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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.
Steve March 31, 2013 at 08:02 pm
Great race on a challenging course. The goats added a little flavor to it.
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!!!
Jeffrey Berson March 21, 2013 at 11:59 am
The field will receive approximately 50 hours of use a week in the spring and fall by our school…Read More teams and youth sports programs and more over the summer. A grass field would not be able to sustain that amount of use regardless of the maintenace.
Gary Talkofsky March 20, 2013 at 06:54 pm
It really serves no purpose for me or my family as by the time this field is all finish. My younger…Read More one will be done with Plainview Old Bethpage Schools. There no need for myself or anyone in my household to go use the new turf or to go to that end of Plainview. I just hope they use the field to hold next years graduation and be the first class to graduate in 2014. It would be like back then when I graduated from my high school back in Brooklyn and our class was the first to use the newly built field. Other than my graduation I never ever touched that field again.
Jeff Noreman March 20, 2013 at 06:35 pm
This is a nice upgrade. Perhaps this field will be used upwards of 60 hours a week. Then this turf…Read More is the right choice. And although turf has lower maintenance requirements, it still must be maintained. HOWEVER, wouldn't it have been more prudent to put in the same $300k drainage system this will have, put in a natural grass field, and hire local people to maintain it? Advantages are keeping money in our community through salaries which helps local families, rather than sending several hundred thousand dollars to an out-of-state company. And what of this large piece of plastic when it wears out in 8-10 years? Yes, grass fields can usually support "only" 30 hours of usage per week or so, but will that really be an issue?
Julie Ann Wallach-Golombek March 8, 2013 at 06:49 pm
Eric is a blessing to our community...
Happy Bar Mitzvah!!!
Daveen Dean March 8, 2013 at 01:39 am
I am so moved by Eric's thoughtfulness! They say charity begins at home and obviously his parents…Read More are raising a wonderful young man.
Lisa Nardone-Calenda March 8, 2013 at 01:35 am
Love that you are helping Long Islanders! Keep up the good work Eric!
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Find more Joy February 15, 2013 at 08:37 pm
Way to go boys...once again all your hard work, dedication and sense of sportsmanship shine..
Gary Bettan February 12, 2013 at 09:39 pm
Congratulations to Dylan Schmidt and Peter Pappas on both getting third in the county today! A great…Read More season for Plainview-JFK's wrestling program.
Kenwal.Day.Camp February 7, 2013 at 03:36 pm
Congrats max bettan.....The Camp Wizard at Kenwal Day Camp. :)
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