Goal! Spanish Soccer Team Plays 200 Children and Doesn't Even Let Them Win

Psst - "juego encima" is actually 'game above.' I have the feeling that's not what you're looking for. :)

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fyi, juego encima is game above

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I am glad to hear that SOME countries are placing emphasis on playing the best you can and your opponent giving their all too. Knowing when you walk off the field even with a loss of 3-5 you have the pride of saying you got those three goals against one hell of a team and you learn from them. I am so sick of the "celebrate mediocrity" attitude that we seem to have adopted. Kids that excel, should be recognized. The best players on a team should get more field time (because it IS about winning - otherwise we wouldn't keep score) and if a player hasn't been getting a lot of field time, THAT is the incentive to work harder and push their limits. I am not talking about 3rd graders (and below), because keeping score in their games is only for the parents benefit. They are learning the mechanics of the game, the skills they will need to implement when the more challenging years come. When, they should be made aware, that those skills will determine their playtime and their entire teams success or failure.

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These are the reasons children in other countries are better disciplined, better at sports and have better sportsmanship:

*The kids aren't allowed to win because they are children.
*All the kids don't get a trophy just for showing up.
*Mommies don't curse the coach if their kid gets yelled at, they don't stop the game if Junior fell down and I don't care what your last name is or how much money you have... the kid who has the best pitching arm is the pitcher. Period.
*Kids are only praised by the coaches when they have earned it.
*Likewise, respect is earned. But the kids encourage each other rather than make fun of those who have to try harder.
*Kids in other countries are taught to respect a winning team and the "good game" handshakes are genuine. And no funny business is tolerated like rolling your eyes when you shake a hand.
*There is not socially correct cut off point for attentive training. Like the guy who says no score should be kept until the kids are half-grown. In Laos, kids who want to be champion kickboxers train from the time they are 4 or 5, if not younger. If they play around in the ring, they get sent home to only come back when they are ready to take training seriously. And the kids' parents aren't there nipping at the coaches heels.
*Kids are not advanced until they develop the proper skills. Don't want to bother working hard and doing your best to improve your skills? Then don't show up because you will not be advanced so you "won't be embarrassed." Earn it or else.
*Kids are not allowed to sass the coaches, their team mates, or their parents.

Geez. An American kid wouldn't last a week playing genuine sports the way they were really meant to be learned, practiced and played.

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Just shut the hell up Brett and get a real job and quit trying to stir up some shit! The only way the kids are going to learn is to keep losing and figure out how to become better. Must everything be handed to the brats? They already have an attitude of entitlement!

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I bet they ALL had fun even the ones who didn't get to touch the ball. And they did score 3 points. During the last season I bet there were Pro Teams that scored 0 or only 1 or 2 points against the Athletic Bilbao. I'm only guessing now, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear the team hung around awhile to sign autographs and chat with some of the kids. I liked this AOL report very much. Thank you.

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Angiebaby, I feel sorry for you. You have so little tolerance in your body sometimes it must really hurt. And you say you are so knowledgabale about sports worldwide. What a bargain you are. Now, if you could just get over your shyness and speak up the world would be so much better for it.

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Angiebaby , I take it your kids suck at sports....lol
I dont know where your kids play. But where mine play its all based on talent. I do believe if you have to pay then hell yeah every kid should play.

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I was just talking to another coach about a simullar thing. I asked him ( in tee ball) when did make the rule that everone is safe. These parents are nuts. And as the kid get older, it gets worse. EVERBODY IS NOT EQUAL IN SPORTS!!!!!!!! And snacks. Are you kidding me!!! And if you dont do it , you just look like an ass. Kids should learn defeat.And to REALY win.

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