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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
Good (yet difficult to enforce) rule for little kids ... 7th grade? These kids are too old for such a rule.
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Usually these restrictions on offense and/or defense are not to make up for inexperience of the players, but lack of prepar'n time for the coaches & team. Many of these teams are forced to play with otherwise ridiculously short practice schedules, so the league takes away some of the contingencies they might have to prepare against. The same thing is done in college & pro all star games, for the same reason.
The division I'm coaching in has players slightly younger. No such restrictions on regular offense & defense (but considerable during mercy rules -- 18+ point dif.), but scrimmage kicks aren't live plays. If you declare a punt, nobody can cross the neutral zone, and no runback is allowed. Defense has to have at least 4 on the line, I suppose offense has a time limit to get off the kick, kick is dead as usual or at the least favorable spot where R touches it, so knocking it forward is as good as catching it. You can declare a field goal attempt too (nobody ever has), and the defense can rush 4, all between team A's ends, and the ball is dead similarly. Nobody said we couldn't quick kick as a live play, however.