It seems like they're trying to achieve two separate goals with this strategy:
(1) Emphasize skilled play (as Strange Brew points out)
(2) Solve a perceived advantage given to the penalized team.
I'm not sure this change will achieve goal (1), though I like the overall focus on skill development for kids.
As for goal (2), if "rewarding" the PK team is that much of a concern, I'd suggest that a better strategy would be to go back to the old PP system where the penalized player serves the full penalty no matter how many PP goals are scored.
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