David Beckham Red Carded at Youth Game
This story is hilarious! David Beckham was attending his son young son Romeo’s soccer game, when one of the players on his team fouled an opposing player, and was sent off! When Beckham put up an argument to the ref about the red card for the young player being a little excessive, he was then shown the card, and kicked out!
Without being at the game to witness it, it is tough to weigh in on the situation, but can you imagine being the youth soccer ref that had the nerve to red card David Beckham! One thing for sure, David Beckham’s publicist is very happy. On a side note, I’m glad that Romeo Beckham, famous parents and all, got to experience one of youth sports ugliest moments: The Parent Ejection.
I’ll never forget when my own father got kicked out of my brothers baseball game for telling the umpire (who happened to be on the board of the little league) he made a “chicken $&% call.” If it ever happens to you, just make sure you leave the field without putting up a sense, just like Mr. Beckham.
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When Adults Screw Up a Soccer Game
A few weeks back, my close friend was putting on a large division 3 tournament. The tournament was a major success outside of one unfortunate situation with a coach that made a really bad decision. Unfortunately, one bad decision by an adult that should have known better cost the kids a win.
The championship game went fine, with a final score of 2-1. The only problem is, the team that won decided to bring two guest players onto the team from another team from the same club that had already been eliminated. The obvious problem was, guest players were not allowed, and the coach knew it. Even worse, the team was from the home club putting on the very tournament!
The opposing coach didn’t bring it up before the game, and only brought it up to tournament staff after the game was played. Admittedly, the coach could have brought it up beforehand, but probably figured no big deal since the teams had played previously to a very lopsided score the other way. It really didn’t matter because the other coach created the entire situation. As it played out, it appears the two guest players may have made the difference. What a perfect entry for the Ugly Truth category!
Luckily my friend is an experienced tournament director, and decided to act quick and award the 1st place trophies to the losing team, and disqualified the other team. A fair decision, but once the integrity of the game is called into question, does it matter who wins? The coach that set in motion this turn of events showed very poor decision making and sportsmanship, and set a horrible example for his players, who wondered why they had won the game, yet come in second. The simple answer is, because the adults ruined it.
Outside of the initial punishment of finishing in second, what do you think should happen to this coach? I thought, given our subscribership to the newsletter, this would be a good chance to hear what you all think, and I will gladly forward the most insightful responses to the committee that will decide the punishment. Keep in mind, this person knew they were breaking the rules, and holds a high level coaching position within the club.
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Australia Crushes American Somoa 31-0
When I was a youth player, we had a rule. If we ever got up 7 goals, the only way we were allowed to score after was by header.
Australia held nothing back against American Somoa, crushing them by the American Football score of 32-0. ‘This video recaps the scoring, goal by goal.
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Using both feet is essential to becoming a quality player. As a youth coach, you should make a point to run practice drills that force your players to use both feet. Here is a drill that is easy to mimmick at your next practice, courtesy of Martin Bidzinski and Reedswain.
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Here is a nice wall pass shooting drill that accurately reflects a game like situation. Although the video is a little dry, you can easily remember this setup and run the drill at your next practice.
These reason I like this drill is because it accurately reflects how a scoring chance might develop in front of the goal during a game, and it forces both the shooter and the keeper to be on point.
Considering running a dual setup, and have two lines on each side of the goal, one group working on left, and the other on right. Add a defender to the mix by making the original receiver a defender after he distributes the ball. Just a few ideas to spice this drill up.
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