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To be more accurate, the ball has to leave the PENALTY area (the larger of the two boxes) before it is in play. The goal area is the smaller box immediately in front of the goal mouth where the ball must be played from on goal kicks.
Of course, with micro-soccer, you may not have goal areas defined (depending on how your local association manages their peewee play). The thing to keep in mind is that with the younger age groups it's more about patience and teaching than it is being a strict arbiter of the Laws of the Game. I recently did a batch of first-grade games on a small field, and it was a wonderful change of pace. It reminded me what youth soccer is all about -- being there for the kids and helping them learn how to play the sport.
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