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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would appreciate your willingness to pitch in, but I can't help but say that you're really not helping any but trying to lead something you have no knowledge about.  I would almost say the kids would be better off having scrimmages and the parents being more coordinators than coaches.

I think you may get more out of this experience than the kids you're coaching.[/quote]

Nonsense.  Most of the kids will have little knowledge of the game.  The coach will learn a lot, but the kids will too.[/quote]

The kids will learn a lot if they have someone that can show them or teach them.  A well meaning volunteer that doesn't know soccer won't be able to teach much.[/quote]

Rubbish.  A well meaning parent who spends an hour or two reading a book and/or web-sites (and there are many such resources) will actually be able to teach more than a parent who knows a lot about soccer but doesn't do the reading.  Teaching u-littles soccer does NOT require a great deal of soccer knowledge.  It requires a tiny amount of soccer knowledge + knowledge of how to organize little kids + a few soccer drills/games which have been proven to work well.  It is only at a much later stage that soccer knowledge is really required.[/quote]

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