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I was the asst. coach for years from U-8 to U-14 kids and we won a lot of games due to our head coach (NOT ME) being nothing short of spectacular. Once up by 5 goals we directed our players to progressively:
1) defensive players & offense players switch positions
extreme rotations too - every throw-in or opportunity. Keeps the clock running.
2) no shots until a minimum of 5 offensive passes
3) no shots unless with opposite foot - left footed shoot right and vice versa.
4) no shots period - play keep away
5) Pull a player - mostly when we were 11 a side, but still an option.
6) only 2 players allowed to cross a particular point - ie: midfield
The point is to be creative with pulling your kids back and not expressly letting the other team know it. This lets everyone save face and get some action instead of destroying the other teams confidence. It also teaches your kids some great lessons in sportmanship and humanity.
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