Keeping Practice Fun for the Girls

So our practice this week did not go as expected.  I made the mistake of telling some players to knock the ball around a bit rather than go for the score in a 3 v 3 scrimmage game.  I thought they might enjoy the challange of passing it around a bit rather than going for the goal as a change of pace.   I'm certain they learned something about spacing and moving off the ball, but I don't think they liked it.  I think they like to play their hardest and be fully challanged.  Come to think of it, I do too.  So the lesson for me is this:  Let them play their hardest.  Use imbalanced sides, change the goal size, do something, but let them do their best all the time.  Don't hold them back.