For one thing the main theme should be the fun factor of the learning to play soccer and planing accordingly is important. Depending on the category the planning would involve skill sets that will be varied among your young players.
In most cases the soccer association that you are affiliated with will offer some kind of help if you are new to the sport or to coaching it. Although it is recommended that you learn how to coach using as many resources as you can namely the internet. In doing so you will realize that training U5, U6, U7 and U8 categories is slightly different than if you are at the U9, U10, U11 and U12 categories. And as they get older the fun factor is still important but there is the competition element that will come into play. Like in most cases when learning a discipline there are steps that build on previous steps and learning to play soccer is not different.
Most soccer associations will have course offerings that will cover different levels of coaching. When you are beginning you will probably be offered the first level which will cover the youth level. In most cases it will apply to the the level you will be training. Find out what the club has to offer you and make it part of your learning process. Keep an open mind even if you already have athletic skills acquired from your youth. Playing a sport even one like soccer is not the same when teaching it as a coach.
Preparation comes with learning how to teach a sport skill even if you already know how to do it yourself you need to be able to teach it. You will need to be very open minded as how you teach it will heavily depend on the category you will be coaching. This should become part of you preseason preparation and needs to be part of your presentation during your initial parent meeting.
How do you gain your coaching knowledge? Do give much thought on how you will present a particular soccer skill? Do you plan a parent meeting at the beginning of the soccer season?
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