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Coaches should coach and players should play. That line in the sand is usually drawn at the beginning of a new youth sports season so that kids, especially grade school-age kids, understand their role and that their coach is the leader and teacher. They are taught to listen, absorb, and use the knowledge that the coach is providing so that they learn how to play the game better. But, is that one-way communication path really the best way to teach? Would it help young athletes to learn if they were asked to be the coach, just for a little while?