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!)
Got Unbalanced Formations In Your Offense?
Smart offensive coordinators are venturing outside your comfort zone and including unbalanced formations in your training camp installs. ...
Know Your Pop Warner Roster…Now!
If you start coaching your youth football team without looking at your Pop Warner roster...You are already in a lot of trouble....
Pop Warner Youth Football Split Backs Formation
The FirstDown PlayBook youth football Split Backs formation might be just what your Pop Warner offense needs if you have 2 speedy backs. ...
Helping Your Small Pop Warner Corner
Most of you line your smallest player up as your Pop Warner Corner. You tell them to contain the ball. This is when vertical seams show up. ...
We Block Run Plays Vs Multiple Defenses
The fact that we block run plays up vs ten different defensive looks is proof positive that we go the extra mile for football coaches....
Get To Know Your Youth Football Parents
If you coach a Pop Warner or NFL Flag football team you are going to be communicating with and dealing with youth football parents....
Take The Top Off Your Curl Flat Concept
The curl flat concept is almost as old as football itself. At least since the days when they started throwing it...
3 Reasons For a Youth Football Quarterback Boot
Here are 3 reasons that FirstDown PlayBook thinks a youth football quarterback boot should be on every Pop Warner coach's call sheet....
Difference in 4-2-5 Defense & 4-3?
Way too much is made of the difference in a 4-2-5 and a 4-3 defense. It mostly comes from internet coaches who don't have a football base....
Youth Football Coach. Don’t Out Coach Yourself.
Youth football coach...here's a tip. If you out coach anyone this fall it will probably be yourself and your youth football team. ...
Stuff A Youth Football Spread Offense
Your opponent who is lined up in a youth football spread offense is counting on you to play defense like Patrick Mahomes is the quarterback. ...
NFL Flag All Hitch Play
The strength of this all hitch NFL Flag play is its simplicity and ease of execution. You are going to need both when you coach 8 year olds....