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[quote=Anonymous]There are some excellent suggestions above.  Some suggestions of mine are...Remember no laps, no lines, no lectures.  Keep them playing.  If I was to do it all over again, I would include just some more general movement for the kids.  It's incredible how uncoordinated some 12, 13, 14, 15+ years olds are. One idea is to have maybe 3 person (max) teams have relay races where you dribble with a ball doing whatever but add a cart wheel somehow, add a somersault somehow, etc.  One super fun game is called stuck in the mud.  You can google it but basically its like team freeze tag where everyone on one team has a ball and the other team does not. If the team with the balls  pass their ball and hit an opponent below the knee, that player is "Stuck in the mud".  Their teammates can free them from the mud by crawling through their legs but they have to be careful not to get hit while saving their teammate.  Object is the team with balls to work together to get everyone on opposing team stuck in the mud.  Works on dribbling with head up, passing the ball with accuracy on a moving target, spatial awareness, etc. It also gets kids running, cutting, for agility and crawling for general movement. It was my kid's team's favorite game by far!  But relay races were a close 2nd.  Lastly, during games, do not worry about winning, when I was coaching U6s I used to tell my kids to clear the ball and kick it out of bounds.  That's horrible.  Teach the kids to try to win the ball and keep it. When the kids have the ball. Don't worry about passing.  Teach the kids to be patient and have the kid with the ball dribble and take players on 1v1. Then have the team win the ball back and do it again if he/she loses the ball. And always remember it's such a privilege to coach and work with such young kids especially your own kid.  Enjoy it! Your goal is to try to get kids to love soccer at this age.  Development is a marathon, so just keep them having fun and, in a few years, they can get more serious about it.  Good luck.[/quote]

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