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How do you build confidence if you only schedule teams that you probably won't win against..Girls have to feel like they are moving forward to improve..Nothing wrong with that !!



These are comments that apply to kids in general....not just girls. Kids need to be appropriately challenged. Wando girls would probably hate school soccer if they never got to play Lexington or Summerville or whomeever....and ended up in a bunch of 10-0 games where they had to play keep away or only score on headers or whatever.

Young, talented teams with a culture of winning need to play a steady diet of tough games with the occasional gimme thrown in. Tough games to get them better and keep them grounded....odd gimme game to keep it fun.

Young talented teams without that culture of winning....need
to learn how to win. Doesn't mean you give them nothing but sandbagged wins....but they need to learn to play the right way and they need to learn to close things out. They still need the occasional Wando-esque game to keep things real.

But to me....to assume only one path is ridiculous. How you schedule depends on what you have, where you've been, and where you plan on going.