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!)
Scout Team Cards Make Or Break You
Regardless of if you are coaching tackle football or flag football, scout team cards are an important part of your practice preparation....
Football PlayBook Player Sizes By Age
What you need for your football playbook drawings is as different as the age of the players you coach. FirstDown PlayBook gets that....
Sprint Out Pass Game Advantages
Here are at least four ways the sprint out pass gives you an advantage in the high school football passing game....
Football Scouting Report Made Easy
Many high school football and small college football programs do not provide a football scouting report because they think it is too hard....
Special Teams Hip By Technique Details
Too often special teams coaches teach what to do if everything goes correctly. This "Hip By" technique helps a player when things go wrong....
FirstDown PlayBook Spread Wing T PlayBook
It is now easier than ever to find your FirstDown PlayBook Spread Wing T PlayBook. We have put it in your "Find A PlayBook" section....
Pro Bowl Games Are One Version Of Flag Football
The Pro Bowl Games will feature flag football for the third year. There is hope that the NFL will understand that it is not 7on7 football....
Dissect Specific 7on7 Coverages
When you line up to compete in a 7on7 event you normally have a pretty good idea what 7on7 coverage you will see. Attack that coverage....
FirstDown PlayBook Formation Templates
Stop! Before you create a single football template, watch this video. You can save a ton of time with FirstDown PlayBook formation templates....
6 Month Full Team Membership Gets You To August
All good football coaches prepare well before the football season begins. A 6 month FirstDown PlayBook allows you to do that right now....
Ben Johnson & Dan Campbell’s PlayBook
Trust me. Ben Johnson has protected everything he has ever done for the Detroit Lions. Dan Campbell's playbook will reflect the same thing....
FirstDown PlayBook Is Better (& Easier) Than Visio
FirstDown PlayBook was designed 14 years ago because of how ill equipped Microsoft Visio was as I was drawing an NFL football playbook....