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I coach a team of Under 9 (born 2003). During the last match, one of my teams (they were divided in 2 teams as to play 6-a-side) refused to play against another U/9 opposition (mainly 4 of them), claiming that the other team was older than them. This was really embarassing for me. How should I discipline this participants? My idea was to bring these 4 participants for the next match, but leave them watching the other participants as to get the lesson. Will this help? Tks

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Football CoachCoach

Hi Noel,

Id reccomend leaving them out of the next match, and see how they react to that

Football CoachCoach

Hi Daniel,

Yes that is what I intend to do next Sunday...and the kids who don't come next Sunday will not play the next match that we have. Will let you know of the outcome %3A)

Regards,

Noel

Ian MarshCoach, England

Noel, so what happened on match day?

Football CoachCoach

Hi Alex,

It seems that to a certain extent this has worked - at least the kids were sorry for what has happened and served the punishment.

Let's hope that similar situations won't happen again %3A)

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