According to a post on the home page of its website, because players no older than 10 years of age are no longer allowed to head the ball, FYSA has decided that 10 year old players can no longer play up to an older age group until they reach the age of 11.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAccording to a post on the home page of its website, because players no older than 10 years of age are no longer allowed to head the ball, FYSA has decided that 10 year old players can no longer play up to an older age group until they reach the age of 11.
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The DOC's and coaches from those clubs knew what was coming.
They were just kicking the can down the road hoping to raise revenue.
http://www.fysa.com/new-fysa-heading-guidelines/
Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMeaning that players that are 2006 can't play up to 2005. Why would FYSA wait so long to send this out?! Many teams are going to be screwed
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe DOC's and coaches from those clubs knew what was coming.
They were just kicking the can down the road hoping to raise revenue.
http://www.fysa.com/new-fysa-heading-guidelines/
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I'm talking about the clubs that were slapping together multiple ages in order to preserve teams. These DOC's and coaches were telling lies to the parents in order to keep the players.
The smart clubs immediately went to the strict calendar age. Many of these teams will break up before they start.
Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWhat do you mean by "those clubs"? If, as reported in this FYSA announcement, this decision was made in conjunction with US Soccer, this rule will apply to all clubs.
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It's the age of 11 that is legal to head.
The whole U thing is over.
QUOTE=Unregistered;1862175]2006 kids are u11 not u10[/QUOTE]
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This is great info because it clarifies something I needed to know. Now I know a U14 kid can play up on my U16 team. I also know that my U11/U12 team will just adopt a policy of "no heading", and stay in compliance...even if we play a U12 team that does head the ball. That's not too much of a sacrifice to keep the kids together.
I do wish the FYSA had put headings on each column of the chart to clarify the exact intention of the right column.
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;1862204]It's the age of 11 that is legal to head.
The whole U thing is over.
So my son turns 11 in October, the day he turns 11 he can start heading the ball again? How will the refs keep track of which kid is 10 & which is 11 on the field?
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;1862379]Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIt's the age of 11 that is legal to head.
The whole U thing is over.
So my son turns 11 in October, the day he turns 11 he can start heading the ball again? How will the refs keep track of which kid is 10 & which is 11 on the field?
This is a clear sign of FYSA pointing everybody toward the bigger clubs to have more control over their player pool. The state has done a crappy job of getting players to the National team, but if they whittle down 250 clubs to 50, it makes tracking players much easier.
They know smaller clubs have to combine ages to survive - this is the easy way to put them out of business and use US Soccer as their shroud. Read US Soccer's playing up rules - they are different than FYSA.
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;1862393]Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
This is the most ridiculous rule I've ever heard of. According to their rules - he has the ability to play up after he turns 11, so he will leave one team to move to another just to head the ball.
This is a clear sign of FYSA pointing everybody toward the bigger clubs to have more control over their player pool. The state has done a crappy job of getting players to the National team, but if they whittle down 250 clubs to 50, it makes tracking players much easier.
They know smaller clubs have to combine ages to survive - this is the easy way to put them out of business and use US Soccer as their shroud. Read US Soccer's playing up rules - they are different than FYSA.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI'm talking about the clubs that were slapping together multiple ages in order to preserve teams....The smart clubs immediately went to the strict calendar age. Many of these teams will break up before they start.
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Its to protect player safety you moron nothing to do with the size of a club[/QUOT
The rule is okay but how they will enforce it by age is confusing. What about the 2005 kids who dont turn 11 until the end of the year but will be playing U12 because they were born in 2005. They can't head the ball until their 11th birthday? How is that going to work?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis is great info because it clarifies something I needed to know. Now I know a U14 kid can play up on my U16 team. I also know that my U11/U12 team will just adopt a policy of "no heading", and stay in compliance...even if we play a U12 team that does head the ball. That's not too much of a sacrifice to keep the kids together.
I do wish the FYSA had put headings on each column of the chart to clarify the exact intention of the right column.
If any players on your U11/U12 team were born in 2006, they cannot play up.
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Has anyone thought of the implications of how all these kids will now start dodging and ducking to get out of the way of the ball? Seems like a nightmare for coaches that are going to have to retrain kids when they turn 11 to not do this.
I think it would just have made more sense to make the younger kids wear some sort of headgear.
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