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!)
Penn State Straight T Short Yardage Play
This Penn State Straight T play that they ran on 4th & 1 ended up going the distance for a 55 yard touchdown. See how....
Limited Time FirstDown PlayBook Team Discount
For a limited time we are offering FirstDown PlayBook Team discounts. This is our way of helping programs that are not on the playoffs....
Evaluating How Much Was Taught
When football coaches start evaluating a season it is often about evaluating how much was taught and how well....
Pete Carroll’s Offense Has Plenty Of Wing T In It
Pete Carroll is a an eventual NFL Hall of Fame coach who understands that you have to look at your personnel and do what they do best....
Your Coaching Job Is Unique To Your Situation
Your coaching job is unique to your situation. Good coaches recognize this and build with it in mind when it comes to choosing resources....
Spend More Time With Your Players
We have a question for you. Have you spent more time with your players or kids this season or have you spent more time on your computer?...
Jet Sweep From 2 Back Slot Formation
The 2 Back Slot youth football formation offers you a lot of flexibility with your play calling that is hard to find in others...
Win or Lose… Football Coaches Work
Regardless of if we had the win of the season this weekend or a heartbreaking loss, as coaches we all do the same thing. We get back to work....
Youth Football Pressure To Unbalanced Sets
Adjusting to oddball formations does not have to be confined to one adjustment. Here's a case for youth pressure vs unbalanced formations...
Pass Protection For All Levels Of Football
Pass protection is such a very different thing when you look at the different levels of football. FirstDown PlayBook has help for every coach....
All 22 Tuesday: TCU Bubble QB Counter RPO
The game was all but over when TCU called a Bubble QB Counter RPO. However, there is still much to be learned from this All 22 Tuesday play....
Flag Football Route Tree & Others Easier To Find
For years coaches have given us input on how to make FirstDown PlayBook better. This is how we developed a flag football route tree....