With the growing demands of school, district, county, club and schools of excellence on our boys it can difficult to decide which should come first and it is easy to see why some people say that boys play too much football today. It has always been the case that school, district and county representation should come first. It is then upto the loyalties and ambitions of the boys themselves which of the next two, club or school of excellence, should come next in their order of priority.
We would make the point that no boy should play two games on one day and that ideally there should be a minimum rest period of 24 hours between games, if we are to take our boy's interests and health seriously. It is not a good idea to train on a Friday evening and play on a Saturday morning so boys or parents should really let the manager know what other games they are playing during the week and weekend. Kent representatives at schoolboy level should not play football games within two days of a Kent match. Parents and players should exercise common sense in these matters.
