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How to handle extremely serious violent actions in a young child (U10)

yello

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Hello all,
I post here because I can't find any documentation on what to do in the described situation for kids so young.

This happened after a match between two kids on the same team. I must emphasise that this kids has never done anything like this before.

We had a child body slam another child. The child on the receiving end ended up in hospital with a sprained back.
I know the perpetrator is just a young kid, and probably doesn't know any better. That being said, I'm horrified that he's learnt how to body slam someone at such a young age. The event happened in front of me and I was also somewhat concerned to see that he didn't seem to understand what the big deal was after it all happened. I'm worried at how unpredictable the behaviour was. This has never happened before, but I've got no idea if it'll happen again.

I'm a coach, and I want all my kids to succeed and become a great team together. Is this behaviour crossing a red line that warrants the perpetrator being asked to leave the team? I think this is over the top, but what else can you do with a kids so young? The only other option I can think of is for him to forfeit playing games, but is that enough considering what happened. The outcome could have been much, much worse. I've been thinking over what happened for the last few days - trying to let things calm down. Yet I'm beginning to think more and more that this kid could be a danger to the team.

Can anyone offer any thoughts?

Thanks.
 
Speak to the safeguarding officer(s) at your club, first and foremost it has to be properly reported. They will have access to information that you may not (previous incidents, private information / history) and they also have access to other resources and support.

They then can work with you, parents and other parties to ensure the best outcome, cool heads and avoiding rash decisions will allow the best outcome.

Kids have bad days too, and don’t always understand the seriousness of their actions in the same way we do. Hope you get a good end result 👍
 
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