Saturday, March 03, 2012

Turkey Tournament, anyone?

Had a long discussion with Van today; we are exploring resurrecting our (1 time) Turkey Tournament, the successor to the (many year) Redondo Beach Turkey tournament.

I enjoyed the tournament, because it was for kids whose parents volunteered.  My kids have never been great at soccer, so having this tournament was pretty fun for them.  There are several tournaments during this time frame, but they really don't address the volunteer aspect.

We've sort of decided that we will try to go with U8-U12; I don't recall any U8 tournaments around here.  However...U8 by definition is non-competetive, how do you change a season of learning into a tournament focusing on victory?

My thought was to make it a 'sportsmanship' event for the U8-ers; but how do you differentiate in a meaningful way?

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