Practice Plans

It’s Period 5. Anyone Seen The Kickers?
One of the hardest jobs I ever had as a special teams coach was to manage the kickers, punters and snappers, especially during practice....

A Drill Circuit Gets Your Player & Assistants Involved
Using a drill circuit with your young Pop Warner or NFL Flag football team will ensure your youth football or flag football team is learning....

3 Common Mistakes Running A Football Scout Team
Recognizing your football scout team in a happy locker room after a win goes a long way to motivating that effort in the coming weeks....

How To Run A Football Scout Team (Part 2)
If you spend all of your practice time getting your football scout team's vests, jerseys or skull caps on you are wasting valuable time....

How To Run A Football Scout Team (Part 1)
Every good football coach knows the value of a good football scout team. Without a good look team, your starters will suffer on game day....

Youth Football Practice Plan (Part 2)
Your youth football practice plan should not differ from Belichick's in as much as you have blocked off periods to teach specific things....

Better Scout Team Cards In Less Time
There are basically three camps of coaches when it comes to practice prep and scout team cards. FirstDown PlayBook can help all three....

3 Reasons To Script Your Practices Now
Today we want to look at 3 reasons why you should script your practices now instead of waiting until you report to practice....

Special Teams Practice Script Solution
Having a special teams practice script is essential. Without it, you will spend most of your time yelling to the other end of the field....