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.

Youth Football  Pirate Stunt & More

Youth Football Pirate Stunt & More

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 17, 2023

A simple and effective youth football Pirate stunt is exactly what your Pop warner defense needs to stop the B gap run....

Mental Reps Are Crucial To Your Backups

Mental Reps Are Crucial To Your Backups

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 12, 2023

Mental reps are often an overlooked teaching tool. Most people, and especially youth football athletes are visual learners. ...

Choose Your Press Box Coaches Carefully

Choose Your Press Box Coaches Carefully

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 8, 2023

Head coaches need to be very careful when it comes to choosing your press box coaches for game day. This means your personnel ID coach too....

A Drill Circuit Gets Your Player & Assistants Involved

A Drill Circuit Gets Your Player & Assistants Involved

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 7, 2023

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

33 Nickel Knife Defensive Pressure

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 3, 2023

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

Over 50 Youth Football & Flag Football Drills

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 2, 2023

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

3 Common Mistakes Running A Football Scout Team

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 29, 2023

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)

How To Run A Football Scout Team (Part 2)

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 28, 2023

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)

How To Run A Football Scout Team (Part 1)

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 27, 2023

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

Trick Plays For Youth, Flag & High School Football

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 23, 2023

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?

What Does A Good Football Practice Look Like?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 21, 2023

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?

Coach, Can You Put A $ Value On Your Time?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 20, 2023

Regardless of if you coach college football, high school football, youth football or flag football there is a $ value on your time....