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 Veer Option
This youth football play is a dive or veer option that can be run several ways, depending on your players' maturity and talent level....
Youth Football 5-3 Defense Changeup
We are going to look at a youth football 5-3 defense changeup. It should be considered only after your defense has the base down pat first....
Better Have Flag Football RPO’s
If you are coaching a flag football team made up of younger players then you had better have flag football RPO's in your system....
Wing T Power Vs Double Wing Power
The FirstDown PlayBook version of the Wing T Power run and the Double Wing Power run are similar but these differences are important too....
Football Emojis, Snakes & Whatever It Takes…
This NFL offensive coordinator said "You'll never guess what I am doing right now." "I am putting football emojis on my install for tomorrow."...
Youth Football Double Wing Toss Power
Your youth football Double Wing Toss Power should marry with your Toss Sweep so that linebackers struggle to see the difference in the two....
“Correct Me Coach. Don’t Embarrass Me”
To be a good football coach, you are constantly teaching, reinforcing and correcting. There are many ways to correct without belittling....
Avoid These 3 With Your Youth Football Playbook
Usually one of the first things that you find challenging is locating football plays and creating your youth football playbook....
Football Video Can Be Your Achilles Heel
In the 30 years that I coached I watched a lot of football video but never once did I install the weekly game plan with a football video....
Football Drills Now Live On FirstDown PlayBook
Football drills are now live on FirstDown PlayBook. This is an important early step for you, the coach and FirstDown PlayBook....
How To Install Your Youth Football Offense
This video takes you through the 3 things to consider as you install your youth football offense and how to go about it....
Coaches Community Website Gets A Facelift
Over the past ten years the Coaches Community site has become an essential tool for FirstDown PlayBook allowing us to share information....