I've got my son in Under 6 Parent and Kid soccer. We go on the field with them, and practice skills, and then for the last 10-20 minutes the kids play a game. No scores are kept. My son who is just over 5 years old, knows the score at all times. No matter how much I preach to him that I just want him to try hard and be a team player, he takes it to heart if he doesn't score a goal, or if his team "loses". One kid even came up to my son and bragged about scoring 3 goals on my son's team. This is in a game where the parents are on the field. Scoreless games in a low scoring sport like soccer isn't going to work well the kids closer to 12 on a much grander scale if it doesn't work for 5 year old kids.
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