USA Football

What Does A Good Football Practice Look Like?

What Does A Good Football Practice Look Like?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 21, 2023

When watching a good youth football practice or flag football practice and a bad one here are things that will stand out between the two....

Youth Football 6-2 Defense & More

Youth Football 6-2 Defense & More

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 19, 2023

The youth football 6-2 defense gives a coach the best chance to teach sound principles and technique to a Pop Warner aged team....

NFL Flag Football Trips Formation

NFL Flag Football Trips Formation

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 18, 2023

It used to mean that you were limited with what you could do out of your NFL Flag Football Trips formation. That is no longer true....

Youth Football Spread Offense & More

Youth Football Spread Offense & More

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 17, 2023

Your ability to run a youth football spread offense has everything to do with your Pop Warner quarterback and their ability to throw the ball....

Youth Football Practice Plan (Part 2)

Youth Football Practice Plan (Part 2)

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 16, 2023

Your youth football practice plan should not differ from Belichick's in as much as you have blocked off periods to teach specific things....

Wide 5v5 Flag Football Formation & More

Wide 5v5 Flag Football Formation & More

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 14, 2023

This 5v5 flag football formation gives your NFL Flag offense misdirection. You are going to need this with younger flag football players....

Teaching Flag Football Man Coverage Technique

Teaching Flag Football Man Coverage Technique

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 12, 2023

When you coach an NFL Flag football defense, one of the first things you are going to need to teach is flag football man coverage technique....

Youth Football Wing T & More

Youth Football Wing T & More

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 10, 2023

The youth football Wing T plays that you call with your Pop Warner offense should be a little different than a high school Wing T coach runs....

How To Organize A Youth Football Practice

How To Organize A Youth Football Practice

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 9, 2023

One question we get from Pop Warner and NFL Flag coaches this time of the year, is about how to set up a youth football practice schedule....

5v5 Flag Football Twins Formation

5v5 Flag Football Twins Formation

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 7, 2023

5v5 flag football Twins formation gives you the ability to run combination routes on one side. You can run two and three man combinations....

Defending The Youth Football Beast Offense

Defending The Youth Football Beast Offense

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 5, 2023

We see so many Pop Warner coaches defend the youth football Beast offense the same way that they would a conventional offense. Big mistake....

Youth Football Double Wing & More

Youth Football Double Wing & More

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 4, 2023

In our book, it is hard to beat the Double Wing formation when it comes to teaching your young Pop Warner players the game of youth football....