Coach tells kids to strike out to run out the clock — smart strategy or bad youth sports message?

A Little League parent asks whether it’s appropriate for a coach to tell hitters to swing at everything (essentially trying to strike out quickly) to burn time under a time cap and win on a revert-to-last-inning rule. The strategy was announced openly, prompting the other team to counter by switching pitchers to eat clock, and the situation sparked a debate about gamesmanship vs. sportsmanship in youth baseball.