Drills & Fundamentals

FirstDown PlayBook consists of football coaches who have worked in the NFL for many years. We understand the importance of football drills & fundamentals. Yes, we have taken a different approach by starting with plays and schemes but there is an endgame. One that you will like.
FirstDown PlayBook is adding Coaching Tools to your “Find a Play” area on the website. We are going to be filling you in with much more about this over the course of 2022. We just wanted to point it out to those of you who are becoming accustomed to the “Find a Play” dashboard.
Coaching Tools is an area that will open up many areas for you and us on FirstDown PlayBook. This area will be used to branch out into tools that you need as a coach. We are now offering an area where you go to for offensive templates as well a defensive templates.
This will also be an area where we begin to share drills by position with you. The reason we are mentioning this here os that from time to time we update you about this right here. The FirstDown PlayBook Drills & Fundamentals category will keep you updated on our position drill installs.

FDPB At The Brazilian Football Association Clinic
FirstDown PlayBook's Charlie Coiner spoke virtually at the Brazilian Football Association clinic this weekend. Great attendance!...

Buckeye Receiver Fundamentals Show Up On Tape
Ryan Day will be a happy coach today when he sees this. Ohio State's receiver fundamentals showed up in a big way yesterday against Nebraska....

Teaching Wrong Arm Fits In Youth Football
Today we take a look at a video breaking down youth football wrong arm fits. You may notice that we didn't say wrong arm technique....

Introducing FirstDown PlayBook Coaching Tools
FirstDown PlayBook is adding Coaching Tools to your "Find a Play" area. This is going to open many doors to our football coaches!...

Kyle Fuller Says Tackling Is Not A Lost Art
Fuller elects to go low here, driving his shoulder through the thigh of the runner while his arm wraps the inside leg....

Bears Roquan Smith Destroys This Screen
Chicago's Roquan Smith is being sent on a blitz. But he quickly reads that the Panthers are running a screen....

Special Teams Punt Return Clinic
I once worked with a very good NFL coach who described a lot of special teams as "one man whipping another man's ass." ...

Kpassagnon Recognizes Reacts & Retraces Vs Raiders Screen
The Chiefs Tanoh Kpassagnon completes this tremendous effort play vs the Raiders screen play as he recognizes, reacts and then retraces....

Aaron Donald. Nuff Said.
Every so often, it's good for us to watch the best players on tape. Best player? Did you mention Aaron Donald?...

Andrew Thomas Shows Great Transition Vs Speed To Power
The pass rusher elects to convert speed to power and try to knock Thomas back into the QB. Thomas sinks his hips to absorb the contact....

Rookie NFL Receivers Will Need What Justin Jefferson Has
In this clip, watch Justin Jefferson create separation by running a double-move that leverages some veteran route-running tricks. ...

Have A Plan B Pass Rush On The Way To The Sack
Elite NFL defensive lineman like Kansas City's Chris Jones react quickly to what's happening and figure out a plan B on the fly....