Offense
This FirstDown PlayBook category will house any and all blog posts about offense. The style of offense may vary as we serve many different versions of football. However, the mission here remains focused on offense.
There will be run game help that will include the various run categories like trap, sweeps and of power run game. The numbers may vary too as we include, not just 11 man football but also other versions like 8 and 9 man football.
FirstDown Playbook has always been the industry leader when it comes to the passing game. This will never change. We will provide a lot of help in this area for coaches at all levels. This includes 7on7 coaches too.
Calling Your Vertical Pass Game Enough?
Sometimes the best place to look to solve your vertical pass game problems is in the mirror. Are you stretching the field vertically enough?...
Want Numbers? Quarterback Power Read
The quarterback carrying the football evens the numbers up. The quarterback power read we look at today has this and a lot more....
Texas Wesleyan On “Why FirstDown PlayBook”
We like to step back every now and then and let coaches tell you what they think of us. Texas Wesleyan's Fran Johnson has the floor....
Give Your QB & X Some Space(ing)
The Spacing concept is such a great way to get the football out of a quarterback's hand and many coaches run it out of multiple formations. ...
No Youth Football Crack Blocks
There is one type of youth football plays that you will not find. That is a youth football offensive play with a crack block. ...
Saturday Quarters Beater
Let's take a look at this quarters beater today that you might just see in your 7on7 tournament this spring. ...
Find The Corner Who Won’t Tackle
There are some offensive coordinators who are smart enough to find the corner who won't tackle on the defense they are lined up against....
Jet Sweep Option Trick Play
This Jet Sweep Option trick play is a nice wrinkle but it will take a lot of work to get it right. That's a lot like FirstDown PlayBook!...
Communicate To Your Counter Pullers
Today we want to look at how important it is for your frontside linemen to communicate with your counter pullers....
Red Zone Bunch Formation Pass Play
In this short video you will see that this red zone bunch formation pass play checks the boxes in a lot of ways....
Youth Football Play Action Pass
If we were coaching 9-10 year old players we might never throw a drop back pass. We would depend almost exclusively on the play action pass....
Teach Proper Blocking Angles
Defensive coaches talk a lot about "poor angles" to the football. It is important for offensive coaches to teach proper blocking angles too....