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[quote=Anonymous]What league is this?  The two fields thing I think doesn't apply.  Loudoun Soccer's website, under about,coaching there is a session planning libary that has 8 weeks worth of practices.

I found that getting kids to stay focused is a challenge.  Anyone acting up, ask them if they want to sit out practice or even make them sit out.  The risk is if their parents made them play soccer, they might shoot the hostage and say yes I'll sit out.
Try having them place their water bottles in a specific spot and run as a team to and from the field during water breaks.

Beyond that, have a few drills ready, and then do a scrimmage or bingo when you are done with those.

Do you have regular matches outside of your practices?  If so the other coaches that have had their team together for a bit will take full advantage of your mistakes.  Focus early on throw-ins or kick-ins to go down the line, along with sending goal kicks out wide.
The star players tend to pay the least attention to what they are supposed to do, so maybe in scrimmages stop the game and explain when they do something wrong, and give a goal to the other team.  I did this to try and make the scores more equal, but it ended up being the star's team picked it up better.

Also, you might notice that the parents are not happy with your coaching.  If anyone says anything, just mention that they were all on the waiting list.[/quote]

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