When does being fair, become unfair.

Interested in opinions on here as I'm sure there are coaches, parents and players in the same position.

Obviously youth football is about development and enjoying the game, but as with adults there are kids at different levels and with different ambitions even at a young age.

Still being u9s Ilaria's side play 4 quarters and they have pretty much two sides that play in front of her, one of the is a group of very competitive girls with some talented little players and the other well is a long way off being any of that. They alternate a quarter on a quarter off and it's like a completely contrasting game which I get you don't learn anything sat watching.

Watching them at full time on Saturday after narrowly losing their cup semi final 2-1 and seeing a group of girls absolutely gutted at the result while the other half chased each other throwing grass at each other got me thinking, when does being fair, become unfair on the ones that care?

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