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.

Over 50 Youth Football & Flag Football Drills

Over 50 Youth Football & Flag Football Drills

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 2, 2023

This is the time of year when youth football drills and flag football drills are in high demand. FirstDown PlayBook helps you do them right....

Center Bunch 5v5 Flag Football Formation

Center Bunch 5v5 Flag Football Formation

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 31, 2023

The NFL Flag Center Bunch formation gives you all the advantages you have with Bunch. We sometimes call it Crunch as it includes your center....

How To Run A Football Scout Team (Part 1)

How To Run A Football Scout Team (Part 1)

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 27, 2023

Every good football coach knows the value of a good football scout team. Without a good look team, your starters will suffer on game day....

Editable NFL Flag Bunch Formation & More

Editable NFL Flag Bunch Formation & More

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 25, 2023

When you coach 5v5 flag football, the NFL Flag Bunch formation is a natural choice because of the amount of man coverage you get....

Trick Plays For Youth, Flag & High School Football

Trick Plays For Youth, Flag & High School Football

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 23, 2023

What often happens is a trick play gets installed haphazardly at some point during the season and does not get practiced enough....

NFL Flag Wristband Sheet In 59 Seconds

NFL Flag Wristband Sheet In 59 Seconds

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 22, 2023

New flag football coaches learn that one of the hardest things they have to do is create an NFL Flag wristband sheet for their young team....

What Does A Good Football Practice Look Like?

What Does A Good Football Practice Look Like?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 21, 2023

When watching a good youth football practice or flag football practice and a bad one here are things that will stand out between the two....

Coach, Can You Put A $ Value On Your Time?

Coach, Can You Put A $ Value On Your Time?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 20, 2023

Regardless of if you coach college football, high school football, youth football or flag football there is a $ value on your time....

NFL Flag Football Trips Formation

NFL Flag Football Trips Formation

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 18, 2023

It used to mean that you were limited with what you could do out of your NFL Flag Football Trips formation. That is no longer true....

Youth Football Practice Plan (Part 2)

Youth Football Practice Plan (Part 2)

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 16, 2023

Your youth football practice plan should not differ from Belichick's in as much as you have blocked off periods to teach specific things....

Wide 5v5 Flag Football Formation & More

Wide 5v5 Flag Football Formation & More

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 14, 2023

This 5v5 flag football formation gives your NFL Flag offense misdirection. You are going to need this with younger flag football players....

Teaching Flag Football Man Coverage Technique

Teaching Flag Football Man Coverage Technique

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 12, 2023

When you coach an NFL Flag football defense, one of the first things you are going to need to teach is flag football man coverage technique....