Training focus: Well-rounded vs. reactionary
Working as a professional trainer with youth soccer teams means working alongside a parent coach, a volunteer who in many cases coaches the team on game day. A common request for training focus is usually something the parent feels the team didn't do well at the previous game.
While this short-term view may help solve certain issues, players often miss out on a rounded learning curriculum. After all, players need training in all aspects of the game. My advice would be to sit down at the start of the season and identify a series of training topics to focus on during practices. These can be tweaked or re-ordered slightly according to game-day performances, but working on corner kicks simply because the team didn't take them well the previous game will take away from the players' learning in important other areas.
