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!

US Women’s Tackle National Team Wins Gold With FirstDown PlayBook

US Women’s Tackle National Team Wins Gold With FirstDown PlayBook

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 20, 2022

The US Women's Tackle Football National Team leaned heavily on FirstDown PlayBook as they marched their way through the world championships....

Youth Football Veer Option

Youth Football Veer Option

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 16, 2022

This youth football play is a dive or veer option that can be run several ways, depending on your players' maturity and talent level....

Wing T Power Vs Double Wing Power

Wing T Power Vs Double Wing Power

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 3, 2022

The FirstDown PlayBook version of the Wing T Power run and the Double Wing Power run are similar but these differences are important too....

Youth Football Double Wing Toss Power

Youth Football Double Wing Toss Power

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 28, 2022

Your youth football Double Wing Toss Power should marry with your Toss Sweep so that linebackers struggle to see the difference in the two....

How To Install Your Youth Football Offense

How To Install Your Youth Football Offense

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 7, 2022

This video takes you through the 3 things to consider as you install your youth football offense and how to go about it....

Coaches Community Website Gets A Facelift

Coaches Community Website Gets A Facelift

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 3, 2022

Over the past ten years the Coaches Community site has become an essential tool for FirstDown PlayBook allowing us to share information....

8 Man Football QB Power Read

8 Man Football QB Power Read

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 5, 2022

This 8 man football play does 3 primary things to gain a numbers advantage on this Quarterback Power Read. They are simple yet very effective....

Quarterback Counter Weak

Quarterback Counter Weak

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 29, 2022

Running quarterbacks have never been more popular in high school and college than they are today. This quarterback counter fits in....

This Unbalanced RPO Puts Defenses In A Bind

This Unbalanced RPO Puts Defenses In A Bind

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 18, 2022

This unbalanced RPO has rules that are fairly simple and it puts an unsuspecting defender in a position of defending the stick route. ...

Texas Wesleyan On “Why FirstDown PlayBook”

Texas Wesleyan On “Why FirstDown PlayBook”

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 3, 2022

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....

Split Zone Bubble RPO

Split Zone Bubble RPO

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 26, 2022

This split zone bubble screen RPO is a good example of how versatile players make an offense so dangerous. ...

No Youth Football Crack Blocks

No Youth Football Crack Blocks

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 25, 2022

There is one type of youth football plays that you will not find. That is a youth football offensive play with a crack block. ...