Flag Football Plays & Coaching

Flag Football Plays & Coaching

With the rise of flag football’s popularity over the past few years, there has been a growing need for pre-drawn flag football plays and tools specifically designed for flag football coaches and players to help them elevate their game.

Fortunately, FirstDown PlayBook is here to help! Our Coaches Community site provides invaluable flag football coaching advice, and our Flag Football Play Library & Drawing Software gives coaches the tools they need to get ahead in this increasingly competitive sport.

Easily search our play library to find flag football plays that fit your team’s offense and/or defense perfectly! We have hundreds of editable 4v4, 5v5, 6v6, 7v7, and 8v8 flag football plays drawn up by professional coaches, with detailed coaching notes included in each one. You can also find printable flag football playbooks, wristband sheets, and practice schedules, or create your own!

In combination with the advice offered in our Coaches Community, our online play drawing & playbook tool will change the way you look at flag football plays and playbooks forever.

Introducing Your Flag Football Source

Introducing Your Flag Football Source

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 28, 2025

Flag Football Source is your new number one source for all things flag football. It is free and includes everything you need in one place....

Step Up Your Adult Flag Football Game

Step Up Your Adult Flag Football Game

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 13, 2025

Necessity is the mother of invention. That's why adult flag football is evolving with or without you. The 2028 Olympics will accelerate this....

Do Your Football Players Even See You?

Do Your Football Players Even See You?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 11, 2025

With every passing year, coaches have a harder job competing with your football players' attention. To be succinct, adapt or die....

For The Price Of One Football Helmet…

For The Price Of One Football Helmet…

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 7, 2025

For the cost of one football helmet you can help your coaches put important knowledge in every player's head you are protecting....

Disrupt Flag Football Routes Before They Get Started

Disrupt Flag Football Routes Before They Get Started

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 5, 2025

With flag football routes a lot of the flag football defense work can be done early before the passing play ever gets started....

5v5 Flag Football Tight Crunch Formation

5v5 Flag Football Tight Crunch Formation

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 27, 2025

The FirstDown PlayBook 5v5 flag football Tight Crunch formation forces a flag football defense to defend the field vertically & horizontally....

Scout Team Cards Make Or Break You

Scout Team Cards Make Or Break You

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 23, 2025

Regardless of if you are coaching tackle football or flag football, scout team cards are an important part of your practice preparation....

Football PlayBook Player Sizes By Age

Football PlayBook Player Sizes By Age

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 17, 2025

What you need for your football playbook drawings is as different as the age of the players you coach. FirstDown PlayBook gets that....

NFL Flag Football Smash Concept

NFL Flag Football Smash Concept

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 13, 2025

The NFL Flag Football Smash Concept Has Several Things That Make It A Great Flag Football Play For Leagues That Allow Shield Blocking...

Pro Bowl Games Are One Version Of Flag Football

Pro Bowl Games Are One Version Of Flag Football

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 1, 2025

The Pro Bowl Games will feature flag football for the third year. There is hope that the NFL will understand that it is not 7on7 football....

6 Month Full Team Membership Gets You To August

6 Month Full Team Membership Gets You To August

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 26, 2025

All good football coaches prepare well before the football season begins. A 6 month FirstDown PlayBook allows you to do that right now....

Ben Johnson & Dan Campbell’s PlayBook

Ben Johnson & Dan Campbell’s PlayBook

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 21, 2025

Trust me. Ben Johnson has protected everything he has ever done for the Detroit Lions. Dan Campbell's playbook will reflect the same thing....