Quote: McLaren_Field "My brother reports the same at the rugby club that he coaches at, he's done teams up to U12, this year its the U8s that he's coaching but whichever team it is he and his fellow coaches always work on the principle that if the child turns up to train and play then he will get some game time even if it means taking off a player who is playing well one day.
You can imagine how a parent reacts when they see their child playing well and then be substituted by another kid who can't catch the ball and doesn't know where to stand - they bitch and whine all the time (the parents that is, the kids are usually very good and understand the reasoning behind the principle), fortunately the coaches have formed a great barrier to that sort of thing and simply tell the parent to go away (sometimes more forceful than that) or volunteer to help next week.'"
I coach under 7's and that's the way we do it. Kids all get a game, they are all part of the team. So far I haven't heard a single parent complain, they might be, but certainly not openly. We are lucky though, we have a team that has hammered everyone this year, so rotating players doesn't mean we lose games. Other clubs are different and we see that when we play against them. The coaches can be real ***kers. We hosted the big minis tournament in our area this September and our lads won all their games, and you should have heard the whining and moaning from coaches and parents. The coach of one team came over and lectured the guy I coach with.
). Kear would be a step backwards.
