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!)
6v6 Center Bunch = Smart Flag Football
The FirstDown PlayBook Center Bunch or Crunch formation gives you the same advantages that Bunch did. Now it's all right in front of your QB....
3 Problems With Football Trick Plays
NFL coach or youth football coach. Call a football trick play and it will likely not work. Here are the 3 reasons why....
Youth Football Offensive Line Calls
Your youth football offensive line will need to make calls to communicate with one another. These 3 simple rules can help you with that....
6 Month Full Team Account Gets You To December
A FirstDown PlayBook 6 month Full Team account will get your high school program or your entire youth football league into December....
Youth Football 5-3 Bear Defense
This FirstDown PlayBook coach was having trouble defending an unbalanced Double Wing offense. This youth football 5-3 Bear defense can help....
614 Headsets Brings Young Coaching Energy
As an old football coach, when I first heard about 614 Headsets I read up on them. After looking, I saw something very familiar to me...me....
7on7 Bunch Shallow Cross Thought
You may not get a lot of single safety this summer when you run this 7on7 Bunch Shallow Cross concept but rest assured you will this fall....
3 Ways To Coach High School Football Better
If you coach high school football, FirstDown PlayBook offers you three different ways you can coach better and for less money....
FirstDown PlayBook Defensive Terminology
The FirstDown PlayBook Defensive Terminology is a great example of what every coach must have, especially youth football coaches....
Your First Youth Football Play
The first youth football play you install should be a simple play that gives your offense a chance for success but also teaches fundamentals....
You Never Lose Your PlayBook Work
Here is our FirstDown PlayBook pledge to you: As a coach, you will never lose your playbook work regardless of how long you are away....
Football Program Vertical Alignment
There's a chance that your 2027 football state championship has already been decided by schools who use football program vertical alignment....