Casual Kids Carnivals

Play like no one is watching

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Casual Kids Football Carnivals are high quality school holiday football tournaments designed so that players can play with minimal pressure.

 

Casual Kids Carnivals run from 9am-230pm are completed in a single day.

 

Teams are 7aside with the cost is $325 per team.

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Carnivals are a competition format with all teams playing the same amount of games. Following an initial round robin group stage, all teams play finals.

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Medals are presented to the winners of all tiers of finals.

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We encourage all coaches / parents to "buy-in" to the Casual Kids philosophy of "Letting the Kids Play".

 

This includes (more info below the video):

• Minimal coaching; why not let the kids learn from the decisions they make?

• Don't shout instructions - encouragement is all thats needed

• ​Be positive. Be courteous. Be a role model. Kids learn from your behaviour.

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July 16: Casuals Kids Carnival @ Grandis Park, Banksia Grove

Ages U7 (2017) to U12 (2013)

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​​​​More about Casual Kids Carnivals...

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As the name suggests, Casual Kids philosophy is not “win-at-all” costs. 

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Coaches are encouraged to let “Let the Kids Play” and simply facilitate the smooth running of the teams leaving the kids making the decisions about how they will play before, during and in response to their performances.

 

All teams play the same number of games. All teams have meaningful finals.

 

Teams are charged $325 to enter the tournament with squads of up to 12 allowed.

 

How do Casual Kids Carnivals work?

 

The Carnivals see multiple age bands play-off in parallel. 

 

Each age band consists of 8-teams split into groups of 4. The group stage sees teams from each group play off against each other, with all 8-teams progressing through to a finals series.

 

The finals series consists of a Top 4 semi-final / final (with losers play-offs) and a Bottom 4 semi-final / final (with losers play-offs).

 

The Top 4 consists of the winners and runners up from both groups with the first place finisher in Group 1 playing the second place finisher in Group 2 in Semi-Final 1. Semi-Final 2 is the second-place finish in Group 1 versus the first place finish from Group 2. 

 

Winners of the Top 4 Semi-Final play the Champions League Final. The losing semi-finalists play a 3rd/4th place play-off.

 

The Bottom 4 finals series follows the same format with the respective 3rd and 4th place finishers playing off. The Winners of the Bottom 4 Semi-Final play the Premier League Final. The losing semi-finalists play a 3rd/4th place play-off.

 

A trophy and medals are presented to the winners of the Champions League and Premier League Finals.

 

The Top 4 / Bottom 4 format has been adopted so that all teams have meaningful for the duration of the day. The losers’ play-offs ensure all teams play the same amount of games.

 

All age groups play on the same size pitch with the games the same duration (12-mins each way) allow timing to be managed centrally. Games are every 30-minutes with teams responsible for being ready for KO.​​​​​​​​