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!)
June Is Youth & Flag Football Help Month
FirstDown PlayBook is going to focus on youth & flag football help during the month of June. There's a lot to cover so be sure to keep up. ...
Your Formations & Defenses Are Already Drawn
You can now go into FirstDown PlayBook and find Community formations and defenses then save them in your Template area. ...
3 Things To Teach Youth Football Linebackers
When you are coaching youth football linebackers it can be easy to skip vital parts of playing the position. This is a huge mistake....
New! My Tools & Practice Schedules
The Practice Schedules area is very simple and easy to use. Open the area up and you will see that we provide a template to get started....
Flag Football Hook & Ladder
Let's look at this flag football hook & ladder. Regardless of your specific flag football rules you can tie this play into your call sheet....
Unbalanced Formations Made Easy
Unbalanced formations can be tricky. They are tricky because they return you to the roots of the game of football. ...
Youth Football Man Coverage Tips
You can break youth football man coverage down into counting to 1-2-3. That is after you teach your team about what makes a player eligible....
Level Football PlayBook Playing Field
One of FirstDown PlayBook's earliest goals was to create a level playing field for football playbooks. Level playing fields are hard to find....
No Youth Football Crack Blocks
There is one type of youth football plays that you will not find. That is a youth football offensive play with a crack block. ...
Simple Jumbo Formation Lead Strong
The FirstDown PlayBook Jumbo formation contains a lot of characteristics you need to teach youth football fundamentals....
FirstDown PlayBook Attends NAIA National Convention
Over the past several days, Kansas City has played host to the NAIA National Convention and FirstDown PlayBook has been a part!...
Youth Football Green Dog?
Youth football green dogs are not common. Most coaches do not want to overload their young players but this might be a case for one....