| # | Name | Comments |
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| 201 | helen morgan | |
| 202 | Ita Morgan | |
| 203 | steven grinter | |
| 204 | mark edwards | i think its an outrage |
| 205 | David Evans | If you don't experience losing you will nevr enjoy winning. |
| 206 | Anonymous | |
| 207 | Alan Davies | Speachless!!! |
| 208 | sian francis | |
| 209 | Nigel Davies | |
| 210 | Anonymous | I am involved both in football and rugby training at a local level for Porthcawl RFC and Porthcawl B&GC. Whilst I agree that too much competition can put an immense amount of pressure not only on the children and coaches; it can cause a lot of disharmony with parents in particular. This said a limited amount of competition in the sport in the form of summer tournaments must be good for the children.
We as a club limit the number of summer football tournaments we play to just three. I look forward to at least one of these being of a competitive nature. I see a marked improvement in the performance of my children when they play at such tournaments. There is a very hypocritical approach to this “non-competitive” rule because, as soon as a child is put on a playing field to pit their skills against another team, they become competitive. For four years I have tried to “coach–out” this competitiveness by trying to emphasise to the children that it isn’t who wins or loses or by how many goals, but how we play as a whole and how we handle winning or defeat. I have to say that in spite of these efforts I have gained little success; simply because the children will form their own mental league table, not only at tournaments, but throughout the football season.
I believe there are a whole number of more pressing arguments be brought to the table before we even think about the issues of non-competitive sports |
| 211 | Anonymous | |
| 212 | tracy dempsey | Football IS competitive. Learning to win and lose is important for children’s development. It is what encourages them to improve. To have children not being allowed to win deprives them of a reason for taking part in sport. Children are naturally competitive |
| 213 | darren beynon | stupid rule |
| 214 | darren beynon | |
| 215 | justin | |
| 216 | Anonymous | These competitive tournaments are what the children look forward to each year. I find it extremely patronising to think that a child cannot deal with winning and losing, even though these are friendly games they win and lose every week in mini football and LEARN to cope with both in the process. After all it is about enjoying the moment when they win a game and learning what they have done wrong when they lose. That is why they take part week in week out. Having entered many and only ever winning one of these competative tournaments in the past, the reaction when the children won the tournament was priceless. Nevertheless when they don't do so well they still enjoy playing and have a good day out as these are well organised events. This takes all that away from them. I hope the FAW reverse their decision! |
| 217 | Anonymous | I agree that winning & losing is part of children learning more about football & as part of their own personal development. Children not being able to play football competitively in Wales is part of the reason why Welsh football as a whole, is so far behind English football, in terms of qualifying for major tournaments at higher levels. |
| 218 | Gavin Fowler | |
| 219 | Jermaine Scott | |
| 220 | Anonymous | My daughter is 6 years old and play's for a local team. She loves taking part in the game and when there is a trophy at the end thinks it's great. To her it is not about winning or losing as long as she is taking part competitive or not she is not stupid and knows when her team have scored more or less goals than the other. |
| 221 | Richard Austin | |
| 222 | Anonymous | It is good practice for children to experience the difference between winning and losing,in life u have to take the rough with the smooth. |
| 223 | Gavin Bowen |
| 224 | Anonymous | |
| 225 | robert willimas | |
| 226 | sian francis | |
| 227 | joseph kingdon-williams | i cant see why it cant be competitve as all kids play to win when hey are with there friends playing football in the park or in the school playground so why not in competitions as hey like the chance to have trophys to show what they have acheived whilst playing football |
| 228 | Anonymous | |
| 229 | dean reynolds | why dont the faw get a grip of themselves they supposed to develop grassroots football not destroy it theres not enough football now for kids and its getting worse with clubs no longer organising tournaments |
| 230 | chris arnold | |
| 231 | john thomas | cenffig coach under 10s they love it leave them play |
| 232 | steve hickey | I run an u7`s team in mold north wales we rely on tournaments to raise money for the next season to pay for kits etc. Must stop this madness by the FAW. |