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!)
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....
Youth Football Split Backs Counter Blocking
You need a punch, but you also need a counter punch. That's exactly what this youth football split backs counter run provides....
Any Football People Behind Your Football PlayBook?
FirstDown PlayBook was created by coaches for coaches. Sounds like a common sense formula that is true in most places where you go to get football help right? Not so much. The reason we...
Wing T Starting Point With FirstDown PlayBook
You will see pretty basic schemes in the FirstDown PlayBook youth football Wing T section. There is a good reason for that....
Introducing FirstDown PlayBook Templates
We have just released a new coaching tool that is going to save everyone of you a ton of time. The brand new FirstDown PlayBook Templates area allows you to create your own stencil or t...
Teaching Young Quarterbacks Coverage
When teaching a young quarterback about reading coverage, give them specific keys. The Free Safety will tell them all they need to know....
4-3 Under Base Defense
Let’s slow down today to look at FirstDown PlayBook’s 4-3 Under Base defense. Sometimes as football coaches we spit words out like “over” and “under”...
Youth FootBall 5-3 Bear Defense
Looking to be strong up the middle with your youth football defense? FirstDown PlayBook's youth football 5-3 Bear defense might be for you....
No Football Officials…No Football
Tennessee high school football games will be played on Thursday & Friday nights this fall because of a lack of officials. We better wake up....
Bigger & Better Flag Football Wristband Sheets
The FirstDown PlayBook flag football wristband sheets are an excellent way to teach your younger players and they just got much better....