. 14 scholarships per team with a roster of 30-35 isn't enough money. Even if it isn't a "revenue" sport, it doesn't seem fair.
10. The USWNT is good, and I like watching them play.
11. The politics surrounding the USWNT is not good.
12. National team players should stand respectfully for the anthem or be removed from the team. One nation, one team, not One nation, 18 political statements.
13. Taking a knee in solidarity with BLM is woke virtue signaling and should not be a thing on a soccer field.
14. The parent that yells the most probably knows the least.
15. All players over 15 should ref at least 3-5 games per year for the younger players.
16. School-year made more sense than birth year for recruiting.
17. I like ECNL for girls.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

LOL!

On free kicks, you are incorrect. Giving the other team enough space that the offensive player can shoot a ball or make a pass without allowing the other team to settle in gives that offensive team an advantage that they aren't necessarily guaranteed.

At times you will see one player stick around the ball until the ref asks them to step back. Nothing wrong with this as the defensive player steps back and offensive player then has to wait.

+1

If the offensive player kicks the ball and it hits the defensive player who was standing within 10 paces it’s a card. So yeah nothing wrong with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My unpopular opinions:
1. On a free kick, players who purposefully stand within 10 yards to stall the game until the ref moves them back should be cautioned. It is poor sportsmanship and players who do it know better.
2. Throw ins should be kick ins and treated like an indirect kick, but with no offside.
3. PKs should never determine a tourney winner. Play until one team wins with a golden goal.
4. Offside should not wait to be called. I've seen too many near collisions between an offside forward and a keeper coming together. Even hockey did away with a race to reach an iced puck, knowing too much potential for injury was there.
5. Long distance running/conditioning should not be part of a practice. Just play or scrimmage longer or with more intensity and the fitness will come. Or, have kids run at home on their own time. Lazy coaches use conditioning because they are lazy and don't want to teach technical fundamentals. Sprinting, quickness, and ball skills trump a timed 2-mile run. In a game, you get tired, you get subbed out. All club staff should be able to meet the fitness requirements of the ages coached through U16.
6. Yellow cards should come with 5 minutes in the penalty box. A red card should come with an ejection and a PK, no matter where the foul occurred.
7. If in a wall, a player, especially a young one, should be able to protect his/her face and head without risking a handball offense.
8. Heading results in too many injuries in youth ages. Coaches should discourage high balls into the 6 because balls on the ground to the 12 or 18 are better scoring opportunities anyways.
9. If men's D1 football can put 100% of players on scholarship, then 100% of women's soccer players should be full-ride eligible. 14 scholarships per team with a roster of 30-35 isn't enough money. Even if it isn't a "revenue" sport, it doesn't seem fair.
10. The USWNT is good, and I like watching them play.
11. The politics surrounding the USWNT is not good.
12. National team players should stand respectfully for the anthem or be removed from the team. One nation, one team, not One nation, 18 political statements.
13. Taking a knee in solidarity with BLM is woke virtue signaling and should not be a thing on a soccer field.
14. The parent that yells the most probably knows the least.
15. All players over 15 should ref at least 3-5 games per year for the younger players.
16. School-year made more sense than birth year for recruiting.
17. I like ECNL for girls.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

LOL!

On free kicks, you are incorrect. Giving the other team enough space that the offensive player can shoot a ball or make a pass without allowing the other team to settle in gives that offensive team an advantage that they aren't necessarily guaranteed.

At times you will see one player stick around the ball until the ref asks them to step back. Nothing wrong with this as the defensive player steps back and offensive player then has to wait.

+1

If the offensive player kicks the ball and it hits the defensive player who was standing within 10 paces it’s a card. So yeah nothing wrong with it.

You are wrong. Read the laws.

Offences and sanctions

If, when a free kick is taken, an opponent is closer to the ball than the required distance, the kick is retaken unless the advantage can be applied; but if a player takes a free kick quickly and an opponent who is less than 9.15 m (10 yds) from the ball intercepts it, the referee allows play to continue. However, an opponent who deliberately prevents a free kick being taken quickly must be cautioned for delaying the restart of play.

https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football-11-11/law-13---free-kicks

[Anonymous]

Refs should be aware of the "statue" as a delay tactic and prevent it. Defenders don't get to force a "ceremonial free kick" if the offense wants a "quick free kick".

http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0005/1211/National_Assessment_12.pdf

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Refs should be aware of the "statue" as a delay tactic and prevent it. Defenders don't get to force a "ceremonial free kick" if the offense wants a "quick free kick".

http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0005/1211/National_Assessment_12.pdf[/quote]

If a team is trained to take free kicks quickly, think Barcelona ~8 years ago, they will be able to work around those tactics.

In youth soccer some of the players aren't thinking of playing it quickly and go through the motions of waiting for refs to tell the other team. Similar in corner kicks, there is no need to wait for everyone to settle in, but the players on the offense wait anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Refs should be aware of the "statue" as a delay tactic and prevent it. Defenders don't get to force a "ceremonial free kick" if the offense wants a "quick free kick".

http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0005/1211/National_Assessment_12.pdf

Thank you for this!

[Anonymous]

“6. Yellow cards should come with 5 minutes in the penalty box. A red card should come with an ejection and a PK, no matter where the foul occurred. “

This is absurd

[Anonymous]

No offside rule in play within the final 18 yards of the pitch on either end if the ball is played outside of the 18 yard box.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No offside rule in play within the final 18 yards of the pitch on either end if the ball is played outside of the 18 yard box.

Very popular idea IMHO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“6. Yellow cards should come with 5 minutes in the penalty box. A red card should come with an ejection and a PK, no matter where the foul occurred. “

This is absurd

Agree on the red card. I do like the penalty box idea. Maybe eliminate reds and yellows all together and just habit major and minor penalties like hockey and encourage fights to break out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My unpopular opinions:
1. On a free kick, players who purposefully stand within 10 yards to stall the game until the ref moves them back should be cautioned. It is poor sportsmanship and players who do it know better.
2. Throw ins should be kick ins and treated like an indirect kick, but with no offside.
3. PKs should never determine a tourney winner. Play until one team wins with a golden goal.
4. Offside should not wait to be called. I've seen too many near collisions between an offside forward and a keeper coming together. Even hockey did away with a race to reach an iced puck, knowing too much potential for injury was there.
5. Long distance running/conditioning should not be part of a practice. Just play or scrimmage longer or with more intensity and the fitness will come. Or, have kids run at home on their own time. Lazy coaches use conditioning because they are lazy and don't want to teach technical fundamentals. Sprinting, quickness, and ball skills trump a timed 2-mile run. In a game, you get tired, you get subbed out. All club staff should be able to meet the fitness requirements of the ages coached through U16.
6. Yellow cards should come with 5 minutes in the penalty box. A red card should come with an ejection and a PK, no matter where the foul occurred.
7. If in a wall, a player, especially a young one, should be able to protect his/her face and head without risking a handball offense.
8. Heading results in too many injuries in youth ages. Coaches should discourage high balls into the 6 because balls on the ground to the 12 or 18 are better scoring opportunities anyways.
9. If men's D1 football can put 100% of players on scholarship, then 100% of women's soccer players should be full-ride eligible. 14 scholarships per team with a roster of 30-35 isn't enough money. Even if it isn't a "revenue" sport, it doesn't seem fair.
10. The USWNT is good, and I like watching them play.
11. The politics surrounding the USWNT is not good.
12. National team players should stand respectfully for the anthem or be removed from the team. One nation, one team, not One nation, 18 political statements.
13. Taking a knee in solidarity with BLM is woke virtue signaling and should not be a thing on a soccer field.
14. The parent that yells the most probably knows the least.
15. All players over 15 should ref at least 3-5 games per year for the younger players.
16. School-year made more sense than birth year for recruiting.
17. I like ECNL for girls.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

LOL!

On free kicks, you are incorrect. Giving the other team enough space that the offensive player can shoot a ball or make a pass without allowing the other team to settle in gives that offensive team an advantage that they aren't necessarily guaranteed.

At times you will see one player stick around the ball until the ref asks them to step back. Nothing wrong with this as the defensive player steps back and offensive player then has to wait.

+1

If the offensive player kicks the ball and it hits the defensive player who was standing within 10 paces it’s a card. So yeah nothing wrong with it.

Actually, It's not a card.

[Anonymous]

Do not stop play for "injured" players -- let play continue until there is a dead ball, but let any necessary medical staff on the field to treat the player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My unpopular opinions:
1. On a free kick, players who purposefully stand within 10 yards to stall the game until the ref moves them back should be cautioned. It is poor sportsmanship and players who do it know better.
2. Throw ins should be kick ins and treated like an indirect kick, but with no offside.
3. PKs should never determine a tourney winner. Play until one team wins with a golden goal.
4. Offside should not wait to be called. I've seen too many near collisions between an offside forward and a keeper coming together. Even hockey did away with a race to reach an iced puck, knowing too much potential for injury was there.
5. Long distance running/conditioning should not be part of a practice. Just play or scrimmage longer or with more intensity and the fitness will come. Or, have kids run at home on their own time. Lazy coaches use conditioning because they are lazy and don't want to teach technical fundamentals. Sprinting, quickness, and ball skills trump a timed 2-mile run. In a game, you get tired, you get subbed out. All club staff should be able to meet the fitness requirements of the ages coached through U16.
6. Yellow cards should come with 5 minutes in the penalty box. A red card should come with an ejection and a PK, no matter where the foul occurred.
7. If in a wall, a player, especially a young one, should be able to protect his/her face and head without risking a handball offense.
8. Heading results in too many injuries in youth ages. Coaches should discourage high balls into the 6 because balls on the ground to the 12 or 18 are better scoring opportunities anyways.
9. If men's D1 football can put 100% of players on scholarship, then 100% of women's soccer players should be full-ride eligible. 14 scholarships per team with a roster of 30-35 isn't enough money. Even if it isn't a "revenue" sport, it doesn't seem fair.
10. The USWNT is good, and I like watching them play.
11. The politics surrounding the USWNT is not good.
12. National team players should stand respectfully for the anthem or be removed from the team. One nation, one team, not One nation, 18 political statements.
13. Taking a knee in solidarity with BLM is woke virtue signaling and should not be a thing on a soccer field.
14. The parent that yells the most probably knows the least.
15. All players over 15 should ref at least 3-5 games per year for the younger players.
16. School-year made more sense than birth year for recruiting.
17. I like ECNL for girls.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

LOL!

On free kicks, you are incorrect. Giving the other team enough space that the offensive player can shoot a ball or make a pass without allowing the other team to settle in gives that offensive team an advantage that they aren't necessarily guaranteed.

At times you will see one player stick around the ball until the ref asks them to step back. Nothing wrong with this as the defensive player steps back and offensive player then has to wait.

+1

If the offensive player kicks the ball and it hits the defensive player who was standing within 10 paces it’s a card. So yeah nothing wrong with it.

Actually, It's not a card.

It is if the defensive player was doing it slow or delay play. If you watch soccer you see it all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not stop play for "injured" players -- let play continue until there is a dead ball, but let any necessary medical staff on the field to treat the player.

Slight modification suggested. Go ahead and stop play, but if play is stopped for an injured player that will result in that player needing to sit out of the game for 15 minutes minimum. While out they will be checked by trainer and if trainer believes they were failing injured player will receive a yellow card. Temporary sub is allowed but if player does not go back in after 15 mins then they are permanently subbed out. This will motivate players to not fake injuries lest they lose 15 minutes of playing time and or get a yellow card.

[Anonymous]

Correction to above post. Faking not failing.