After receiving feedback from the parents the coaches have agreed to stop awarding "Man of the match" and "Goal" certificates to children at the end of each game. Firstly it is difficult for us to administrate in cold, wed and muddy conditions and secondly it is perceived that the "goal" certificate could encourage all the players to go "goal hunting" when some are clearly very good in defence / goal keeping.
As coaches we feel it is still important to have some form of reward for the "Man of the match" to give the players something to strive for and to perform well on the day. MOTM awards are common practice in all football teams from school training games all the way up to Premier League matches and we do not see this as having a negative impact on the children's performance. Therefore we are going to start awarding 1 MOTM medal (as shown below) at the end of each training game that we play against another team. The nomination will be at the discretion of the coaches and the player who receives the medal will get to keep it.
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