Youth Football Plays & Coaching

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!)

Evaluating How Much Was Taught

Evaluating How Much Was Taught

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 9, 2022

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’s Offense Has Plenty Of Wing T In It

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 7, 2022

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

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 2, 2022

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

Spend More Time With Your Players

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 18, 2022

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

Jet Sweep From 2 Back Slot Formation

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 12, 2022

The 2 Back Slot youth football formation offers you a lot of flexibility with your play calling that is hard to find in others...

Youth Football Pressure To Unbalanced Sets

Youth Football Pressure To Unbalanced Sets

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 7, 2022

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 For All Levels Of Football

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 6, 2022

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

All 22 Tuesday: TCU Bubble QB Counter RPO

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 4, 2022

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

Flag Football Route Tree & Others Easier To Find

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 29, 2022

For years coaches have given us input on how to make FirstDown PlayBook better. This is how we developed a flag football route tree....

Motion To Unbalanced Formation Edge

Motion To Unbalanced Formation Edge

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 26, 2022

An unbalanced formation can also force a defense to communicate. Especially when you motion to an unbalanced formation edge....

NFL Flag Football Section Grows Again

NFL Flag Football Section Grows Again

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 22, 2022

2022 has been a sensational year for FirstDown PlayBook and our NFL Flag Football coaches. It's not hard to understand why....

FirstDown PlayBook Coaching Notes Templates

FirstDown PlayBook Coaching Notes Templates

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 17, 2022

Most coaches hate to type and we thought of that when we designed the FirstDown PlayBook coaching notes templates feature....