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Sidney youths learn English football

British coaches with Challenger Sports visited Deer Run Park this week to teach Sidney youths how to play European football, here in the states called "soccer."

"We put on camps in different places for a week, and then go traveling all around the midwest," Coach Patrick Stutt explained.

Throughout the week, Stutt and fellow coach Sean McGee have taught youths in morning sessions and half-day camps the basics of the sport.

"We're working on a bit of dribbling, getting the kids used to using both feet," Stutt said. "We've got a lot of good fun dribbling games and drills we do for the kids that they enjoy, and it's very beneficial for them. And we finish every day with World Cup. The kids do some games, and they have their own countries."

Coaching Sidney's youths has been a "fantastic experience," Coach Sean McGee said.

"All the kids are well behaved," McGee said. "They love playing soccer, which is a fantastic thing for us British people to see."

Introducing youths to soccer comes with challenges, McGee said.

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