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!

Yes, Football Clinics Are Expensive

Yes, Football Clinics Are Expensive

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 28, 2023

When you start adding up the cost associated with attending a football clinic it brings pause to a lot of football coaches out there....

Eagles Jet Sweep Freezes Chiefs’ Linemen

Eagles Jet Sweep Freezes Chiefs’ Linemen

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 21, 2023

The Eagles ran this jet sweep with a level of precision and speed that there was no need to even block the Chiefs' defensive line....

Michigan Imposes Their Will On Goal Line Power

Michigan Imposes Their Will On Goal Line Power

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 14, 2023

Michigan understands that if the defense outnumbers you that is only part of the equation when you dial up this goal line power....

Oregon Short Yardage 4I Technique Pays Off

Oregon Short Yardage 4I Technique Pays Off

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 31, 2023

This Oregon short yardage defense is a great example of how one simple 4I technique can make all the difference in the world....

Quarterback Sneak: Four Downs Makes It Critical

Quarterback Sneak: Four Downs Makes It Critical

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 16, 2023

These days coaches love to go for it on fourth down. It's fourth and inches and the quarterback sneak is called. How are you blocking it?...

All 22 Tuesday: Auburn Option Quarterback Keep

All 22 Tuesday: Auburn Option Quarterback Keep

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 3, 2023

There will certainly be an argument from some but here at FirstDown PlayBook we are calling this an option quarterback keeper....

Why FirstDown PlayBook Has No Competition

Why FirstDown PlayBook Has No Competition

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 30, 2023

FirstDown PlayBook is different and better than any other football playbook that you will find anywhere else. That's just a fact. Here's why....

FirstDown PlayBook FlexBone Buck Sweep

FirstDown PlayBook FlexBone Buck Sweep

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 23, 2023

The FlexBone Buck Sweep is one of the most popular high school football and youth football plays being coached today....

All 22 Tuesday: Gators Coaches Create Counter Space

All 22 Tuesday: Gators Coaches Create Counter Space

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 19, 2023

Good coaches creates opportunities and this is exactly what the Florida Gators coaches did on this All 22 Tuesday play....

NFL Wing T & Single Wing Flag Football

NFL Wing T & Single Wing Flag Football

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 15, 2023

Wing T and Single Wing football plays are showing up at the NFL level and at the flag football level on NFL Flag fields across the country....

Offensive Line Banged Up? 3 Ways To Cope.

Offensive Line Banged Up? 3 Ways To Cope.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 14, 2023

When we think of injuries to an offensive line we think about pass protections because if left unaddressed your QB will be the next injury....

Browns QB Trap Exposes Cover 0 For Six!

Browns QB Trap Exposes Cover 0 For Six!

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 12, 2023

The Cleveland Browns dialed up the perfect play call on Sunday as they hit the Bengals with a QB trap vs cover 0 in the red zone....