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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do coaches typically have regular starters and bench players?  If so, do starters play most of the game (more minutes) compared to bench players? [/quote]

For little kids (particularly on lower teams) coaches try to keep playing time somewhere even. Better players may play more, but weaker players should still play a significant amount. As they age (U11/12) you’ll start to see a shift where defenders start to play most or all of the game if they are good, and weaker players me play some preset minimum time like half a game, but the better player will play significantly more than that.

Ask the kids get older and on ‘elite’ teams you may start to see some pretty large disparities in playing time.

My older kid has been playing travel 4 years (late start) and has always started and typically plays the whole game (defender) but our team is mediocre and everyone else plays at least half the game. I think this is fairly typical - i have a couple kids and have been at a couple clubs.  My younger kid plays maybe 2/3 of the game and never starts, so there’s definitely consistency based on skill level relative to teammates. [/quote]

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