I am recovering from an injury so am having Sunday's off and so I decide to go and watch my local under 12 team who have asked me to ref for them a few times.
What I saw confused me as a few of them were wearing like tights under their kit , one kid had an orange base layer when his primary kit was black / white stripes and another one had a taped up ear ring. Then during the game fight broke out and one player was removed from the game by being carried off and the coach had to ask if he had been sent off but the other player wasn't sent off or even cautioned. Another player kicked the ball away in anger and wasn't cautioned. Lots of follow through son challenges and lots of blatant pushes as well as most throws were with one foot off the ground So my question is do the laws of the game not apply to kids of this age ? How can the future player start to learn when they are not enforced or play in this manner.
What I saw confused me as a few of them were wearing like tights under their kit , one kid had an orange base layer when his primary kit was black / white stripes and another one had a taped up ear ring. Then during the game fight broke out and one player was removed from the game by being carried off and the coach had to ask if he had been sent off but the other player wasn't sent off or even cautioned. Another player kicked the ball away in anger and wasn't cautioned. Lots of follow through son challenges and lots of blatant pushes as well as most throws were with one foot off the ground So my question is do the laws of the game not apply to kids of this age ? How can the future player start to learn when they are not enforced or play in this manner.