Hi all, 

Me and another dad have taken over the coaching of our kids under 8s due to the previous coaches and their kids leaving to another team for the next season. Although it's very new to us and a change for the kids (as well as new kids joining) it feels like there's still the feeling of us just being there to cover for the previous coaches. We've sat the kids down to explain the changes but there still seems to be a battle with them when it comes to listening and following instructions at times. We try to set up the sessions to be fun and engaging but you can see the kids itching to just start messing around almost instantly.

I understand they are just kids wanting to have fun but it's complete switch on their behaviour from last season.

Any advice on dealing with this transition would be very much appreciated!