USA Football

Unbalanced Formations Made Easy

Unbalanced Formations Made Easy

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 9, 2022

Unbalanced formations can be tricky. They are tricky because they return you to the roots of the game of football. ...

Flag Football Bunch Formation Creates Problems

Flag Football Bunch Formation Creates Problems

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 5, 2022

Getting a heavy dose of man coverage means you should be dialing up crossing routes & calling them from your flag football bunch formation....

Youth Football Man Coverage Tips

Youth Football Man Coverage Tips

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 30, 2022

You can break youth football man coverage down into counting to 1-2-3. That is after you teach your team about what makes a player eligible....

No Youth Football Crack Blocks

No Youth Football Crack Blocks

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 25, 2022

There is one type of youth football plays that you will not find. That is a youth football offensive play with a crack block. ...

4v4 6v6 & 8v8 Flag Football Help? Yup.

4v4 6v6 & 8v8 Flag Football Help? Yup.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 16, 2022

FirstDown PlayBook wants to make sure you know we have 4v4, 6v6 and 8v8 flag football help. Offense, Defense & wristband sheets too....

Simple Jumbo Formation Lead Strong

Simple Jumbo Formation Lead Strong

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 14, 2022

The FirstDown PlayBook Jumbo formation contains a lot of characteristics you need to teach youth football fundamentals....

Youth Football Green Dog?

Youth Football Green Dog?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 10, 2022

Youth football green dogs are not common. Most coaches do not want to overload their young players but this might be a case for one....

6v6 Flag Football Curl Wheel Follow

6v6 Flag Football Curl Wheel Follow

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 5, 2022

This 6v6 flag football Curl Wheel Follow has a lot of options. The ball can go many different places. You'll want to run it multiple times....

Youth Football Play Action Pass

Youth Football Play Action Pass

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 31, 2022

If we were coaching 9-10 year old players we might never throw a drop back pass. We would depend almost exclusively on the play action pass....

Youth Football Unbalanced Formations

Youth Football Unbalanced Formations

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 15, 2022

FirstDown PlayBook is not real sure that youth football unbalanced formations should even be allowed. Here is our case for and against....

5-2 Cover 2 Youth Football Defense

5-2 Cover 2 Youth Football Defense

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 11, 2022

The FirstDown PlayBook youth football 5-2 Cover 2 defense bridges the gap between a high school football and a youth football defense....

Youth Football Split Backs Counter Blocking

Youth Football Split Backs Counter Blocking

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 9, 2022

You need a punch, but you also need a counter punch. That's exactly what this youth football split backs counter run provides....