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 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....
Football PlayBook Technology Tailors Your Search
Once you, the coach. begins to make selections we use our smart technology to get you where you want to be FAST!...
Keeping “Football” In Football PlayBook
As a football coach, you understand what it's like to develop a player or a team. Here at FirstDown PlayBook we are doing the same thing....
Work On Your Game Day Adjustments Now
Coordinators go into the game with a call sheet. It is also good to take an adjustment sheet into the game. "If this happens then go to this"...
Halftime Adjustments: Get It Fixed Now!
Being a coordinator is not about when your quarterback just takes off and runs when your plan or the numbers are not great....
Halftime Adjustments: It’s Bad At Half…The Case For Standing
The likelihood of you coming up with something in the next 30 minutes that you did not over the course of the week is not good....
Halftime Adjustments: First Half Is Bad. Stand Pat or Adjust?
You're heading into the locker room at half and you are down by 16. It's not a good situation. Are you going to adjust or stand pat? ...
6 Man & 8 Man Football? Yes & Then Some
A coach asked us about our 6 man football plays and it took us a moment to realize that he didn't know we had a varsity and a youth section....
3 Bad Youth Football Offenses
Three examples of offenses we think are bad for youth football and also things that might help you if you face them....
You Choose The Player’s Size On Drawings
The younger players need play diagrams with big bold players and color. When it comes to older players, the scale of the field is important....