No quitten we're whelan onto chitchat 12.

You get that kind of crap unfortunately in all sports, I've seen it in underage rugby up through the years, with clubs that had a win at all costs attitude who dogged the kids and now they can just about put out one senior team as the kids all dropped off due to the pressure and were no longer enjoying the game

Football is like that round here, u12s in our club gone back since the second week of January it's madness, at my lad who has another year at U10S to play up but I wouldn't let him. I think it's to try and stop them playing rugby and soccer and make 11 and 12 yr old gossons make a choice. Hurling won't go back until March and the ground hardens up.

An hour of training is plenty. Even for adults , an hour could get the job done.

What kills me is being there an hour or 45 mins before a match for underage games. Granted , these could be playoffs or finals.

And if we arrive at 40 mins instead of 45 , the children think we are late.😀

A half hour before is more than plenty.

As a coach telling game is at 7 and for all to be there for 630. Some players will arrive at 630 or before, sadly there’s allot will arrive from 650. You need to get a warm up, see who’s there, try to put the best team together and get jerseys on. Then get a bit more ball work before throw in. As a coach you have to understand that kids/parents have stuff going on and maybe the fun (if any) at football could be that much needed break

An hours training on An Monday evening is not to much for them it sure beats them stuck on the Xbox/Netflix.If they are not practicing on there own there wasting there time we have being trying to get this message across to the parents.Dont even get me started on the young kids that are massively overweight who's jerseys can't fit them yet there parents expect them to be the next Messie an want them to be starting an getting full games.

We are at completely opposite ends of the coaching spectrum. I look at it, that all we need is for the kids to develop their skills, enjoy the training/games and continue playing into their adult years. My job is not to produce Leinster/county players. Kids these days don't go out and pick up a hurl/football/rugby ball your only annoying yourself by thinking that they will and that's 99% the parents fault, when we were smaller if it was dry we were fired outside that's not the case now. Today most kids, if they're not from a farm, the only bit of activity they get is from the local sports team. My main gripe about gaa going back early is that it's trying to stop kids playing other sports where as I see that playing soccer/rugby/basketball as a positive and it will only develop the kids further and when the time comes the child will decide themselves what they want to play. I don't really care what sport my two play as long as they stay playing the only firm rule I have is that they have to stay playing as I see the benefits of it socially, mentally and physically.

That’s bad behaviour