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[QUOTE="Chuck, post: 3211228, member: 1646"]
My worst experience as a coach was my first game.  U9 girls B team that had just been put together.  I volunteered as an assistant and they guilted me into head coach.  The team had 2 practices with a trainer before our first game.  We're down 5-1 10 minutes into the game.  We're clearly overmatched and it was a jerk move for the opponent to put themselves in a D flight.  The other coach then moved every player on his team but the goalie and one defender to the penalty box on our goal kicks.  It felt great to tie that team two months later, and beat the snot out of them when my daughter moved to the A team and that team was moved up.

I agree it's still not ideal without a build-out line.  The build-out line came after my time at that age group, but it seems to be pretty universal now.  It seems like a great rule.  It took our teams a few years of pain to really be able to build out of the back but it was great to see them do it well at U13.
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