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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is full of non-soccer people[/quote]

I can only assume that you are suggesting that anyone who doesn't want to see violent conduct from 10 year-olds is a "non-soccer" person... but, I am a soccer person. Have played for 29 years... I am all for slide tackling. I am not for some of the ridiculously violent and dirty conduct I have already witnessed at the U10B level. Violent U10 players will become violent teenagers, and their dirty play will then prematurely end the playing days for some poor kids. You can play physically, you can play tough, and you can do it without being an ass. Like any other fundamental element of the game, proper tackling and sportsmanship should be taught from the beginning. Inevitably, coaches will fail to police their own players as they have a stake in ignoring such conduct at times. Parents and coaches are also, at times, the problem, as they are the ones teaching the children to play that way. That leaves referees. The incentives are fixed and aligned to discourage this type of behavior if the referees appropriately penalize those who engage in it. [/quote]

Clearly did not play at any level that was meaningfully different from rec those 29 years[/quote]

Hahaha, people like you amuse me. It's also clear how you're raising your child to play. For the record, I played D1 in the Big East, before it split and many teams left for the ACC.

Whatever the level of play... there are people who try to play the sport by mastering the various fundamental skills and adding in their own elements of flair where they can. Then there are those who try to beat everyone in to submission through brute force because they lack the skills necessary to make it any other way. I, like most who have played for any length of time, have played with both. Most love to play both against and with those with skill. Most are okay with the brutes when they're on your own team (except for when they cost you games with stupid fouls and/or red cards), but hate playing against them since you can't actually play football with them around. Football is most beautiful when it's fluid and a competition of skill and athletic ability, rather than a battle of attrition to see who can hit the hardest. It gets ugly, slow, and messy, when ruined by thugs who are most happy trying to snap an opponent's leg.  [/quote]

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