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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi we are new to travel, is it good for a girl at this age to play defense for most of her game time and practice scrimmage time? She used to play attack or middle field a lot before joining the current competitive travel team (overall she has great speed, agility and good technical skills,  but not super consistent about decision making under pressure) .

Thank you for your insights. [/quote]

Usually good coaches will build a team up from the defense.  We have had multiple coaches put the best players in central defense. You need a player who is solid, who listens to the coach, who plays well under pressure.  If you daughter is playing Center Back, Stopper, Sweeper, Defensive Center mid, then the coach thinks highly of them and has a lot of confidence in their skills.   Once the coach has a feel for the team, he should start to rotate the players around a bit.

While this doesn't apply to you, but I had the same concern last year. Our DD was put up top at stryker and essentially left up there.  Her team had a hard time getting her the ball, so she was not very involved in the game and her skills regressed.  This year, she is with a new team as a winger and stryker and we have to unteach her what she learned last year. (Staying static and not running for the ball.)

Hopefully, she is playing a dynamic fashion and is involved in many of the plays.  That would be great for her development.  When the team grows and more competent players develop on the team, I'd expect that she would rotate up more.   But if she doesn't, or isn't seeing much action or is an outside back, id ask the coach to try her out in practice at a different position. -Good luck!  [/quote]

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