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[quote=Anonymous][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]

If your team is trying to build from the back, expect the best players to play CB for a while.  Only very good teams will have enough talent in the ranks to use some on the front line.  If anyone needs to be hidden, they will play wing and striker.  This is because most building sequences will start from CB, progress up the lines, and then the ball will be lost by the offense players.  If the team puts its worst players on defense at young ages, they will just lose the ball at the beginning of the sequence.  No one gets good experience, and the team gets demoralized.

For development, just make sure your little CB is connecting passes instead of clearing everything.  And don't only pass to outside backs, some passes should be to midfielders.  She should also be occasionally dribbling when there's space and dribbling to the sides out of trouble after a steal.  Make sure she knows she is a support pass option for teammates, and that she can pass back to her keeper for more support.  If she needs to clear it, she should attempt to make many of those intentional long passes instead of random clearances.  It's a great position to get maximum involvement, experience under pressure, become a communication leader, and learn to read the game.  Just beware of over-clearing and never dribbling, or else you do get locked into being a boot-ball defender.  [/quote]

This is a great summary of the CB position for a young player or a new parent. Well done.[/quote]

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