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!)
Explosive Play Action Double Move
If you want to create an explosive double move you may need to be thinking at least two plays ahead. Run then bootleg then explosive play....
Find A PlayBook Goes Live This Week
The new Find a PlayBook section will be live on FirstDown PlayBook this week. Now coaches will be able to find complete editable playbooks....
Youth & Special Teams Football Clinic(s)
It is football clinic season and the two groups who get ignored are special teams coaches and youth football coaches. Not anymore....
KISS. It’s A Football Drawing Tool.
You would be amazed at the most basic things that you cannot do with other football drawing tools. A base block and curved line are examples....
Flag Football Curl Flat Read
The flag football curl flat concept stretches the defense horizontally and vertically. It is effective no matter what numbers you play with....
Spread Wing T Belly RPO
The Spread Wing T offense is showing up a lot more around the NFL. Here is how you can get editable play diagrams for your football playbook....
FirstDown PlayBook PlayGrids Explained
The FirstDown PlayBook PlayGrids are becoming a coach favorite as they realize how easy it is to create position manuals & playbook installs....
Easily Create Your Football Formations
FirstDown PlayBook has taken all of the work out of creating an offensive playbook football formations section....
Annual AFCA Convention Thoughts
The 2024 AFCA convention provided us with several thoughts about the direction of football coaching including Nick Saban and young coaches. ...
Tight Formations Can Create Home Run Throws
Tight formations can force the defense to play the coverage you need if you prove you can run the football. ...
Kinda Like The Green Bay Packers
Just like the Green Bay Packers, FirstDown PlayBook is not owned and guided by a wealthy owner or investor. Football coaches own us....
Modified Youth Football Too!
Modified youth football can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. One common denominator is FirstDown PlayBook....