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Old Thu Sep 22, 2016, 04:39pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Eight Is Enough ???

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Originally Posted by Pantherdreams View Post
Nope then everyone gets great playing time .
One kid has the flu. Another has a dentist appointment. Another misses the game because he has to go to his grandfather's sixtieth birthday party. Another sprains his ankle during warmups. I know that kids think that they can play thirty-two minutes (I know that I did at that age), but can they really play a quality thirty-two minutes? Also, it's difficult to practice five on five with only eight players. I coached a middle school team with fourteen players and there were a few five on five practices where I was the tenth "player".

In terms of lots of available quality playing time, I don't know that the best roster number is, but I have trouble believing it's eight.

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