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.
Coaches Community Website Gets A Facelift
Over the past ten years the Coaches Community site has become an essential tool for FirstDown PlayBook allowing us to share information....
Coming: Football Drills & Fundamentals
Time has come to launch the FirstDown PlayBook Football Drills & Fundamentals section. Now your drills are right inside of your playbook....
Use 7on7 To Teach Receiver Speed Cuts
As you get into the thick of your 7on7 season, teaching receiver speed cuts should be on, if not at the top of your checklist....
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....