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!)

Youth Football & Flag Football Playbook: 5 Things To Ask
Every year busy parents look for something to help them and they have a ton of youth football playbook & flag football playbook questions....

FirstDown PlayBook Duo Run Game
FirstDown PlayBook will be adding more Duo run game help in both the youth football and the high school football sections this week....

FirstDown PlayBook Makes Complicated Simple
"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple." Albert Einstein & Woody Guthrie...

Use Receiver Splits To Break Tendencies
It's no secret that defensive backs study receiver splits for tendencies. As the offensive coordinator it's your job to use that against them. ...

Spread Wing T QB Quick Belly Install
The Spread Wing T QB Quick Belly is now ready to go in the Find A Play section. This short video will show you several ways to find it. ...

A Youth Football League Account Just Makes Sense
Your youth football league director can make everyone's life a lot better with a FirstDown PlayBook youth football league account....

Find Easy Throws For Your Flag Football QB
The only thing harder than completing a pass in the NFL might be completing one with your 6-7 year old flag football QB. ...

No Sound Defense Would Line Up Like This
There is a big difference in drawing your football play up against a sound defense and a realistic defense. ...

FlexBone Slot Counter
This FlexBone Slot Counter is a good example of how NFL coordinators are incorporating misdirection concepts in their game plans....

Find a PlayBook Plays Ready Now
The video will take you through how to find the plays that will live in the Find A PlayBook area as we continue to work on it....

See The World With Global Football!
Global Football has been offering coaches and players opportunities to travel abroad while also playing football for over 26 years....

Youth Football Spread Offense?
FirstDown PlayBook believes young players should be taught the fundamentals of the game. A youth football spread offense makes this hard....