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UncleBuck

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I didn’t even know grassroots coaches at under 10 and lower had to do any course to be honest but I like the sound of your suggestion. Makes sense.

Grassroots, in general, whether it be refs, coaches, the kids, in my experience, tends to be an absolute shit show but I only watch under 9 so maybe it gets better as they get older. As you say, Its totally different coaching 8 year olds compared to 17 year olds. Though, having said that, like school, one of the biggest challenges in coaching is dealing with kids at different levels of ability and trying to accommodate everyone. Luckily my kids team is very good and they’ve done the groupings this year where we won’t get put up against kids who can barely kick a ball. It means we play the same 4 teams over and over again which is boring but it is what it is.

Anyway, fuck Arsenal.
We’ve just gone from school to club football this season (u10’s) and it’s so much tighter on the admin and qualifications at the club we’re at.
Our club paid for me to do the safeguarding, first aid and level one however the club team that my lad played in from u7-u9’s made no requests for anyone to undertake any kind of courses which was ridiculous as it was an academy feeder club!
First aid in kids sport is a joke, a bit like DBS’s, if I’ve got a first aid certificate through work or another sport why do I need to do another first aid course, it should be transferable.
The biggest problem though stems from the parents. The attitudes of parents across different sports is amazing, both my lads play rugby and all the parents will do is cheer on the kids and be positive however football is a totally different culture.
If parents acted the way they do at football compared to rugby or cricket they’d be asked to leave the club.
It’s also noticeable that the kids with bad attitudes at rugby and cricket are also the kids who play football.
Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying parents of kids who play rugby or cricket are all angels but there is something wrong with the culture and respect for the game in football and it stems from the parents.
 

tommo84

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Can you really play with a broken toe?
Didn’t Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey have a toe issue which was keeping him out for much of last season? I can’t imagine a footballer can play unimpeded with a broken toe, but I’m sure Arteta will gladly run Rice into the ground until the issue becomes so chronic and severe that he’s out for a long time with it. Every time Arteta speaks about his players’ injuries he certainly implies that he’s ready to play them until they break.
 

0v3rl0r9

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First aid in kids sport is a joke, a bit like DBS’s, if I’ve got a first aid certificate through work or another sport why do I need to do another first aid course, it should be transferable.

My 3 day first aid at work course did more than their 15 minute online course on how to administer CPR ever could. But no, £60 to watch that is mandatory.
 

Marty

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Didn’t Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey have a toe issue which was keeping him out for much of last season? I can’t imagine a footballer can play unimpeded with a broken toe, but I’m sure Arteta will gladly run Rice into the ground until the issue becomes so chronic and severe that he’s out for a long time with it. Every time Arteta speaks about his players’ injuries he certainly implies that he’s ready to play them until they break.
Yeah Arteta's injury management always seems so off. No consideration for rest and recovery, only win now.

Saka, Rice and Ødegaard will be finished and broken by the time they're 30 if they keep going like this.
 

allatsea

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Yeah Arteta's injury management always seems so off. No consideration for rest and recovery, only win now.

Saka, Rice and Ødegaard will be finished and broken by the time they're 30 if they keep going like this.
Agree but their bank accounts will be full to overflowing.
 

wakefieldyid

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My 3 day first aid at work course did more than their 15 minute online course on how to administer CPR ever could. But no, £60 to watch that is mandatory.
My sister in law, a qualified surgeon and GP who also teaches at her local medical school, often had to take her sons to their football matches and offered her services as a first-aider. When she was told she didn't have the appropriate qualifications, she explained that she actually trained the official first-aiders, but it made no difference. The regulations defined the exact training that the first aiders required and, if a GP/surgeon hadn't been on the specific course and received a certificate, she wasn't allowed to stand in.
 

UncleBuck

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My sister in law, a qualified surgeon and GP who also teaches at her local medical school, often had to take her sons to their football matches and offered her services as a first-aider. When she was told she didn't have the appropriate qualifications, she explained that she actually trained the official first-aiders, but it made no difference. The regulations defined the exact training that the first aiders required and, if a GP/surgeon hadn't been on the specific course and received a certificate, she wasn't allowed to stand in.
Mrs B has all the badges and more from her work yet she still had to go on a first aid course.
Poor trainer started to talk about women in labour or who were pregnant only to get a schooling from the Mrs.
Poor bloke never stood a chance!
 

tommo84

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My guess is he plays with a broken toe & then withdraws from the england camp.
I heard Ian Ladyman say last night that he expects there to be loads of withdrawals from the England squad because the way the FA have handled Tuchel’s appointment has effectively told clubs that these two games don’t matter.
 

Timbo Tottenham

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Mrs B has all the badges and more from her work yet she still had to go on a first aid course.
Poor trainer started to talk about women in labour or who were pregnant only to get a schooling from the Mrs.
Poor bloke never stood a chance!
Don’t you mean AuntieBuck?
 
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