 The premise of the coaching manual is simple, get the knowledge, pass it on. You don't have to have a lifetime's worth of soccer experience to be a great youth soccer coach. You don't have to be a tactical genius either. However, knowledge goes a long way. Firstly, the coaching manual equips coaches with the right information about what and how to coach the game. Secondly, watching the video guides gives everyone the confidence to deliver the information on the field. A big box, 40x40, then a little 10x10 in the middle. We've got nine players, we've got three sets of three. So one on the outside, one in the middle, one in the outside. So we're going to start off by having three people in the middle, and then six people on the outside. They'll be split into teams of three. They'll be focusing on passing into the middle, opening up to receiving, passing out, and then moving into the space, vacated by their previous teammate. Today it's going to pass the ball into Caleb. Caleb's going to open up and make it pass to Andy. Again, we're looking to go through the process of scanning. So he's going to receive from the man on the outside, get himself half-turned, so he's scanned to know where the decision-making pattern is going to be. So he's going to get the ball received and pass out. It's about the person in the middle receiving, opening up, and turning your head to be able to scan and find the open man, okay? We're going to do this for a minute, and then we'll switch using the middle. Go! The little progression was that now sometimes it's tight in here. They don't always have to play forward. They can play back. And if the man on the outside turns, he's back, they can switch. So then it just teaches the man coming in that he has to scan now because he doesn't know where the man from the inside square is going to go. He might go in behind him, so no, he might have to change position. I have to stand and change to scan to go out that way. That's just trying to get him thinking, really. So now I've got to understand dead turn back in, Christian Duke. I'll come in, my timing's right. The ball comes in. I know where he's ran to because I'm scanning and I'm playing out, okay? So we understand. So when you're coming into the middle, I want you guys to focus on how you approach the middle in order to put yourself in a good position. You should be able to see both your teammates. So if I'm checking into the middle here, I see Caleb's there. I want to call for, yes, Andy! I want to take my touch here to set me up, creating my space, and I've also made my passing in over here. Right now, as I pop out... So the session went pretty well today. It was good to be able to see just boys, girls, kids of all different ages being able to interact in the same drill. It was really important to stress the importance of opening up, scanning to make sure you know where the ball is coming from, as well as how to pass the ball coming out of the square and finding your space with your teammates. First time, one of the first times we had doing this, so obviously room for improvement, but a lot of good work and good effort from them. And I look forward to seeing everyone else on the pitch. Become a great coach, whatever your starting point. The coaching manual. Get the knowledge. Pass it on.