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.

A Drill Circuit Gets Your Player & Assistants Involved
Using a drill circuit with your young Pop Warner or NFL Flag football team will ensure your youth football or flag football team is learning....

33 Nickel Knife Defensive Pressure
When you dial up a defensive pressure you had better have rules that are sound vs any formation that the offense comes out in....

Over 50 Youth Football & Flag Football Drills
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....

3 Common Mistakes Running A Football Scout Team
Recognizing your football scout team in a happy locker room after a win goes a long way to motivating that effort in the coming weeks....

How To Run A Football Scout Team (Part 2)
If you spend all of your practice time getting your football scout team's vests, jerseys or skull caps on you are wasting valuable time....

How To Run A Football Scout Team (Part 1)
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....

Trick Plays For Youth, Flag & High School Football
What often happens is a trick play gets installed haphazardly at some point during the season and does not get practiced enough....

What Does A Good Football Practice Look Like?
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?
Regardless of if you coach college football, high school football, youth football or flag football there is a $ value on your time....

Youth Football Practice Plan (Part 2)
Your youth football practice plan should not differ from Belichick's in as much as you have blocked off periods to teach specific things....

Your Football Formations Matter
If you are installing your plays without much regard for the football formations you run the plays from that is a huge mistake. ...

FirstDown PlayBook Player App Is Live
The FirstDown PlayBook Player App is now available for all FirstDown PlayBook Team account members. There is a FastBreak PlayBook App too!...