Little Rascalz Soccer School

Love this program! Just finished with winter session for my (almost) 2 yr old daughter. Coach lynn is amazing! I love how the classes are structured, already signed my girl up for the spring session!

We LOVE this program for our 2 yo and especially having Jessica as my son’s coach. She is high energy without being overwhelming and is very attentive to all of the kids –to those having a bad day, to the ones who are shy, missed a turn during the first go-​round, etc, etc. She really is fabulous and I only have positive things to say! I’ve taken my son to a few other toddler programs and alas, no one compares to Coach Jessica! Can she also teach our music and dance classes? ;) Thanks for sharing her with us! I’ve heard good things about other coaches btw, but only have experience with Coach Jessica.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful program! So professional and all the coaches could not be nicer. Great with all kids personalities! Highly recommend this program!

Such a great outdoor activity for preschool age children. My daughter absolutely loves her coach and playing with the other children. The coach designed well thought out kinesthetic and cognitive experiences for my child. I highly recommend this organization.

Little Racalz is such a great program and the coaches are fantastic! My son has really come out of his shell and developed a sense of confidence while learning about soccer, team play and sportsmanship in a fun, engaging environment. We have found the coaches to be patient, kind and energetic at the same time. Thank you, Little Rascalz!

We signed up our son so he can learn and interact with children his age. He attend two classes and before the third we received and email stating that he was not ready for the class and should be in the Mommy and Me class. My son is 3 and an active child. He listens and then does his own thing and will come back. Well, the coaches apparently were impatient. Fast forward to his first Mommy and Me class. He immediately went over to the class with his age group and he was listening to the coaches. But since he wasn’t on that list he had to go the other side. He did not like it. He was the tallest one there and he kept pointing at the other group. When the other group huddled together sitting on the soccer balls, my son ran over there and sat down too. The coaches kept telling him to run and go back. They immediately dismissed him! the coach on the Mommy and Me class was rude. She also dismissed my son when he did not want to do the little kiddie activities. I thought it was a place to learn. My son left crying because he wanted to be with the kids his age. I’ve called and sent an email requesting for at least a partial refund because we will not continue the rest of the session. I still have not heard back. If they do not call me next week, then I am out money but hey, they can have it. We now know never to go with them. He enjoys the YMCA activities more and the people there are amazing. I highly DO NOT recommend Little Rascalz.

Effective & truly noncompetitive sports as stated on Little Rascalz web site — IT IS NOT. You may register online, pay, turn up, participate. But when an aggressive parent who did not get his kid in the class he wanted, complains… Little Rascals make up stories and expect your kids to move aside from this «non-​competitive» activity to satisfy a more competitive angle, which unlike I was told by coach Betty, was not the decision of the coach… it was a convenient decision. coach Ratio may be right for begginer classes, not at all so in the last two classes with Ratio of 1 to 9.
Little Rascals may have once been a good option. today, very little effort and creativity is been put into exciting and challenging the kids.

The coaches tell the kids that monsters are going to get the balls if they don’t sit on them and my 2.5 yr old son is scared when they say that so he comes to us for a minute then goes back. All of the other kids are constantly running to their parents and not playing but my son actually wants to play. All of the other parents say that he should be in the advanced class bc he is really good and plays the game. All they do in class is play unnecessary games and coach Suze and the other coach don’t seem to even care. Received an email today saying that the coaches feel my son should not be in the program and said he needs parental guidance. I will not recommend this to anyone and suggest don’t waste your money. Now I have to break it to my 2.5 yr old son who looks forward to playing soccer with his friends that he no longer can. This is extremely disappointing. I better get a full refund.

Both my kids had an amazing introduction to soccer through coach beth and little rascalz! Thank you!

My son has done camp with Little Rascalz for the past three years. He, my husband and I have loved it. The instructors are outstanding. They are full of energy, bright, kind and the program is well thought out and intentional. We just had two coaches come to my son’s 6^th birthday party yesterday and all our guests were amazed with how great the coaches were. My parents and in-​laws agreed it was his best party yet and we owe this to Little Rascalz.

My son is in his 2^nd session with Little Rascalz. He loves it! These coaches are obviously carefully selected. The coaches are great at getting the kids to work on gross & fine motor skills. We love Coach Beth, Smacky & everyone there. Especially, mr. Chris, he is very good at helping our son to engage into the game because he has a short attention span. The classes are fun, and they have classes all over North San Diego county. They have a very low coach/​student ratio and are great at giving the kids individual attention. We’ve tried gymnastics (YMCA), basketball and group classes every where but honestly my son likes Little Rascalz the best.

We were visiting my brother and his daughter was going to a class so they let Izzy join the class. What a great class! My daughter loved kicking the ball and took to the coaches instruction immediately. They know how to engage the kids and try to herd them as best they can but still there were stragglers or the occasional run to mommy.
I liked how they were able to take the fun parts of being a kid yelling, jumping, being silly to get the kids comfortable and then praising all the small accomplishments.
A great class and wish we had this up in Norcal.

My almost 5 year old twins are in their 3^rd session with Little Rascalz. They love it! This is the second time we have tried a sports program like this. the first time they showed no interest would rather watch the cars drive by the park. With this program they were eager to participate. They make a game out of the game. I never would have thought of the the fun «drills» they put the kids through. Both boys can now score a goal and enjoy running around with all of the or kids. The coaches are amazing and fun. We love Coach Bethey, Smacky & Jessica!

We have gone through several session of soccer and one of T-​ball. We LOVE it! Our kids LOVE it!
They have so much fun playing the games and doing the drills I don’t even think they realize the important soccer skills they are learning during the process.
And Coach Curtis for T-​ball, they don’t get anymore genuine than him. He is so kind with the kids and speaks to them directly, not like little babies/​kids which I know my boys really appreciate. He is the BEST!
I’ve even been to a birthday party that Little Rascalz put together for a friend. They were very organized and the kids had a blast trying all the different kinds of sports.
This program is AWESOME. We really love it and highly recommend it to anyone interested in getting their kids started in sports.

LOVE Little Rascalz T-​Ball program. My oldest son, Noah, has been involved with the camp since early last spring and he has not only learned so much about the sport, but made great friends and learned valuable lessons from the program. Coach Kurtis is knowledgeable and caring with the kids. I’m so happy I found this program, and I can’t wait to get involved with the Mommy & Me classes with my youngest son when he’s old enough.

My husband and daughter are finishing up their first session, and have already signed up for the next. Our daughter is only 19 months old now, an it has been a great experience for her to play with other kids, and spend time with her dad.
Granted our daughter would rather run through the tunnel than kick a soccer ball, but every week she has been getting better and more interested in the ball.
I love to come at the end of class and watch our daughter with her dad play.
This a well organized group with good parents and kids participating. I would definitely recommend this as an activity to anyone.

We are on the last weeks of our first session, and we love the program. We’re already signed up for another two months.
The coaches are patient with the kids and very funny. Their soccer practice sessions focus on coordination, teamwork, and mastery of specific skills. This is the best program I have found for my 3 year old son – and I have dabbled quite a bit in various extracurricular activities with him.
Also good to know, this school offers a military discount – which I really appreciate!
My son really enjoys the tag-​style soccer activities and looks forward to each week’s sports practice.
Overall a really great school that is affordable and fun for both parents to watch and kids to participate in.

This is a great program for the little ones. My boy started at age 2 ½. It was the first time he participated in any organized activity. He had never been to pre-​school either. It was a great experience for him. The coaches are so much fun. The activities are a great introduction into sports. And there is no sense of competition.
The ration of coaches to students is good. 1 coach per 5 kids (max). The ratio of soccer balls to students is even better: about 10 to 1!!! It’s so cute watching them scramble all over the field. If only life could always be this fun…
Now he is 3 ½ and is midway through his 3^rd soccer season. He can kick the ball down the field and make a goal. He loves going to soccer class.

I just started taking my very busy 2 ½ year old boy to the soccer lessons. I love it because besides de soccer «skills» that he may develop it’s a great way to learn SOCIAL skills. At this stage, that is VERY important to me. So he has fun burning some energy while he continues to learn to follow directions from the couches and get along with the other little guys. The couches are very fun and friendly. This school offers classes in several locations through San Diego County with various days/​times.
Update: He got too busy to keep the weekly session… but we are looking forward to come back!

My 2 ½ year old tried the soccer program with little rascalz as his first sports experience. I’m not sure if he was too young or if sports are just not his thing, but he hated going each and everytime. My son is usually outgoing and pretty active but there was something about soccer he didn’t like.
The coaches were very nice and tried (as best they could) to give my son some individual attention despite his refusal to participate. Not only until our 5^th week class (of an 8 week program) did one of the coaches suggest that the «mommy and me» classes might be better for my son. By then we figured it was too late to start a new class with only three more sessions to go.
The website does state there is a money back guarantee, but no later than two weeks into the program. After two weeks, its too late for a refund. It was obvious to the coaches that my son did not enjoy his experience, even though we gave it more than two weeks to give him a chance get used to it. We thought after a few sessions he’s get into soccer. We thought wrong and we were unable to get a refund.
Other than our experience, watching the other children engage in the activities were fun and they seemed to enjoy it!