tough coaches, delicate balance

There were an article in the Kansas City Star magazine about coaches yelling at their athletes, saying that players are quitting organized sports before the age of 13, blaming overly aggressive coaching more than any other reason. Personally, I grew up in environment where I wasn't able to talk at dinner,had to be back at home at a certain hour after school, being respectful to the rules, being polite all the time. It always annoy me when a kid comes to my house and don't say "hi"."The win-at-all-costs mentality" is it the reason? Coaches are forgetting...

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Thierry Henry

THIERRY HENRY HANDBALL KILLS IRELAND DREAM! So what! Is it the first time that a player is cheating? Not really! Yes, it is bad. France didn't play well. Irish were much better team on the field but the referee could have blew for penalty kick on the first game and this game for France. He didn't... If we want players to be able to play honestly, we need video... by the way, the only player who got caught by video is Zidane. Final of the world cup. If we didn't have the video the ref. wouldn't have given a red card...So sorry! It is sad but it...

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The Poulidor of the soccer

Raymond Poulidor is a former professional bicycle racer. He was known as the eternal second, because he finished the Tour de France in second place three times. I am thinking that we are becoming the Poulidor of soccer!We started our game with a 1-3-2-2 formation. Our opponent started with a 1-2-3-2. They were more aggressive and were playing a perfect triangle formation. Our defense was suprised and could not really react. It seems they were frozen. Ok, it was raining and freezing. After few minutes, we were down 2-0. I could not keep going like...

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