It's funny now this sport was introduced with safety as a key aspect of the game. No tackling, no running and if someone falls over or kicks the ball too hard and knocks a player over the game stops. But the irony is that all is safe and well until it comes to the goalkeeper and then it's all bets off!!! Slam it hard and kill the man protecting the goal!! He/she can't even head the ball to save the goal!! Crazy. I know of so many goalkeepers over the age of 70 who now prefer to play on the field because it takes them a long time to recover after a heavy tournament. Bring on no goalies for me. No big deal. Placement rather than power. But hey I can't imagine the mainstream players agreeing to this. And then there are some players who are goalkeepers who like being blasted to bits!!
Good points you make. Maybe the overall point is for people to play a version of the game they feel comfortable and safe with. Far better than not playing at all. I think there needs though to be a mindshift with some players, WF is an older person's game, no shame at all in having these type of games with cones/no keepers. You could even have competition games on this basis but as you rightly say, some players look down their nose a bit at it.
Good idea in the absence of keepers. I think they improve passing a ball more than shooting, a lot of the goals are placement of the ball rather than power.
It's funny now this sport was introduced with safety as a key aspect of the game. No tackling, no running and if someone falls over or kicks the ball too hard and knocks a player over the game stops. But the irony is that all is safe and well until it comes to the goalkeeper and then it's all bets off!!! Slam it hard and kill the man protecting the goal!! He/she can't even head the ball to save the goal!! Crazy. I know of so many goalkeepers over the age of 70 who now prefer to play on the field because it takes them a long time to recover after a heavy tournament. Bring on no goalies for me. No big deal. Placement rather than power. But hey I can't imagine the mainstream players agreeing to this. And then there are some players who are goalkeepers who like being blasted to bits!!
Good points you make. Maybe the overall point is for people to play a version of the game they feel comfortable and safe with. Far better than not playing at all. I think there needs though to be a mindshift with some players, WF is an older person's game, no shame at all in having these type of games with cones/no keepers. You could even have competition games on this basis but as you rightly say, some players look down their nose a bit at it.
Good idea in the absence of keepers. I think they improve passing a ball more than shooting, a lot of the goals are placement of the ball rather than power.