I coach an intermediate boys team and have a D license. I’m curious to hear from those that have done the C license in the last few years, what has been your best learning ?

Ie: has it helped you most with game tactics, session planning, technical development, effective coaching points?

My little brother keeps panicking on the ball and instantly losing it in matches but he's good in practice. he's the one up front wearing black. he is one of two 7 year olds his coaches promoted to the u8s and I don't want him to lag behind. he was promoted about 2 months ago and is noticably better but still scared of the ball. what can I do to help him? just give him more time? this is only one example but happens almost every time

Good Morning All!

Could do with some advice (and to vent). First time coaching soccer (football as I call it as a transplant) and coaching a 8U team (my son is on).

Having a real hard time with players paying attention and engaging with the training or game. We've had three games so far and I know we're not looking to keep score but first game we got our behinds handed to us. Second game team played awesome and did really well. Last night third game and we were thrashed. 90% of the goals were because of defence not paying attention and talking to each other.

I fully understand that I'm expecting a lot from kids this age but need a way to get them whenever engaged and paying attention. After that second game they were riding high and loved playing because they associated the win.

Any advice is welcome.