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 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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
The “Beast” Offense Is Bad For Youth Football
We do not think the youth football "Beast' offense adds any value to our game. We think it is damaging to our game and even more so to the young players....