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.

FirstDown PlayBook Welcomes Jerry Brakel

FirstDown PlayBook Welcomes Jerry Brakel

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 18, 2024

Jerry Brakel was raised in Texas and spent 25 years as a Texas high school football coach. He not only knows Texas. He is Texas....

Flag Football Defense PlayGrids

Flag Football Defense PlayGrids

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 6, 2024

Your FirstDown PlayBook flag football defense PlayGrids tell a story without you the NFL Flag football coach ever having to say a word. ...

WristBand Sheets Made Easy

WristBand Sheets Made Easy

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 2, 2024

Many times a new youth football or flag football coach forgets about the painstaking process of creating wristband sheets for their players....

Flag Football Find A Play Has Advantages

Flag Football Find A Play Has Advantages

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 21, 2024

FirstDown PlayBook flag football Find a Play tool gives a coach the chance to put your stamp on your game plan and it is easy and quick....

Teach Football As Your Player Sees it

Teach Football As Your Player Sees it

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 17, 2024

A common mistake football coaches make is they teach football as they see it and not the way the player sees it. FirstDown PlayBook can help....

Pass Rush To The Flag Football QB’s Arm

Pass Rush To The Flag Football QB’s Arm

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 11, 2024

Pass rush the NFL Flag football quarterback's throwing arm and take away their vision and throwing lane instead of chasing them....

Two QB NFL Flag Football Formation

Two QB NFL Flag Football Formation

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 1, 2024

Even though they are good intentioned, the rules about an NFL Flag football formation can hamstring an offense. Here's a thought. ...

Hudl’s PlayBook Curved Line Wastes Your Time

Hudl’s PlayBook Curved Line Wastes Your Time

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 29, 2024

The ability to draw a football playbook curved line seems like a small thing until your players lose interest in what you are teaching them....

The Detroit Lions & Your Flag Football Hook & Ladder

The Detroit Lions & Your Flag Football Hook & Ladder

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 23, 2024

The Detroit Lions pulled off a version of the Hook & Ladder recently that reinforces why you should have this in your flag football playbook....

Call What You Practice. Practice What You Call.

Call What You Practice. Practice What You Call.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 21, 2024

As you plan your next football practice consider this. Do you call what you practice and do you practice what you call in a game?...

Coach, Girls Flag Football Matters To You Too

Coach, Girls Flag Football Matters To You Too

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 19, 2024

If you are a high school tackle football coach it is a mistake to not see girls flag football as a positive thing for you and them....

FirstDown PlayBook Drag & Drop

FirstDown PlayBook Drag & Drop

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 15, 2024

FirstDown PlayBook Drag & Drop allows you to stay organized. Coaching football requires adjustments as you keep everyone on the same page....