Soccer the Canadian way

[cbrunny]

http://www.cbc.ca/thisisthat/blog/2...sociation-removes-ball-from-soccer/index.html

To ensure every child 'wins', Ontario athletic association removes ball from soccer

Yep... proud to be Canadian today...................................

 

[iamwiz82]

A solution provided by the losers.

 

[lxskllr]

Is this satire?

We want our children to grow up learning that sport is not about competition, rather it's about using your imagination. If you imagine you're good at soccer, then, you are

Sport is inherently about competition. That's the whole point. Use art for imagination.

 

[PrinceMyshkin]

I thought that article was satire...

 

[mmntech]

It's a satirical article. They're making fun of this little tibdit that popped up in the Star.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/socce...h_soccer_to_stop_keeping_score_standings.html

It's really funny that people sit around worrying about these things. Then they wonder why today's young adults are underperforming in the workplace and expect everything handed to them.

 

[RedRooster]

Ah yes Ontario, Canada's California. Bunch of hippie, drugged out liberal wankers with too much power. Watch them remove the puck next. Chaos!

 

[lxskllr]

It's really funny that people sit around worrying about these things. Then they wonder why today's young adults are underperforming in the workplace and expect everything handed to them.

What's funny is a satirical article that would have been obvious 20 years ago leaves people saying "really?!" now.

 

[waggy]

yeah its a satirical article.

though NOT keeping score is just as idiotic. I can understand it for 5-6 yr olds. where just learning the game and good sportsmanship is the goal. But when you get older you want to win.

 

[surfsatwerk]

If this is real it is some trippy shit

 

[waggy]

If this is real it is some trippy shit

give it 10 years when the fad of not keeping score is not enough,.

 

[mammador]

meh, they seldom ever qualify for the World Cup, I don't care lolol..

 

[cbrunny]

Ah yes Ontario, Canada's California. Bunch of hippie, drugged out liberal wankers with too much power. Watch them remove the puck next. Chaos!

I think you're confusing us with BC (minus the power, of course).

 

[jumpncrash]

I'd say Quebec should also deserve a high ranking in the hippie drugged out liberal section thankyouverymuch

 

[Spungo]

Ah yes Ontario, Canada's California. Bunch of hippie, drugged out liberal wankers with too much power. Watch them remove the puck next. Chaos!

Hockey that is ONLY fighting? I'd watch that :biggrin:

 

[edro]

If my kid plays soccer, I will teach him to be as aggressive as Insanity Wolf.

 

[Eug]

OP, you shouldn't go there for your news. The best site I find for up-to-date news is here:

www.theonion.com

 

[Rudee]

Wow, some really gullible people here.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Lmao this is hilarious.

 

[mmntech]

What's funny is a satirical article that would have been obvious 20 years ago leaves people saying "really?!" now.

Lol. Yep. It's entirely within the realm of possibility. That's what makes the article so brilliant.

 

[KentState]

Sounds like when I play golf and conveniently stop keeping score after the third hole

 

[Kadarin]

Lol. Yep. It's entirely within the realm of possibility. That's what makes the article so brilliant.

Yeah, this. It's sad because the "every child is a winner" concept is gaining traction among excessively liberal namby pambies.

 

[DrunkenSano]

So Canada actually has the best military in the world, it's just imaginary.

 

[chelhxi]

You absolutely MUST listen to the "This is That" radio show on CBC. Funniest stuff I've ever heard. And then people call in and comment and the comments are even more hilarious. I love this show so much.

 

[pmv]

OK, I'm not Canadian, and this is the first I've heard of this whole debate, but reading the (real) article linked to (the one about not keeping scores, not the one about not having a ball!), I don't know that I agree with the way people are interpreting this whole topic.

I don't see that its about 'liberals' or 'namby pambys'. Sounds like its a more structured approach to being serious about producing succesful players who can compete succesfully _at the adult level_. Its about playing the long game and preparing properly.

Rather than creating a minature league, and pretending that infant-level soccer is 'the real thing', so that a lot of competitive-by-proxy adults can pretend to be managing real teams while slightly pathetically getting all worked up and competitive about a bunch of little children (who then miss out on being properly taught how to actually play the game well), you instead accept that the real goal at this level is to teach those youngsters basic skills and to carefully hone their abilities (and its not yet clear at this age what any given child's talents might be).

If everyone is playing to win, but nobody yet really knows how to play, its quite possible everyone will get into bad habits - ones that can give you 'victory' when competing with a bunch of other kids that also don't have a clue, but which aren't necessarily what you really need to become a first class adult player who can compete against properly trained opposition.

The same issue arises in academic subjects - if you start off from day one, spending all your time and effort on relentless competitive testing, you can end up wasting time that ought to have been spent getting kids up to speed on the basics. When they come up against other children who have spent all that time actually learning, rather than endlessly testing and ranking, they might not do so well.

There's no rule that says its always best to be plunged into full-on competition right from the start, even when you are still a little kid who doesn't know how to play. Its quite possible that that _might_ not be the way to produce the best players. I think its mistaken to see this as being about 'liberals' or 'hippies'. Sounds to me its about finding a way to produce better players in the long run.