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!)

Teach Your Young Tight Ends The Stick Route
The Kelce's and Kittle's of the world have fancier routes that they run but the Tight End stick route is something they have perfected....

FirstDown PlayBook Wing T Football Plays
FirstDown PlayBook offers you Wing T football plays but we also offer them at the youth football and high school football levels....

FirstDown PlayBook Find a PlayBook Updates
Your Find a PlayBook area has added new sections including USA Flag PlayBooks, youth football Gun formations and defensive line help....

71% Of Youth Football Parents Are Worried About You
According to a recent Harris poll involving youth football parents, 71% of parents say: “There is a shortage of high-caliber coaches today.”...

FirstDown PlayBook Youth Football Trick Plays
FirstDown PlayBook makes it easy to find any kind of football play for your youth football team, even trick plays....

Youth Football 6 Man Defensive Fits
Defense should not be all about the ball. Yes, get to the ball but these FirstDown PlayBook 6 man defensive fits will get you there faster....

FirstDown PlayBook Flag Football Team Memberships
FirstDown PlayBook has two different flag football team memberships that have you covered regardless of your flag football playbook needs....

FirstDown PlayBook Youth Football 3 Technique
FirstDown PlayBook knows your youth football 3 technique will be at the point of attack for the Pop Warner offense you line up this fall....

Coverge Beaters: Beating 3 Deep Coverage
As we continue our look at the FirstDown PlayBook Coverage Beaters section, today we focus on beating 3 deep coverage....

FirstDown PlayBook In 49 Countries & Growing!
FirstDown PlayBook is now helping football coaches in 49 countries and that only counts the ones who pay. Only the beginning. ...

Youth Football Coaches: Less Is More.
One thing that can cause problems for youth football coaches is if they try to do too much. FirstDown PlayBook can help you with that....

Youth Football Gun Double Wing Power Install
Your latest FirstDown PlayBook new youth football Gun Double Wing formation gives you power inside and we mean literally. ...