USA Football
FirstDown PlayBook Is Better (& Easier) Than Visio
FirstDown PlayBook was designed 14 years ago because of how ill equipped Microsoft Visio was as I was drawing an NFL football playbook....
FirstDown PlayBook App Available For All Users
The FirstDown PlayBook app is now available for Single User members and Full Team members. Here is how you download the app!...
Coach Special Teams With O/D Mentality
The transfer portal will make teaching special teams harder than before. Smart college and high school coaches will do this to teach better....
A FullBack Can Help Your Passing Game
FirstDown PlayBook's friend, Last of the Fullbacks loves getting big guys involved in the game plan. Here is another way they can help....
How To Defend Flag Football Bunch Formations
When you are playing or coaching flag football defense you have the same challenges that tackle coaches have defending bunch formations...
Flag Football Quarterback 9 Route Mechanics
You have read and heard us talk about the 9 route or the “Go” route here before on FirstDown PlayBook. We have looked at the over dependence on the 9 route by some flag foot...
FirstDown PlayBook Formation Guide
How does FirstDown PlayBook make it so easy to find formations, plays and defenses? It all starts with the FirstDown PlayBook formation guide....
PlayBook Tech: 3 Things To Look For In 2025
Happy New Year! Thank you for allowing us to serve coaches for 14 years. Here are 3 things to look for from PlayBook Tech in 2025!...
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....
Flag Football Offense Progression Read
Incorporating progression reads into your flag football offense will help you eliminate sacks and give the defense multiple things to defend....
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 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....