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!)
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....
Flag Pulling Drills The Patriots Way
If you ask us pulling a flag just might be harder than making a physical tackle on a ball carrier...
Youth Football Play Action Pass
If we were coaching 9-10 year old players we might never throw a drop back pass. We would depend almost exclusively on the play action pass....
Teach Proper Blocking Angles
Defensive coaches talk a lot about "poor angles" to the football. It is important for offensive coaches to teach proper blocking angles too....
How To Protect Your Puller
When you pull your backside guard, your center will block back to protect the puller. If possible get your tackle involved too....
3 Types Of Run Game Advice To Avoid
This is a "buyer beware" blog. Specifically, we are going to look at 3 types of run game advice to avoid on the internet. ...
Youth Football Unbalanced Formations
FirstDown PlayBook is not real sure that youth football unbalanced formations should even be allowed. Here is our case for and against....
5-2 Cover 2 Youth Football Defense
The FirstDown PlayBook youth football 5-2 Cover 2 defense bridges the gap between a high school football and a youth football defense....