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 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....
Youth & Flag Football Travel Teams
Coaching a youth football travel team or a flag football travel team presents specific challenges with players coming from different places....
FirstDown PlayBook’s Western U.S. Coach Corey Heinz
Corey Heinz is a football coach and understands exactly what a high school and college football coach does on a daily basis....
Lions Mesh Bench Concept
The Detroit Lions dialed up this Mesh Bench concept on 3rd & 2 yesterday against the Bears. Creative way to build one concept off of another....
Lock Your FirstDown PlayBook Price In Now
You can lock your FirstDown PlayBook price in forever at $700/annual or $400/6 month if you do it before January....
Teaching Young Quarterbacks The Snag Concept
Good quarterback coaches have plays like the Snag concept in their football playbook that allows the quarterback to get the ball out quickly....
FastBreak PlayBook: Different Game. Same Great Tool.
FastBreak PlayBook is the same great coaching tool as FirstDown PlayBook. Just for a different sport. Take a free trial today. ...
FirstDown PlayBook Welcomes Jerry Brakel
Jerry Brakel was raised in Texas and spent 25 years as a Texas high school football coach. He not only knows Texas. He is Texas....