High School Football

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.

Pass Protection For All Levels Of Football

Pass Protection For All Levels Of Football

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 6, 2022

Pass protection is such a very different thing when you look at the different levels of football. FirstDown PlayBook has help for every coach....

All 22 Tuesday: TCU Bubble QB Counter RPO

All 22 Tuesday: TCU Bubble QB Counter RPO

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 4, 2022

The game was all but over when TCU called a Bubble QB Counter RPO. However, there is still much to be learned from this All 22 Tuesday play....

Flag Football Route Tree & Others Easier To Find

Flag Football Route Tree & Others Easier To Find

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 29, 2022

For years coaches have given us input on how to make FirstDown PlayBook better. This is how we developed a flag football route tree....

FirstDown PlayBook Coaching Notes Templates

FirstDown PlayBook Coaching Notes Templates

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 17, 2022

Most coaches hate to type and we thought of that when we designed the FirstDown PlayBook coaching notes templates feature....

First NFL TD Is An Unbalanced Formation TD

First NFL TD Is An Unbalanced Formation TD

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 11, 2022

Unbalanced formations have been around since football has but they have shown up in critical moments early this year in college and the NFL....

Youth Football 5-3 Defense Changeup

Youth Football 5-3 Defense Changeup

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 11, 2022

We are going to look at a youth football 5-3 defense changeup. It should be considered only after your defense has the base down pat first....

Wing T Power Vs Double Wing Power

Wing T Power Vs Double Wing Power

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 3, 2022

The FirstDown PlayBook version of the Wing T Power run and the Double Wing Power run are similar but these differences are important too....

Football Emojis, Snakes & Whatever It Takes…

Football Emojis, Snakes & Whatever It Takes…

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 2, 2022

This NFL offensive coordinator said "You'll never guess what I am doing right now." "I am putting football emojis on my install for tomorrow."...

“Correct Me Coach. Don’t Embarrass Me”

“Correct Me Coach. Don’t Embarrass Me”

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 26, 2022

To be a good football coach, you are constantly teaching, reinforcing and correcting. There are many ways to correct without belittling....

Football Video Can Be Your Achilles Heel

Football Video Can Be Your Achilles Heel

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 22, 2022

In the 30 years that I coached I watched a lot of football video but never once did I install the weekly game plan with a football video....

Football Drills Now Live On FirstDown PlayBook

Football Drills Now Live On FirstDown PlayBook

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 10, 2022

Football drills are now live on FirstDown PlayBook. This is an important early step for you, the coach and FirstDown PlayBook....

3 Reasons To Script Your Practices Now

3 Reasons To Script Your Practices Now

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 5, 2022

Today we want to look at 3 reasons why you should script your practices now instead of waiting until you report to practice....