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!)

How To Find & Edit Football Plays

How To Find & Edit Football Plays

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 26, 2024

The short story is that FirstDown PlayBook offers you over 35,000 football plays, defenses & special teams schemes that you can edit....

Flag Football Zone Defense Pros & Cons

Flag Football Zone Defense Pros & Cons

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 23, 2024

There are pros and cons to playing flag football zone defense. What is essential is that you understand where you are strong and weak....

5 Extra Things With a Full Team Membership

5 Extra Things With a Full Team Membership

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 19, 2024

Today we take a look at the 5 main differences in a FirstDown PlayBook Team membership and a Single User membership....

More Beast Offense Defensive Adjustments

More Beast Offense Defensive Adjustments

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 17, 2024

This Beast Beater slant is designed to offer you a changeup when defending the Pop Warner youth football Beast offense....

Spread Wing T Counter Vs Mugged Linebackers

Spread Wing T Counter Vs Mugged Linebackers

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 13, 2024

Good things happen when your offensive line understands how to block your Spread Wing T Counter against mugged linebackers....

Test Your Players With FirstDown PlayBook

Test Your Players With FirstDown PlayBook

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 27, 2024

Getting your starters and backups enough reps during the week is hard. You can easily test your players with FirstDown PlayBook....

FirstDown PlayBook: All Web Browsers & Devices.

FirstDown PlayBook: All Web Browsers & Devices.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 22, 2024

FirstDown PlayBook and FastBreak PlayBook work on all web browsers and all devices. Go anywhere else and buyer beware......

So What Is Find A PlayBook?

So What Is Find A PlayBook?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 17, 2024

You can find complete playbooks in the FirstDown PlayBook "Find A PlayBook" section. This is only going to keep growing over the years too....

Special Teams Technique Help Here

Special Teams Technique Help Here

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 15, 2024

Offering a football coach detailed special teams technique help is just one more way FirstDown PlayBook goes the extra mile for you....

Explosive Play Action Double Move

Explosive Play Action Double Move

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 13, 2024

If you want to create an explosive double move you may need to be thinking at least two plays ahead. Run then bootleg then explosive play....

Find A PlayBook Goes Live This Week

Find A PlayBook Goes Live This Week

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 10, 2024

The new Find a PlayBook section will be live on FirstDown PlayBook this week. Now coaches will be able to find complete editable playbooks....

Youth & Special Teams Football Clinic(s)

Youth & Special Teams Football Clinic(s)

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 6, 2024

It is football clinic season and the two groups who get ignored are special teams coaches and youth football coaches. Not anymore....