Date Posted:Tuesday, February 06, 05:11:21pm Author: Steve Subject: Re: Positive football In reply to:
UHawks Admin
's message, "Positive football" on Tuesday, February 06, 12:13:45am
A very fair report and a good read. . We too have suffered in previous seasons by not being aggressive enough. A lot of our success this year has come from standing up to be counted in those types of games. I have every respect for tough tackling players. My biggest gripe has come when players are wound up from the side by Parents and/or Management - encouraging foul play because the game may not be going to plan. We started to wonder if we were the only "in it for kids" team around so it is refreshing to know that a neighbouring side has the same morals/goals.
>Steve my sentiments exactly.....Prehaps Ulverley's
>biggest
>weakness is that they are not physical enough... but
>from a parents point of view I would rather my son
>play for a team who are intent on playing football,
>rather than kicking teams off the park, an ethos that
>Steve F adheres to..& after watching the Ravens
>yesterday it is obviosly a policy that you positively
>instill in your players which i applaud you
>for...Youth football would be much better if more
>managers were like you & Steve F.... and I would like
>too think the more succesful sides like Ulverely and
>in your case the Ravens are.... Youth football will
>become better and more enjoybable to watch (tension on
>the field only fuels the fire of tension off the
>field).
>
>PS/My full match report is up (from an Ulverley view)
