There's a lot to be impressed with in this clip. Mostly in how #20 was able to nail his opponent square in the face at such a sharp angle and that said opponent quickly recovered to go after it.

The clip ends too soon, though. I have a feeling #20 didn't come out of that corner unscathed.

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There are a number of things you shouldn't do when you're a grown man coaching little kids. Pretty high up on that list is trying to show off while playing against them by blasting a shot that nearly decapitates one of the smaller children.

I seriously have no idea how that kid got up so fast after getting his (or her?

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This kid does not take trash talk lightly. If you mouth off to him, he will chase you down the length of the pitch and smash into you like a freight train, even if you have absolutely zero to do with what's happening on the ball. And then he'll get up and walk away, satisfied that you want ever try and express yourself vocally in his presence again.

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If only he were a ginger...

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It's just before 9.30 in the morning. It's been raining heavily on the way to Leigh on Sea's Wesley Methodist Church. Surrounding me are a gaggle of children - aged between one and two - and a gaggle of mothers. The kids are noisy and rowdy. They're looking at me as if I was an alien - fixing stern gazes in a way only toddlers can. Click to continue reading...

The international break continues to drag on, so you get more little kids. (If your reaction to that was a joyous "YES!!" then the authorities will be around to arrest you shortly. Have fun in jail, perv.)

This girl with the pigtails has a future in the game. Good defensive awareness, great on the ball, and if you try to go in for a challenge she will headbutt the crap out of you.

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Alright, this kid extremely confused. First of all, he takes down a player off the ball. Secondly, he does so with an American football tackle. Thirdly, that player he took down was on his team. Fourthly, that teammate was a girl. Fifthly, his shirt goes down to his knees.

I blame the parents.

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The girl needed 14 stitches for that one. And judging by how far she slid, they should probably test the guy who hit her for head enhancing drugs.

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Today is your lucky day we've got two dirty tackles in one clip for you. That's right, go eat some expired cheese, because you can't lose!

Anyway, in the first clip young Mr. Joey Richmond gets thrown to the ground (0:30; keep your eyes on the background in front of the goal) while waiting for a free kick to be taken.

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According to La Tribune de Lyon, Barcelona the club Michel Platini thinks about when he touches himself at night have swooped in and taken a seven-year-old named Kais (not pictured above) who was already signed by Lyon (seriously, I'm pretty sure he signed by drawing a green blob that he then claimed was a dinosaur).

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While Davey Becks is forced to endure the dreadfully lavish lifestyle of a soccerball game playing megacelebrity in Los Angeles for nothing more than a few hundred million dollars in compensation and courtside seats at Lakers games, he is apparently drawing the line on America's influence on his family when it comes to his kids' accents.

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Proving that the intense rivalry between Boca Juniors and River Plate extends all the way down to the youth ranks, the U-14 sides for the two clubs had an all out brawl when they faced each other over the weekend.

The fight begins at the 1:41 mark in the video above after the Boca manager invades the pitch to argue a penalty call with the referee.

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You know it may be time to stop diving when groups of six and seven year old girls fall to the ground and mockingly feign injury at the mere mention of your name.

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Does people getting hit in the face ever get old?

Also, the sound on the replays is kind of fantastic.

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I like to think that this is the actual speed at which this fight took place.

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The best part of this is the noise the cameraman makes. It gets better every time you watch it.

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Alright, so here's the scenario: when an errant ball from a neighboring pitch threatens to disrupt the run of play, one of the coaches runs out to quickly grab it, only to fall and take out one of the kids. Embarrassed, he scrambles to his feet and hurriedly kicks the errant ball back toward where it came from.

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This kid needs to take up the clarinet.

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This young man is well on his way. Hopefully his parents will continue to foster his gift for making horrible, horrible tackles.

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Joining that ever-long list of footballers who who succumb to bizarre injuries is Fabio Aurelio.
Aurelio looks set to miss the start of the season for Liverpool after damaging his knee playing football playing with footie with his son son, Fabio jnr, and daughter Victoria, in the back garden. Click to continue reading...

Was the ref not going to book him? Can you book a 4-year-old? Why didn't the kid in red act like he was brutally murdered in a Bangkok back alley to draw a booking? What are they teaching these kids?

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First of all, little kids playing football is never not funny. And to cap off their aimless, stubby-legged kick-and-fall down affair with one of them, oblivious to the world, absolutely obliterating his face on the goal post is flat out hilarious.

I mean, I doubt he suffered too much brain damage as a result of this.

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Four simple variations in applying skills to practices and games. Vicky is an expert in coaching kids on soccer. These are small tips on improving your kids and your own soccer skills. Find more about it at www.coachvicky.com Duration : 0:1:22 Technorati Tags: coaching, coachVicky, football, futbol, goal, improve, kick, kids, running, Skills, Soccer, suggestions, teaching, tips, Training Click to continue reading...

A short look at 5v5 and 6v6. This marks the first duplication in player tasks and is a big step in teambuilding. Duration : 0:8:34 Technorati Tags: 4v4, ajax, coaching, development, dribbling, fa, kids, practice, shooting, Soccer, tactics, technique, Training, Tricks, united, youth Click to continue reading...

This video looks at two of the biggest reasons why theory doesn't transfer well to the field. Duration : 0:4:57 Technorati Tags: 3vs3, 4vs4, ajax, coach, coaching, drills, footy, games, juggle, kids, MNT, practice, sided, small, Soccer, ssgs, Training, WNT, youth Click to continue reading...

Vicky is an expert in coaching kids on soccer. These are small tips on improving your kids and your own soccer skills. Find more about it at www.coachvicky.com Duration : 0:1:29 Technorati Tags: coaching, coachVicky, football, futbol, goal, improve, kick, kids, running, Skills, Soccer, suggestions, teaching, tips, Training Click to continue reading...

This is a quick introduction to 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 and looks at how adding and subtracting players changes what can be learned. Duration : 0:5:34 Technorati Tags: 1v1, 3v3, coach, coaching, development, euro, fa, goals, kids, learn, positions, practice, Soccer, tactics, technique, Training, united Click to continue reading...

Basic tasks are the heart of a teams organization. This video looks at how 4v4 is a stepping stone to 11 a side. ... soccer coach training Duration : 0:4:15 Technorati Tags: 3v3, 4v4, coach, dribble, drills, football, footy, games, juggling, kids, Liverpool, passing, psv, Soccer, ssg, Training, united, youth Click to continue reading...

December 6, 2008 - Needed a pick-me-up today and here it is: Training schools for goldfish! The folks at R2 Fish School have put out a complete fish training system that allows the average person to teach the average goldfish to dribble a tiny soccer ball down a tiny court and even do a fish-y limbo. Click to continue reading...

December 6, 2008 - Needed a pick-me-up today and here it is: Training schools for goldfish! The folks at R2 Fish School have put out a complete fish training system that allows the average person to teach the average goldfish to dribble a tiny soccer ball down a tiny court and even do a fish-y limbo. Click to continue reading...

Before anyone asks, all day today will be Argentina / USA posts.

And thanks to those already sending me pics. Very cool stuff. KEEP SENDING ME VIDS AND PICS!

Credit goes to Dave "Disco" Berger for this find - the brutal 500 lb gorillas of NJSEA were summoned to tackle the living hell out of a little kid who took a run on the pitch nearing the end of halftime and evaded those big bodied bullies.

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As anyone watching cable TV knows - ultimate fighting is all the rage on pay-per-view. So it was only a matter of time until some parents decided their ­kids needed to 'train' to participate in this 'sport': Ultimate fighting was once the sole domain of burly men who beat each other bloody in anything-goes brawls on [. Click to continue reading...

So the little one comes up to me this morning and says that she wants to get a soccer shirt. Befuddled, pre-coffee moi asks what kind of shirt--a t-shirt perhaps? Or maybe something with penguins kicking a soccer ball (don't get me started on the penguins!)? But no! She says she wants one like the guys I watch on TV have. Click to continue reading...

The minivan and soccer will be forever linked in America's id. Soccer moms (and dads) driving the kids to practice in the practical vehicle became second nature to us. As a kid I swore I'd never drive a 'moon mobile' because that's what they looked like back then. But after our first child was born, [...] Click to continue reading...

Ah children - a never ending source of free labor and entertainment... Soccer Mom scored some tickets to a UNC Chapel Hill football game recently and took the two eldest. Soccer Dad got to stay home (don't cry for me - the beer fridge was full, the little ones were angels, and there were better games [...] Click to continue reading...