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[QUOTE="Chuck, post: 4063830, member: 1646"]
I learned like you.  As goalie, I never threw short to my defense.  Long punts.  I think there is a lot to be said about youth teams learning to play from the back.  That's the time when you shouldn't really care if it backfires and you give up a goal.  That said, at some point you need to score (especially when the kids get older), and I think some American coaches need to remember that it's still the goal.  I've seen a number of teams look great passing the ball around the whole field and losing.

My son's team just changed tactics a bit and it's worked great.  Because they were pushed to play out of the back and play possession for the last couple youth seasons, they've all become better with the ball at their feet and finding space.  But they didn't have the skill or size to score.  They've gone back to playing some diagonal through balls for the last half of the field and it's been working wonders because they have speed.  So, in essence, they are pulling the defense up with possession and then going back to their roots with a long pass into open space.
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