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!)
FirstDown PlayBook Is Better (& Easier) Than Visio
FirstDown PlayBook was designed 14 years ago because of how ill equipped Microsoft Visio was as I was drawing an NFL football playbook....
FirstDown PlayBook App Available For All Users
The FirstDown PlayBook app is now available for Single User members and Full Team members. Here is how you download the app!...
A FullBack Can Help Your Passing Game
FirstDown PlayBook's friend, Last of the Fullbacks loves getting big guys involved in the game plan. Here is another way they can help....
Spread Or Wing T Or Both. We Got It.
Every year the high school debate rages. What is better? The Spread offense or the Wing T offense? As a head coach, you better know both....
Flag Football Quarterback 9 Route Mechanics
You have read and heard us talk about the 9 route or the “Go” route here before on FirstDown PlayBook. We have looked at the over dependence on the 9 route by some flag foot...
FirstDown PlayBook Formation Guide
How does FirstDown PlayBook make it so easy to find formations, plays and defenses? It all starts with the FirstDown PlayBook formation guide....
PlayBook Tech: 3 Things To Look For In 2025
Happy New Year! Thank you for allowing us to serve coaches for 14 years. Here are 3 things to look for from PlayBook Tech in 2025!...
FirstDown PlayBook Route Tree Help
All good passing offenses start with teaching and installing a route tree. Without this your quarterback and receivers will struggle....
Flag Football Numbers? FirstDown PlayBook Has You Covered.
Here at FirstDown PlayBook we understand that some of you play with different flag football numbers. We have you covered....
FirstDown PlayBook 7on7 Dagger Concept
The FirstDown PlayBook 7on7 Dagger concept puts defenders in conflict of assignment as they carry a vertical and try to be sound underneath....
Can’t Draw Football Plays? You Don’t Know It.
FirstDown PlayBook thinks there is a difference in a football fan and a football expert. An expert should be able to draw football plays....
FirstDown PlayBook PlayCard Vs PlayGrid Teaching
FirstDown PlayBook understands that the more ways a coach can teach their players the better. PlayCards & PlayGrids help you get that done....