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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Listen, I'll be snarky for a minute - but it's really hard for both all players to play at least half the game AND for the best (or better) players play significantly more.  Unless you have a relatively tiny roster (14 or less on an 11v11 team), there's going to be haves and have nots.  I think that's important to make sure that spread happens at younger ages,  but I think where folks draw the line of when that shift should happen is individual.  Personally, I'd argue somewhere in the U12-U14 range is the right place.[/quote]

This just isn't true.

My DS' U16 team has a roster of 18 on gamedays (20 total - but injuries have meant this has not yet caused anyone to sit out when healthy).  That's two goal keepers and 16 field players.  The goalkeepers play a half each - always.  Games are 2x40 minutes so there are 800 minutes total available for the other sixteen players.  This is usually shared so that 5-7 players receive about 60 minutes and the remaining 9-11 players receive about 40-45 minutes each.  We have had one "important" game (out of probaby 15 or so games and scrimmages) so far this season and the only changes were that two of the players played the whole game, and two others received only about 25 minutes.[/quote]

I suppose I would call this proving my point not against it.  I don't think 15min more is significantly more, but it also sounds like this team is relatively balanced (1/3 of roster is in the very good category), which I applaud.  [/quote]

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