General Tips

Get the most out of a practice, always have the players work on skills besides what's being focused on
 
  1) During practice you can't teach them to play soccer. You can teach them one aspect of soccer: focus maniacally on that one topic. Examples of topics are: 1v1 attacking (1st attacker), 1v1 defending (1st defender), short passing and receiving, passing and receiving flighted balls, supporting when attacking (2nd attacker), and supporting when defending (2nd defender).
 
  2) Be positive and encouraging. For every negative comment to a player, you must have already made 7 positive comments: that's the impact of a negative comment to a player.
 
  3) Practices are generally organised in a progressive manner of 1) a warm-up, 2) indivual activities, 3) small group activities, 4) large group activities (doesn't have to be 8v8 or 11v11), 5) cool-down
 
  4) In 1v1 and 2v2 drills, to start always have the defenders pass (serve) the ball to the attackers. This way, they are working on both passing and receiving.
 
  5) When working on attacking, defenders should also be working on good defending and visa versa. Do not accept bad technique at any time.
 
  6) Have a goal to shoot at in as many drills as possible.
 
  7) Use small goals a lot.
 
  8) Use small-sided games as one part of your practice as much as possible.
 
  9) No lines, no laps, no lectures. A line with more than 3 players in it is a line.
 
  10) To eliminate lines, have multiple copies of the same drill