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!)

Youth Football Power I Formation
This video talks about how your Pop Warner offense can create an inside running game with the Youth Football Power I formation....

Youth Football Cleats Purchase Tips
Many a parent has found themselves shopping for youth football cleats the weekend before the first practice. Here's a tip or two. ...

Your Football Feeder Programs Are YOUR Future
Most high school programs who win state championships repeatedly have a robust football feeder program. FirstDown PlayBook gets that....

Youth Football Power Adjustment
This youth football Power adjustment will give your Fullback a chance if the Defensive End Is crashing inside and wrong arming the play. ...

PlayBook Tech Athletics Department Package
Your new Athletics Department Package allows your football and basketball teams to combine forces to save your program a lot of money!...

How You Coach…Teach Football Matters
When you teach football you are not excused from the reality that your players will glaze over in a matter of moments if you aren't on point....

Youth Football Blocking Schemes & Rules
Teaching youth football blocking is one of the hardest things to do correctly if you are an inexperienced coach. This can help....

Youth Football Jet Sweep
There is a lot more to executing a youth football jet sweep than handing the ball off to the fastest kid on your team....

Youth Football Trap Play
When you dial up a youth football trap play your job of blocking the play is going to be harder than if you coach in the NFL....

6 Month Team Memberships Available
The FirstDown PlayBook 6 Month Team Membership allows a coaching staff to get started now. You can be more organized going into the season....

Defending The Wing T & FlexBone Offenses
Defending the Wing T and FlexBone offenses is hard. This one simple tool in FirstDown PlayBook can make it easier for coaches & players....

Finding Spread Wing T Plays
In our opinion the best way to find your Spread Wing T plays is detailed in this short video. In 45 seconds we find over 160 editable plays....