high school football coaching

FirstDown PlayBook Welcomes Jerry Brakel

FirstDown PlayBook Welcomes Jerry Brakel

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 18, 2024

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....

Find FirstDown PlayBook Formations Faster

Find FirstDown PlayBook Formations Faster

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 16, 2024

It was the beginning stages of our playbook tool and we were naming FirstDown PlayBook formations and plays. Challenging to say the least....

A Football Resume You Can Actually Use

A Football Resume You Can Actually Use

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 14, 2024

If you had a job interview next month, what would you take with you? Smart coaches take a visual football resume to show how they teach....

Grant Mollring Joins FirstDown PlayBook

Grant Mollring Joins FirstDown PlayBook

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 12, 2024

Grant Mollring brings almost 25 years of coaching experience to FirstDown PlayBook and a consistent record of working to make our game better....

Play-Action Pass vs Run Pass Option

Play-Action Pass vs Run Pass Option

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 10, 2024

Here are at least three ways that your play-action pass game can bring as much or more value to your offense as the run pass option....

Football Job Edge: Special Teams Coaching

Football Job Edge: Special Teams Coaching

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 8, 2024

You include special teams coaching with detailed FirstDown PlayBook diagrams...You are a hard assistant coach candidate to ignore....

Packers Steal FDPB Short Yardage Play

Packers Steal FDPB Short Yardage Play

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 4, 2024

This FirstDown PlayBook short yardage play showed up at Lambeau field yesterday as the Packers needed one yard and Jordan Love was banged up....

“Show” Your Youth Football Players Who To Block

“Show” Your Youth Football Players Who To Block

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 31, 2024

Your youth football players are visual learners. If you are coaching your Pop Warner team with just blocking rules you are going to struggle....

3 FirstDown PlayBook Programs To Watch

3 FirstDown PlayBook Programs To Watch

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 29, 2024

Today we would like to look at three different FirstDown PlayBook programs from different regions in the country who are having great seasons....

Defense Adjustments vs 27 Formations

Defense Adjustments vs 27 Formations

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 27, 2024

FirstDown PlayBook learned a long time ago that if you are a Defensive Coordinator and cannot make defensive adjustments you're in trouble....

Unbalanced Formation Tackle Screen

Unbalanced Formation Tackle Screen

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 25, 2024

This unbalanced formation Tackle Screen is a great trick play but it's better if you do some things to hide your intentions from the defense....

A Case For Corners Over Defense

A Case For Corners Over Defense

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 23, 2024

Corners over allows a defense to be sound if the ball is snapped with or without motion. Personnel matchup is a big part of it....