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Post by Dave on Aug 5, 2008 20:52:05 GMT -5
Ok, so O had her second soccer practice of the year tonight and as they always do, they scrimmaged with the team who had the other half of the field. Team looks pretty good - I think I even saw a kid pass on purpose, but anyway. One kid, coach's son of course, scored three goals. After the scrimmage was over I overheard the the scorer's brother telling him how had already scored four goals so far this year - apparently he scored last scrimmage, too. I had to bite my tongue to not say, "Those don't count."
I know when I was a kid we never counted goals, points, assists, wins, etc unless they were scored in a regulation game. Yet, this is not the first time I've heard kids counting practice goals - is this a new trend? (Maybe adults do it too, but I don't do sports with adults.)
Do they count the ones they score on their own goalie during warm-ups then?
Seems kind of pansy-ish to me.
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Post by redskyatnight on Aug 6, 2008 11:37:35 GMT -5
It sounds like they are young kids. I coached elementary soccer for a few years and kids count everything. Are they keeping official statistics somewhere? It sounds like they are just encouraging the kid to score more goals.
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Post by jules on Aug 6, 2008 12:26:41 GMT -5
Yeah, glad you resisted the urge to tell a CHILD "Those don't count!" How old are these kids (or the scorer's bro)? Is it possible that they don't quite "get" that a scrimmage is different than an actual game? If the COACH is encouraging them to count scrimmage points/wins/etc. as game points/wins/etc., yeah, that's lame. It's good to encourage, but it's also good to teach kids the value of practice and how it can pay off.
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Post by rocko on Aug 6, 2008 12:55:38 GMT -5
My 10 year old is a super soccer player. We moved him from the U10 (where he is supposed to be) up to the U12 a year early. He doesn't count scrimmage goals. He doesn't even acknowledge them and he is always our main scorer.
My 5 year old is a great shadow puppet during games, but not much on actually chasing the ball or anything. During practice he plays with the team. If he "scores" during practice or a scrimmage we make a HUGE deal out of it trying to encourage his lazy bum self to do more.
My 6 year old is proud of any goal, but does keep track. He just wants to know, "if we *did* keep score, did our team win or lose"?
Anyway, I wouldn't stress it.
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Post by lumpy on Aug 14, 2008 19:19:59 GMT -5
Do they count the ones they score on their own goalie during warm-ups then? Seems kind of pansy-ish to me. I don't know. I do a victory lap around the block everytime I beat my 7 year old at basketball.
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Post by Dave on Aug 14, 2008 20:13:04 GMT -5
Do they count the ones they score on their own goalie during warm-ups then? Seems kind of pansy-ish to me. I don't know. I do a victory lap around the block everytime I beat my 7 year old at basketball. Well, DUH! You gotta prepare 'em for the real world.
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