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 Spread Wing T PlayBook
It is now easier than ever to find your FirstDown PlayBook Spread Wing T PlayBook. We have put it in your "Find A PlayBook" section....
Pro Bowl Games Are One Version Of Flag Football
The Pro Bowl Games will feature flag football for the third year. There is hope that the NFL will understand that it is not 7on7 football....
Dissect Specific 7on7 Coverages
When you line up to compete in a 7on7 event you normally have a pretty good idea what 7on7 coverage you will see. Attack that coverage....
FirstDown PlayBook Formation Templates
Stop! Before you create a single football template, watch this video. You can save a ton of time with FirstDown PlayBook formation templates....
6 Month Full Team Membership Gets You To August
All good football coaches prepare well before the football season begins. A 6 month FirstDown PlayBook allows you to do that right now....
Ben Johnson & Dan Campbell’s PlayBook
Trust me. Ben Johnson has protected everything he has ever done for the Detroit Lions. Dan Campbell's playbook will reflect the same thing....
FirstDown PlayBook Is Better (& Easier) Than Visio
FirstDown PlayBook was designed 14 years ago because of how ill equipped Microsoft Visio was as I was drawing an NFL football playbook....
FirstDown PlayBook App Available For All Users
The FirstDown PlayBook app is now available for Single User members and Full Team members. Here is how you download the app!...
A FullBack Can Help Your Passing Game
FirstDown PlayBook's friend, Last of the Fullbacks loves getting big guys involved in the game plan. Here is another way they can help....
Spread Or Wing T Or Both. We Got It.
Every year the high school debate rages. What is better? The Spread offense or the Wing T offense? As a head coach, you better know both....
Flag Football Quarterback 9 Route Mechanics
You have read and heard us talk about the 9 route or the “Go” route here before on FirstDown PlayBook. We have looked at the over dependence on the 9 route by some flag foot...
FirstDown PlayBook Formation Guide
How does FirstDown PlayBook make it so easy to find formations, plays and defenses? It all starts with the FirstDown PlayBook formation guide....