Run Game

Run Game

The FirstDown PlayBook Coaches Community would not be complete without a category devoted to the run game. When you look across the levels of football it is hard to argue that the most complicated part of the game is how to block the run game.

FirstDown PlayBook devotes so much time to this on our PlayBook site. It just makes sense to highlight it here as well. FirstDown PlayBook blocks up every run play vs multiple defenses. If you are a high school coach or older, we block up the defenses you are likely to see.

If you coach youth football and your 8 year old quarterback cannot throw the ball well yet, we take that into consideration too. We block our youth football runs up against heavy run stop youth football defenses. This is what you are going to see at the youth level.

So the run game category is a place where you can get a run play pointer or two. You can also keep up they the latest run game installs on FirstDown PlayBook!

Defending The Youth Football Toss Sweep

Defending The Youth Football Toss Sweep

by Charlie Coiner on May 23, 2026

When you defend a youth football toss sweep it can seem impossible to get enough players to the ball. Let's break it down into parts for you....

Youth Football Focus: Double Wing

Youth Football Focus: Double Wing

by Charlie Coiner on May 20, 2026

Let your Pop Warner quarterback take the game over, with some Double Wing lead blocking help. Teach youth football defense in the process....

Youth Football Age Based Plays

Youth Football Age Based Plays

by Charlie Coiner on May 2, 2026

Every youth football team is different with a range of abilities. The new FirstDown PlayBook AI Play Finder helps you find age based plays....

Young Coordinator, The 2036 You Wants To Have A Talk

Young Coordinator, The 2036 You Wants To Have A Talk

by Charlie Coiner on Apr 29, 2026

Young Coordinator, the 2036 version of you wants to have a word. There are veteran coaches like Scott Criner who can help you not screw it up...

FirstDown PlayBook FlexBone Veer Option Coaching Points

FirstDown PlayBook FlexBone Veer Option Coaching Points

by Charlie Coiner on Mar 26, 2026

FirstDown PlayBook example of one of our close to 40,000 editable plays. Drawings and coaching points for our FlexBone Veer Option...

The FirstDown PlayBook AI Play Finder Is Growing

The FirstDown PlayBook AI Play Finder Is Growing

by Charlie Coiner on Mar 23, 2026

The FirstDown PlayBook AI Play Finder is growing each and every day. How? It grows because thousands of football coaches help it learn!...

FirstDown PlayBook Practice Scripts Now Easier & Better!

FirstDown PlayBook Practice Scripts Now Easier & Better!

by Charlie Coiner on Feb 27, 2026

FirstDown PlayBook will save any coach at least 10 hours with scout team cards alone. The new practice script tool only makes that better....

Tips For Using FirstDown PlayBook’s New AI Play Finder

Tips For Using FirstDown PlayBook’s New AI Play Finder

by Charlie Coiner on Feb 15, 2026

One great thing about the new FirstDown PlayBook AI Play Finder is that as it helps coaches, the coaches will be helping it improve too....

FirstDown PlayBook Introduces AI Play Finder

FirstDown PlayBook Introduces AI Play Finder

by Charlie Coiner on Feb 3, 2026

In a world of exaggeration the FirstDown PlayBook AI Play Finder is the exception. This will immediately make football coaches lives better....

Youth Football Wedge Blocking

Youth Football Wedge Blocking

by Charlie Coiner on Jan 18, 2026

Keeping blocking schemes simple for your Pop Warner youth football players is key. However; this wedge run play has blocking rules to teach....

Another NCAA Transfer Portal Negative Consequence

Another NCAA Transfer Portal Negative Consequence

by Charlie Coiner on Jan 12, 2026

Unfortunately the NCAA football transfer portal negatively affected many of it's most important members at the AFCA convention this year....

Elements Of A Power Run Play

Elements Of A Power Run Play

by Charlie Coiner on Dec 31, 2025

The power run is one of the most popular plays in football but sometimes it can get confused with a counter run or a trap. ...