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.
Halftime Adjustments: Get It Fixed Now!
Being a coordinator is not about when your quarterback just takes off and runs when your plan or the numbers are not great....
Halftime Adjustments: It’s Bad At Half…The Case For Standing
The likelihood of you coming up with something in the next 30 minutes that you did not over the course of the week is not good....
Halftime Adjustments: First Half Is Bad. Stand Pat or Adjust?
You're heading into the locker room at half and you are down by 16. It's not a good situation. Are you going to adjust or stand pat? ...
Slot Blocks Still Count…
This play shows why there is still merit in having your receivers block instead of running screens all day long....
6 Man & 8 Man Football? Yes & Then Some
A coach asked us about our 6 man football plays and it took us a moment to realize that he didn't know we had a varsity and a youth section....
Strength & Conditioning For Kickers
We don't spend enough time talking about the specialists on your team. Here are some things to be considering this time of year....
The Football Play Drawing Matters
At the end of the day, what separates FirstDown PlayBook from others is that we think the football play drawing matters....
Coach Leadership Never More Important Than Now
The best run schools always seem to have a great working relationship between the school administration and the football coaching staff. ...
Teach Young Kickers To Hit Higher Deeper Kickoffs!
When it comes to kickoffs the longer the approach, the more room for error. The faster the approach, the more room for error....
Six Man Football Offense
Attention to detail for the six man football plays will be a big part of this, just as it is in the other areas of the varsity section....
High School Coaches Can Change A Building
Of all the personality traits that a coach must have to be successful, being a leader ranks up there. Coaches are used to conflict and aggressive behavior....
Massillon Shallow Cross & Drive Concepts
Here is one more example of Keith Grabowski's great work as he has tapped into the mind of Jarrett Troxler from Massillon Washington High School. ...