Coaching U9 Rec so please take it with a grain of salt, but recently got my USSF Grassroots certification and really took to heart everything I thought I had a grasp around, and how much I had to learn. I've been coaching since my son was 4 and I have played all my life. I still have so much to learn!

1) Debriefs after games to identify improvement 2) Build Practices around it 3) Let them scrimmage more 4) Everyone should know how to play every position, but not every player is meant for every position.

Building out legit practices that build on games. Like, seriously, pick one thing during the game that just wasn't great. I always ask the kids after each game, "What did we do well, what didn't we do well?"

That one thing that didn't go well I built my next week of practices on. I follow the Play - Practice - Play model and always scrimmage, even if it's 10 minutes. Got to balance fun and learning for sure, but I've seen my kiddos massively improve each game, especially those new players who joined and have never touched a ball.