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Child's hearing loss prompts proposed changes to soccer CBC News July 04, 2006 [KDR: The Nanny State.] Soccer parents are divided on a change to the sport proposed after a boy who collided with the boards surrounding an indoor field suffered hearing loss. The Calgary Minor Soccer Association held a general membership meeting Thursday night to debate a recommendation to take the boards "out of play" during indoor soccer matches. In January, a 12-year-old Lethbridge boy suffered hearing loss in one ear after he collided with the boards at the Calgary Soccer Centre. Daryl Leinweber, head of the association, said the "boardless" version of indoor soccer is gaining in popularity. "It has been looked at here in Alberta but nobody has taken the initiative to implement it," he said. Removing the boards around indoor fields would be too costly. Therefore, the association's board of directors is recommending the dimensions of the playing field be decreased so the out-of-bounds line would be about one metre away from the boards. If it is approved by sports governing bodies in Alberta, indoor soccer could change by the fall. Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com Red card to any changes? Most coaches, parents and players support changes, but some soccer moms and dads are determined to give "a red card" to any changes to the sport their children play. At the Calgary West Soccer Centre, the boards on Field One have already been replaced with bumper padding and netting, making it one of the only board-free indoor soccer fields in the city. Jeff Sands had two children playing indoor soccer last season, and he just shakes his head at this new modified version. "These small fields, it will never work, the majority of kids aren't talented enough to play this sport. It's going to slow it down so much there are going to be tons of kids who are going to quit," he said. Darlene Dewald has been involved with indoor soccer, as a coach and a team manager, for the past decade. She thinks doing away with the boards will free up the game. "This is great. This is the way they can actually play the same type of game 12 months a year, whether it's indoor or outdoor." About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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Child's hearing loss prompts proposed changes to soccer

CBC News
July 04, 2006

Police State [KDR: The Nanny State.]

Soccer parents are divided on a change to the sport proposed after a boy who collided with the boards surrounding an indoor field suffered hearing loss.

The Calgary Minor Soccer Association held a general membership meeting Thursday night to debate a recommendation to take the boards "out of play" during indoor soccer matches.

In January, a 12-year-old Lethbridge boy suffered hearing loss in one ear after he collided with the boards at the Calgary Soccer Centre.

Daryl Leinweber, head of the association, said the "boardless" version of indoor soccer is gaining in popularity.

"It has been looked at here in Alberta but nobody has taken the initiative to implement it," he said.

Removing the boards around indoor fields would be too costly. Therefore, the association's board of directors is recommending the dimensions of the playing field be decreased so the out-of-bounds line would be about one metre away from the boards.

If it is approved by sports governing bodies in Alberta, indoor soccer could change by the fall.

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

Red card to any changes?

Most coaches, parents and players support changes, but some soccer moms and dads are determined to give "a red card" to any changes to the sport their children play.

At the Calgary West Soccer Centre, the boards on Field One have already been replaced with bumper padding and netting, making it one of the only board-free indoor soccer fields in the city.

Jeff Sands had two children playing indoor soccer last season, and he just shakes his head at this new modified version.

"These small fields, it will never work, the majority of kids aren't talented enough to play this sport. It's going to slow it down so much there are going to be tons of kids who are going to quit," he said.

Darlene Dewald has been involved with indoor soccer, as a coach and a team manager, for the past decade. She thinks doing away with the boards will free up the game.

"This is great. This is the way they can actually play the same type of game 12 months a year, whether it's indoor or outdoor."

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