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.

7v7 Adult Flag Hank Concept

7v7 Adult Flag Hank Concept

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 29, 2021

This version of the Adult Flag Hank Concept sets up perfectly from Center Bunch formation. It allows you to control the speed of the read. ...

Adult Flag Snag Concept: The NFL Way

Adult Flag Snag Concept: The NFL Way

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 21, 2021

Not much time to get the ball out of your quarterback’s hand with 7v7 adult flag football. The NFL Snag concept is a good answer....

Your Adult Flag Football Team Just Got Better

Your Adult Flag Football Team Just Got Better

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 16, 2021

3 ways your adult flag football team is instantly better. You will thank us when you run a 3x1 NFL rub route that pops open your best WR....

4v4 Flag Football Pop A Wheelie

4v4 Flag Football Pop A Wheelie

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 6, 2021

Here at FirstDown PlayBook we understand that some of you play 4v4 flag football. Trust us you are covered on offense and defense....

Flag Football Progression Read

Flag Football Progression Read

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 27, 2021

"See a little...see a lot. See a lot...see nothing." When you are teaching this flag football progression read you should keep that in mind....

Keeping “Football” In Football PlayBook

Keeping “Football” In Football PlayBook

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 11, 2021

As a football coach, you understand what it's like to develop a player or a team. Here at FirstDown PlayBook we are doing the same thing....

Halftime Adjustments: Get It Fixed Now!

Halftime Adjustments: Get It Fixed Now!

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 19, 2021

Being a coordinator is not about when your quarterback just takes off and runs when your plan or the numbers are not great....

Halftime Adjustments: It’s Bad At Half…The Case For Standing Pat.

Halftime Adjustments: It’s Bad At Half…The Case For Standing

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 18, 2021

The likelihood of you coming up with something in the next 30 minutes that you did not over the course of the week is not good....

Ottawa Women’s Flag Football 2 Deep Disguise

Ottawa Women’s Flag Football 2 Deep Disguise

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 12, 2021

Here is one very simple 2 deep disguise that Liz Sowers and her Ottawa flag football staff used in the national championship game....

Ottawa Claims First Women’s Flag Football Championship

Ottawa Claims First Women’s Flag Football Championship

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 10, 2021

There is only one "first" national champion and the Ottawa University women's flag football team will forever hold that honor....

Your 7v7 Flag Football PlayBook Needs This

Your 7v7 Flag Football PlayBook Needs This

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 31, 2021

This flag football play is a great example of a play you can run multiple times and have different players getting the ball on each version....

Flag Football Plays Chalk Talk: 9 Route

Flag Football Plays Chalk Talk: 9 Route

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 24, 2021

The number one myth about stretching the flag football field vertically is that you have to throw it deep. This is not true....