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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, Kids Pro Soccer is really as bad as these reviews say it is. I too, was charmed by the slick website with pictures of happy looking children. It all appeared quite professional. We paid our $170 registration fee online and patiently waited for the season to start. Then the season by delayed by 2 weeks -- ok, we got that, the weather was bad (it snowed on March 14th). Then 2 days before our class at Candy Cane Park was supposed to begin, we get an email saying that the class has been cancelled and we now have the choice to go to St Albans School or Norwood Park in Chevy Chase for the class. We felt this was an inconvenience and last minute, but we maintained an open mind. That Sunday, we showed at Norwood Park @ 10:50 for our 11am class. At 11:05, all of the parents were looking back and forth at each other (at least 20 families in attendance), perplexed about where our instructors were. I grabbed my phone to try to to find the phone number for Kids Pro and I saw and email come through that abruptly said that the 11am class time is now 11:15.  The coaches rolled in on two wheels at 11:15 and stared barking at everyone, with minimal apology, and screamed at us that the 11am class will now begin at 11:15 because they have to come from Georgetown and there are too many traffic lights. They ended their announcement with "and if anyone has a problem with it, they should say so now." There were a variety of people present -- some who received emails about cancellations of other classes and redirected to Norwood Park, others who received no communication and received word of mouth. The instructors then took more time away from practice to continue to bark at families and challenge adults whose children were not on their roster, after taking roll TWICE, rather than spending time instructing the children on the fundamentals of the game. They yelled at an African American mom who was only trying to encourage them to handle business later and just focus on the frustrated kids standing in front of them, many of whom had been waiting 30 minutes to begin the class. Then there was the actual instruction, which consisted of coaches simply yelling "kick, kick, kick" at a group of 4 & 5 year olds and did not even bother to breakdown the basics of the game (i.e. - "this is what it looks like to kick a soccer ball. This is how you do it"). It was all around a horrific scene. This might be the most incompetent and rudest group of coaches I have ever seen, and I have 2 older children who have played league sports in DC, MD and VA.

We wrote to them and asked for a refund of our $170 enrollment fee.They will not reply to my emails or phone calls, so I will be taking them to small claims court and filing with the Better Business Bureau. Avoid these people at ALL COSTS!  You can find other reputable programs through Brit-Am, your local YMCA, Takoma Soccer, Stoddard Soccer, DC Parks & Rec or Montgomery County Parks & Rec. Do not support these scam and con artists!. [/quote]

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