Quote Originally Posted by Retired01 View Post
I am in support of the 9v9 games as a parent involved in the JDL there are alot of the 12,13 and 14 year old kids who dont have basic skills. first touch, dribbling in tight spaces. The full size fields are letting the boys have terrible touches to control and dribbling terribly because its hidden due to the open spaces. I go to my comment a few weeks ago when friends of mine told me about 2x 13yo in the 12s TSP as they dont have basic skills and yes they run fast and are dominant verbally or physically but their body positions and skills are behind the 12s.
No I didnt agree with the 5v5 as it was just too small and the walls also hid the technical failures of the players but now we all know and Im sure we wont see that again.
2-3 games of 50 minutes isn't going to fix this