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Gold Rush May 25, 2013 at 03:22 am
Please remember that bad people (living in NHP-GCP &Nasssu)can read the patch as well as anyone…Read More else So for the children's safety post only there first name and last initial as a full name allows anyone to search 411 or other web sites and find out where children live, don't put anything on the Internet but you wouldn't hand to a stranger on any street corner goldrush1
Geoffrey Walter (Editor) May 9, 2013 at 04:53 pm
The following comment was posted on the New Hyde Park Patch Facebook page by Mario Scirica: "I…Read More am so happy to see the best field for our kids to play on with all the taxes we pay........this town spares no expense for the beautification of its schools grounds or its surroundings, and please don't talk about the joke on Jericho tpk"
The Soup Nazi April 21, 2013 at 09:18 pm
You should have moved your offense to defense and visa versa. e used to say no shots after 5-0 I…Read More think. It was a felony offense but it could have ben handled better. did you take your best players out.
Kristen Ferrari April 6, 2013 at 10:14 pm
David,
I do understand your point and I agree that at certain ages there is something to be said…Read More for keeping the score closer. Not all kids are natural athletes and getting beat into the ground by a better player isn't always incentive to get better.
There should be a balance and I'd like to be clearer than maybe I was in my comment that I'm talking about an older more competitive level. There is a lot of criticism about trophies for all and everyone getting and I think some of that comes from fear that as a country we are becoming more about feelings and less about competition. Again, there needs to be a balance. Sports are a great outlet for kids and they should be encouraged to play and discover that sense of accomplishment that comes from learning skills. But no kid especially on a younger level should be made to feel bad about themselves.
David Allen April 6, 2013 at 05:00 pm
I appreciate the feedback and I would like to address some of the comments.
The object of any game…Read More is to win and to play to the best of your ability.
If you can challenge yourself to improve by trying something new that's even better. By the way a mismatch is an excellent time to challenge yourself with something new.
It's not about playing to win, the issue is when you have the game won, when you have out played and continue to outplay the opponent and there is clearly no comeback in the offing. What do you do? These are not college or pro athletes who train year round and are a momentum changing play away from a huge comeback. These are youth soccer mismatches.
The LIJSL encourages sportsmanship by requesting that coaches don’t run up the score. Yet in the same season they reward teams that don’t honor their request by giving them the sportsmanship award. It doesn’t make sense and it devalues the entire sportsmanship concept. Why have a sportsmanship program if you’re not truly honoring sportsmanship?
Finally, I do not pretend to be qualified to determine the psychological effect on the winners and losers of these mismatches. But there seems to be a consensus among youth soccer leagues that a goal differential limit is a good thing. Some leagues will fine a club for running up a score. Does that make us a weaker culture? I don’t know. And I doubt that anyone using the term “wussification” is qualified to answer that question either.
marianne krause March 27, 2013 at 04:35 pm
Here's a silly thought how about the players? you know the ones who committed the "crimes"…Read More since they are aduIts as to stop somewhere we have to stop blaming others for our childrens bad behavior .
Sal Anthony March 27, 2013 at 09:18 am
Should teachers be held responsible for the kids they attempt to educate when they commit crimes? I…Read More dont think so but our society just keep pushing the blame on other people and not the low life CRIMINAL!!!. What a shame we have become. Good luck coach we are gonna miss ya!!!
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