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!)
Easily Create Your Football Formations
FirstDown PlayBook has taken all of the work out of creating an offensive playbook football formations section....
Annual AFCA Convention Thoughts
The 2024 AFCA convention provided us with several thoughts about the direction of football coaching including Nick Saban and young coaches. ...
Tight Formations Can Create Home Run Throws
Tight formations can force the defense to play the coverage you need if you prove you can run the football. ...
Kinda Like The Green Bay Packers
Just like the Green Bay Packers, FirstDown PlayBook is not owned and guided by a wealthy owner or investor. Football coaches own us....
Modified Youth Football Too!
Modified youth football can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. One common denominator is FirstDown PlayBook....
Drawing Scout Team Cards With Hudl?
We have run a few look teams and drawn a few scout team cards before. Hudl has not. Stop punishing your assistant coaches. Help them....
Invert Coverage As A Run Stopper
Invert coverage allows you to predetermine that a safety or both safeties will drop down in the box on the snap of the ball....
Yes, Football Clinics Are Expensive
When you start adding up the cost associated with attending a football clinic it brings pause to a lot of football coaches out there....
Good Football Coaches Communicate
Sometimes you would think motivation and culture is all it takes to coach. FirstDown PlayBook knows good football coaches communicate well. ...
Eagles Jet Sweep Freezes Chiefs’ Linemen
The Eagles ran this jet sweep with a level of precision and speed that there was no need to even block the Chiefs' defensive line....
Explosive Plays Off Play Action Passes
Explosive plays often come off of play action passes because the conflict of assignment creates better pass protection for the quarterback....
Coaches, Don’t Be A Rookie Twice
Coaches start in the same place but have different destinations with their coaching careers often because of how they document their work....