Youth Football Plays & Coaching

Youth Football Plays & Coaching

Coaching a youth football team is hard. It requires a lot of time before, during and after practice. FirstDown PlayBook™ understands that coaching youth football is about more than just plays. We know that the proper fundamentals and techniques must be taught to insure safety and success.

Fortunately, our Coaches Community site provides you with everything you need to get started. Check out some of our youth football coaching articles below, or head over to our Youth Football Play Library & Play Drawing & Software to quickly and easily find the best youth football plays for your team, and then edit them to your liking! (Our youth football plays were drawn by real NFL coaches, and include coaching notes and player assignments!)

FirstDown PlayBook PlayCard Vs PlayGrid Teaching

FirstDown PlayBook PlayCard Vs PlayGrid Teaching

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 4, 2024

FirstDown PlayBook understands that the more ways a coach can teach their players the better. PlayCards & PlayGrids help you get that done....

Youth & Flag Football Travel Teams

Youth & Flag Football Travel Teams

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 2, 2024

Coaching a youth football travel team or a flag football travel team presents specific challenges with players coming from different places....

FirstDown PlayBook’s Western U.S. Coach Corey Heinz

FirstDown PlayBook’s Western U.S. Coach Corey Heinz

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 30, 2024

Corey Heinz is a football coach and understands exactly what a high school and college football coach does on a daily basis....

Lions Mesh Bench Concept

Lions Mesh Bench Concept

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 29, 2024

The Detroit Lions dialed up this Mesh Bench concept on 3rd & 2 yesterday against the Bears. Creative way to build one concept off of another....

Lock Your FirstDown PlayBook Price In Now

Lock Your FirstDown PlayBook Price In Now

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 26, 2024

You can lock your FirstDown PlayBook price in forever at $700/annual or $400/6 month if you do it before January....

Teaching Young Quarterbacks The Snag Concept

Teaching Young Quarterbacks The Snag Concept

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 22, 2024

Good quarterback coaches have plays like the Snag concept in their football playbook that allows the quarterback to get the ball out quickly....

FastBreak PlayBook: Different Game. Same Great Tool.

FastBreak PlayBook: Different Game. Same Great Tool.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 20, 2024

FastBreak PlayBook is the same great coaching tool as FirstDown PlayBook. Just for a different sport. Take a free trial today. ...

FirstDown PlayBook Welcomes Jerry Brakel

FirstDown PlayBook Welcomes Jerry Brakel

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 18, 2024

Jerry Brakel was raised in Texas and spent 25 years as a Texas high school football coach. He not only knows Texas. He is Texas....

Find FirstDown PlayBook Formations Faster

Find FirstDown PlayBook Formations Faster

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 16, 2024

It was the beginning stages of our playbook tool and we were naming FirstDown PlayBook formations and plays. Challenging to say the least....

Flag Football Defense PlayGrids

Flag Football Defense PlayGrids

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 6, 2024

Your FirstDown PlayBook flag football defense PlayGrids tell a story without you the NFL Flag football coach ever having to say a word. ...

Packers Steal FDPB Short Yardage Play

Packers Steal FDPB Short Yardage Play

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 4, 2024

This FirstDown PlayBook short yardage play showed up at Lambeau field yesterday as the Packers needed one yard and Jordan Love was banged up....

WristBand Sheets Made Easy

WristBand Sheets Made Easy

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 2, 2024

Many times a new youth football or flag football coach forgets about the painstaking process of creating wristband sheets for their players....