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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or enjoy the succes now, because in a couple years the gap will close significantly and your son very likely will be getting a beating when scores actually are kept, logged and matter.[/quote]

Ha ha - yeah, that's one of the things that I'm hoping to avoid. It would seem to me that playing in more competitive games makes you a better player, while consistently playing against weaker teams, at a young age, can lead to the development of bad habits.

It's a good suggestion regarding playing with 6 instead of 7.  Perhaps I will mention it to the coach as something to consider once the score gets past a certain point (5 - 0 maybe) ....[/quote]

Most coaches should offer to remove players, or offer the other team to add players or put a touch restriction on their team.  But NCSL may have their own rules or guidelines on what's allowable in terms of removing or adding players.

I heard that one team was gettin smoked and the winning team's coach started removing players from his side to make it more competitive and even, but the losing coach told him not to do that. Final score was over 15 goal margin.[/quote]

Sometimes its good to take a royal butt whipping . The losing coach can use it as a motivation and teaching tool. We've made travel soccer less about being competitive and more about being cool. Too many parents and kids use it as a high dollar rec  league. If your worried about  a bad loss demoralizing your kid you should be in rec. If your kid takes the loss as to say here is where I'm at and I need to work to get better your gonna be OK. Changing the game to make it "fair" doesn't teach your kids anything. If the winning coach wants to make his team work more thru possession without taking the shots is OK too. But in no way should be expected at all.[/quote]

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