I completely agree with Mr. Partrick, and that's where we're going in soccer. I think the big difficulty with moving away from keeping score and winning is that's an adult point of view. We try to put our view of the game onto children, and children play quite differently from adults. The biggest challenge is changing the mindset of the parents and then all the coaches to believe in this because it is the way to go. In soccer in Europe the top European nations don't have competition up to the age of 12; it's all about skill development.
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