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!)
20 Personnel Bubble Screen Is So Simple & Effective
This simple Bubble Screen out of 20 personnel is an effective way for you to incorporate a running game that gives you numbers....
Cross Training Your Position Players For Depth
Your job as a football coach is to get the best players on the field. Sometimes that means irregardless of position. You must create depth....
7 Ways Football Playbook Software Saves Youth Coaches Time
Youth football coaches have enough to manage without spending hours trying to organize plays, update diagrams, answer staff questions and figure out what the team is actually running th...
Which Is It? Looking For a Play or a PlayBook?
Are you looking for football plays or a football playbook? It's a question we often get to when we are talking to youth football coaches or flag football coaches this time of the year....
The 2026 Boys of Fall Kick Off
I personally owe so much to this game and what youth football & high school football did for me. The Boys of Fall always brings that home....
New! Build Your Game Day Call Sheets Directly in FirstDown PlayBook
Game day decisions happen fast. Your call sheet should help you coach with confidence, not force you to juggle multiple programs, spreadsheets, or handwritten notes. That’s why we...
New Printing Updates: More Flexibility, Less Time Preparing
Preparing for practice and game day often means printing playbooks, call sheets, and wristband sheets. We know that getting everything formatted just right can take time, so we’ve...
Daily Youth Football & Youth Flag Football Youtube Videos
Every day in July and August FirstDown PlayBook's Coach Charlie Coiner is providing youth football & youth flag football videos on Youtube...
Players Must Know This On Every 11 Man Football Play
Most of us line up and play by 11 man football rules. Ignore teaching them to you and your youth football team's detriment. ...
FirstDown PlayBook Youth Football & Flag Football Youtube Videos
Every day in July & August FirstDown PlayBook will help our youth football and youth flag football coaches with a daily video!...
Charlie Coiner’s Advice For Youth Football Coaches
Advice for youth football coaches. If you are doing this for you and so you can win football games do everyone a favor. Don't coach....
FirstDown PlayBook’s Charlie Coiner Coaches A Youth Football 5-3 D
No real reason to play two deep safeties if you are coaching a youth football defense but if you do think about this 5-3 defense version....