Date:         Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:25:35 -0500
Reply-To:     Robert Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Sender:       Discussion of Topics for Soccer Referees
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From:         Robert Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Slide tackling
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Slide tackling = a send off  in the adult co-ed league I play .
Any additional discussion of that league will be posted under  the other
current thread: Humor on the Field.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Huey" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: Slide tackling


>
> In a message dated 9/11/2006 8:15:57 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Has  anyone seen or heard of any slide tackling restrictions on youth
soccer?
> I'm wondering if the coach saw it in a different area of the  country.
>
>
> Many local N TX Associations don't allow sliding tackles at U8 and
younger.
> One, they don't know how; Two, they don't know when to execute  them and
the
> parents get upset when it starts.
>
> First sliding tackle is a warning; Second (by same player) gets a trip to
> the coach and held out for the rest of the quarter; Third, he gets to wait
until
>  next week.  No cards.  I've never seen one go to strike three.
>
> Certainly bends a few laws but makes everyone happier at this age  where
> neither coaches nor parents (nor youth referees) can distinguish a  great
sliding
> tackle from a deliberate trip.
>
> Sliding tackles are however allowed in tournaments at this age under the
> general N TX tournament rules.
>
> Larry Huey
> Grapevine, TX
>
>