High School Football

High school football coaches are at the core of what FirstDown PlayBook does. Yes, we serve all of the coaching communities. No doubt about that. However, we understand that there is a degree of pressure on the prep coaches with little to no pay in return.
We offer high school coaches advantages in many ways. The first obvious way is a football playbook tool that saves you time and helps you coach better. FirstDown PlayBook did not forget the football when we were developing this tool either.
There are over 35,000 football plays in FirstDown PlayBook. This gives a high school football coach a big head start when it comes to getting ready for playbooks and weekly installs. We have also added practice scripts, practice schedules, text wristband sheets and
FirstDown PlayBook also is the only football coach reference site out there that offers high school football coaches help every day. We do this on the Coaches Community website every day. Here’s the kicker, at no charge. Why? Because FirstDown PlayBook is for coaches by coaches.

Dagger Concept With Window Dressing
The Dagger concept is almost as old as the dropback pass game itself. FirstDown PlayBook helps you run it with a little window dressing....

Can You Make Defensive Adjustments?
I asked a veteran Texas high school coach what FirstDown PlayBook could do to help coaches the most. Instantly he said defensive adjustments....

FirstDown PlayBook Kickoff Coverage Terminology
Your kickoff coverage unit will play fast if they all see the same thing and react according to what your terminology says to them....

Coaching The Mesh Concept Correctly
Not all "Mesh" concepts are taught or read by the quarterback the same. Learn the difference in a Drive and a Shallow Cross concept here....

Get 7on7 Coverage Help With FirstDown PlayBook
For every 7on7 play ever run there has been a 7on7 coverage played. That is why FirstDown PlayBook helps both sides of the ball....

5 Things We Look For To Defeat Cover 2
Five thing that FirstDown PlayBook immediately looks for when we attack cover 2. You can get right to them in our Coverage Beaters section....

Beating Cover 1 With FirstDown PlayBook Coverage Beaters
The FirstDown PlayBook Coverage Beaters section helps you attack the coverage you face. Let's start with Cover 1....

FirstDown PlayBook Full Team Discount Ending
The deadline to save $200 on a FirstDown PlayBook Full Team membership ends on Wednesday night. Please don't yell on Thursday....

Three 7on7 Mistakes To Avoid
Cautionary tale. Avoid these 7on7 mistakes this spring and you will live a much happier life this fall when the real chips are down....

3 Ways To Youth Football Defensive Line Help
Coaching a youth football defensive line just got a lot easier because there are now three distinct ways FirstDown PlayBook helps you....

FirstDown PlayBook Coaching Points & Player Assignments
I remember being a young football coach and not knowing if the football coaching points or player assignments I found were right....

Bait The Defense With Your Receiver Splits
You line up with tight splits and they are salivating at the mouth to intercept that mesh concept. What happened? A Smash concept touchdown....