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!)
Flag Football Progression Read
"See a little...see a lot. See a lot...see nothing." When you are teaching this flag football progression read you should keep that in mind....
Keep It Simple And Don’t Out-Cute Yourself.
"Coach, I think we have a chance to line up and kick people's asses this year if we can just keep it simple." ...
3 Things To Consider Before You Run A Youth Football Spread Offense
No throwing...no Spread. This is why we think there are at least 3 things to consider before you spread your youth football offense out....
Youth Football “Terms” Section
Every coach on this planet was a young coach at some point in time. Terms like "pin and pull", "scoop" and "reach" made no sense at all....
Clear Your FirstDown PlayBook Filters!
Punch in what you are looking for and it is there. That is unless you forget to clear your FirstDown PlayBook filters....
Adjust With Your Flag Football Defense PlayGrids
Your FirstDown PlayBook flag football defense PlayGrids save you a ton of time and get your flag football defense lined up....
How To Find Your Youth Football Chalk Talks
The youth football playbook content is phenomenal but there is more. We want you to also know how not find your youth football chalk talks....
Wing T Football Plays (Varsity & Youth Football)
It was obvious to us that we not only needed to offer you the Wing T plays but we needed to offer it at the youth and Varsity level....
Beast Offense Beaters Section Grows
We want to show you the additions to the youth football "Beast Beaters" section in FirstDown PlayBook and give you three axioms to beat it....
Youth 6 Man Football Defensive Fits
We have put together a short video that explains how handy these notes can be. We use one of our 6 man youth football defenses to explain....
Find Youth Football Trick Plays 3 Ways
We want to point out three distinct ways you can find the youth football trick plays in FirstDown PlayBook drawn up vs multiple defenses....
The Stick Route: A Tight End’s Best Friend
Often times a Tight End route was needed when the situation was third and four. That route was often a stick route....