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Dear Grassroots……When did I become an employee of the parents??

We received an email from a coach at the end of his tether telling us he was quitting and the reasons behind. I would like you to make this email public so hopefully someone somewhere may learn from what I’m saying and stop with immediate effect treating grassroots coaches like employees.  I will start by […]

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20-0 !!! Coach speaks out, Why are we seeing these scores every week??

20-0 games are soul destroying and can take weeks, or sometimes months to re-build a child’s self esteem so why do we witness it week in week out !  And who benefits from this score line? So this weekend I’ve seen some interesting results and score lines come in from across the country. The league […]

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Is there a rise in tension boiling over on our sidelines at the moment?

  With a reported rise in ref abuse & incidents on the sidelines we ask…. ????Is there a rise in tension boiling over on our sidelines at the moment? ✅ Yes ❌No We spoke to some coaches, parents and refs about tensions on the sidelines and this is what they said, what do you think? […]

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