Kicking it Out

At the U-6 level, our league does not do kick-ins or corner kicks. Instead, we just throw a ball in play every time a ball goes out of play. As a result, there's no adverse consequence for kicking the ball out of play. The team we played this weekend was coached to kick the ball out of bounds whenever we had the ball in their half of the field. To me, that's a terrible way to coach kids. Granted, it was highly effective at breaking up our attack, but it's not teaching the kids the right way to play (which should be the point at this age more so than winning). I strongly discourage teaching kids to kick the ball out of bounds unless it is the last resort when the other team is about to score.