Kanga Cup Wrap and Supporter Behaviour at Junior Football

This program is given to a very important subject, a subject that has the attention of every football association in the world – the behaviour of coaches, parents and spectators on the sidelines at junior football matches. But most importantly – parents.

If you have attended a coaching course in recent years through Capital Football you would have been given the right message about how to conduct yourself with junior players, the importance of setting achievable goals, positive feedback and encouragement, focussing on development not winning, playing the game in good style and spirit, and of course, talking less, resisting the temptation to micro manage the players during the game – letting the game be the teacher. Everyone talks about making sure the young players have fun. There is no fun in being yelled at, humiliated and made to feel inferior because the team did not win on the scoreboard.

There is no course of instruction for parents of young players who stand on the sideline. Too often, far too often, it is the adults that suffer a loss of control, living as too many do, vicariously through their child. There is nothing worse for the young player or football, than to have feral parents on the sideline. They punctuate their gratuitous advice to young players with open criticism of the Referee and match officials, who are more often than not, young players themselves. They soon leave the refereeing ranks under the weight of the abuse and vitriol that is hurled in their direction by adults. What so many of the adults, mostly parents of players, do is nothing short of Bullying!

We speak to Adam Castle, coordinator of the Kanga Cup. It was a good tournament with the most sparkling football to be seen in the 10 to 14 age groups. Regrettably, it was punctuated by some very poor behaviour by parent supporters. In spite of that, football found a way through and the finals produced some seriously good football in the junior age groups.

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Kanga Cup Finals Results 2010

This is the final position for 2010:

BOY’S UNDER-10 CUP
Inter Lions 1 Northbridge FC 0

BOY’S UNDER-10 PLATE
Chatswood Rangers 3 Griffith United 2

BOY’S UNDER-10 SHIELD
Northbridge Avengers 1 Coogee United 1
(Northbridge Avengers won in penalty shoot-out)
 
BOY’S UNDER-11 CUP
Leichhardt Saints 3 AC United 2

BOY’S UNDER-11
Coogee United 0 Gungahlin Cyclones 0
(Coogee United won in penalty shoot-out)

BOY’S UNDER-11 SHIELD
Monaro Panthers 4 Belsouth Allstars 0

GIRL’S UNDER-11 CUP
Majura Mini Matildas 2 Belnorth Red Bullets 0
 
BOY’S UNDER-12 CUP
Sandringham Storm 3 Adelaide City 1

BOY’S UNDER-12 PLATE
Sandringham Lightning 3 Camden Tigers 0

GIRL’S UNDER-12 CUP
Woden Valley United 1 Northbridge FC 0
 
BOY’S UNDER-13 CUP
Coastal Spirit 2 Brighton United 2
(Coastal Spirit won in penalty shoot-out)

BOY’S UNDER-13 PLATE
Gungahlin United 1 Majura Phoenix 0
 
BOY’S UNDER-14 CUP
Adelaide City 5 Woden Valley Thunder 0

BOY’S UNDER-14 PLATE
Green Gully 5 Marist College 0

GIRL’S UNDER-14 CUP
Tuggeranong Matildas 0 Woden Valley Redbacks
(Tuggeranong Matildas won in penalty shoot-out)
 
BOY’S UNDER-15 CUP
Capital FC 2 Kemps Creek United 1

BOY’S UNDER-15 PLATE
Football Wide Bay George Cousins 2 Marist College Royal 0
 
BOY’S UNDER-16 CUP
Canberra Olympic 5 Bankstown Sports Strikers 1

GIRL’S UNDER-16 CUP
Majura FC 2 Northbridge FC 0

BOY’S UNDER-18 CUP
Canberra FC 1 Maccabi 0

GIRL’S UNDER-18 CUP
Belconnen United 7 Brindabella Blues White 1

Kanga Cup 2010 Is About to Start - 4 to 9 July 2010

The Kanga Cup for 2010 will be run here in Canberra from 4 to 9 July 2010.

All the information is on the Kanga Cup website - Draws / locations / timings

Go here for all the details http://www.kangacup.com/

Get yourself and your children to the game, if they are not playing. To the ACT teams that competing - well done.

There will be a lot of good football played next week across the age groups.

Make sure you see the Under 12 South Korean team play - they are a revelation and give us a clear idea of where Capital Football and our Junior clubs must take football development going forward.

I wonder how many teams will play 1-4-3-3???

A Kanga Cup Special

This program is broadcast on 2xxfm (98.3mhz), on Tuesday 1 June 2010 at 7:00PM through the Australian Community Radio Network.

In this program we speak to the Co-ordinator of the Kanga Cup 2010, Adam Castle. Registrations by teams to play this year now number 220. Teams from every State and overseas. The amazing South Korean primary school team is back this year - they are a must see team. The Kanga Cup will be run in the period 4-9 July 2010. Lets hope the weather is good.

If your team isn't int he Kanga Cup it should be. Ring Adam Castle at Capital Football, go tot he Kanga Cup website - just do what you need to do to have the children play in the Kanga Cup. Its terrific!

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