SETUP

• The team writes its season goals and standards with you.
• Player leaders run the full warm-up and activation.
• Players choose the day’s main activity from a menu of two or three the coach prepares.

TRAINING

• Players lead position-group sessions and set-piece practice.
• Connect training to long-term goals: college, adult leagues, refereeing, coaching.
• Players plan and run a session for a younger AYSO team, which also ties into a youth coaching pathway.

BREAKS & HUDDLES

• A player facilitates part of each team meeting.
• Players manage their own training load and recovery.

GAME DAY

• Leaders run the pre-game talk, then the coach adds final points.
• Players hold each other accountable to the standards they set.