russian prosecutors are examining shocking footage of a football coach kicking a seven year old boy in the air during a lokomotiv moscow youth match valentin pavlov claimed he was teaching the boy how to kick the ball properly after he failed to show enough commitment in a tackle against brateevo moscow he then ordered the frightened child to get back into the game in the video, valentin pavol can be seen calling the seven year old player over to the sideline during training  he kicks out at him in what he later claimed was an attempt to teach him how to use his feet more 'robustly' the boy is sent flying into the air by the forceful kick which has outraged russia  the boy twists in the air before landing on his back as another child, far right, watches on in horror  the moscow football federation has branded the training drill incident 'outrageous' the powerful investigative committee, equivalent of the fbi, is deciding whether to bring charges for cruelty against pavlov, but the coach claims his kick looked worse than it was the moscow football federation branded the incident 'outrageous' 'i was explaining to the child how to use his foot in a more robust manner,' claimed the coach, who claimed the camera was at the wrong angle 'i started showing him   and just then the child jumped so i sort of touched him, and he flipped in the air 'of course, there was not even a slightest intention to hurt him this is a coincidence 'he fell down in a theatrical manner so that it looked like he was hurt the person who filmed it was lucky to catch this angle' left, valentin pavlov, the coach who denies kicking eugene efimov (right) with the intent of hurting him  pavlov is the father of two daughters, one of whom plays in his team, and he claimed he filmed his club maximum brateevo's training sessions as proof there was no undue physical force or beating of children while he did not apologise to the boy after the kick, he claims he has done so since the footage has caused outrage in russia, but it was unclear today whether the boy's parents have complained without a complaint, the investigative committee may not take further action after the boy got back to his feet, mr pavlov then appeared to order him back into the game 
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russian prosecutors are examining shocking footage of coach and player . the video shows valentin pavlov kicking the boy, aged 7, into the air . he can then be seen ordering frightened child back into the training drill . mr pavlov claimed he was showing the boy how to use his foot 'robustly'. he added: 'so i sort of touched him, and he flipped in the air'. russia's investigative committee is considering laying charges of cruelty 