USA Football

Football Drills Now Live On FirstDown PlayBook
Football drills are now live on FirstDown PlayBook. This is an important early step for you, the coach and FirstDown PlayBook....

Coming: Football Drills & Fundamentals
Time has come to launch the FirstDown PlayBook Football Drills & Fundamentals section. Now your drills are right inside of your playbook....

3 Things To Teach Youth Football Linebackers
When you are coaching youth football linebackers it can be easy to skip vital parts of playing the position. This is a huge mistake....

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

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

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