This season for school football, me and my friend are going to be players/coaches of the 2nd XI. Neither of us have ever tried anything like this before, and we want it to go smoothly, so I'd really like some advice on the role, and how to gain the respect of the other players in the team.

We're both in Year 13 (equivalent of Year 12 in Australia, NZ colleges go from Year 9 to Year 13) so we reckon that the younger players might just respect us for the fact that we're older than them, but some of the ones closer to our age might not be so happy with the situation, and will probably question our authority.

Also, any ideas/suggestions for training sessions would be much appreciated :)