Post by sandrosdad on Aug 10, 2012 17:39:09 GMT 8
Thank you xyz1000 and stellarboy for your warm welcome! In a way, we are thankful that Sandro will have a chance to develop his talents further as an obscure kid in a city full of football stars. The pressure will be less in a galaxy of stars and he will be able to benefit from the higher level of competition week in and week out. They have tournaments of 50 minutes per game every Saturday using a bigger pitch, offside rules and no goalie to defender pass back allowed unless the goalie uses his feet or head. Right off we are seeing a completely different approach here in PH where festivals rule Sandro's age group all the way until 13 years old or beyond: short games, small fields, no offsides, and goalies constantly handling pass backs from their defenders so they can volley the kick the ball all the way to the opponent's goal! Simply comparing this aspect of the game should alarm us that our young kids may not be developing their skills, technique, strategy and game sense properly.
Festivals are great social and recreational occasions to enjoy and have fun but we should also have more serious tournaments to develop our kids. The obvious consequence is that when we join international tournaments where the rules are stricter at even the U12 age group, our players are still adjusting to offsides, etc. Anyhow, we definitely will keep you posted on Sandro's time in Barca. He has only one other rule to follow besides acting with utmost respect at all times: HAVE AN ENJOYABLE TIME! God bless PH football grassroots champions like the members of this forum!
Festivals are great social and recreational occasions to enjoy and have fun but we should also have more serious tournaments to develop our kids. The obvious consequence is that when we join international tournaments where the rules are stricter at even the U12 age group, our players are still adjusting to offsides, etc. Anyhow, we definitely will keep you posted on Sandro's time in Barca. He has only one other rule to follow besides acting with utmost respect at all times: HAVE AN ENJOYABLE TIME! God bless PH football grassroots champions like the members of this forum!