Youth Football defense
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Youth Football Coach Lesson #1…
Here's the first lesson for every youth football coach and flag football coach out there...It Ain't About You, Coach....
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June Is Youth Football & Flag Football Month
FirstDown PlayBook will devote the month of June to youth football and flag football coaches. You will want to bookmark this page....
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Youth Football Spread Offense?
FirstDown PlayBook believes young players should be taught the fundamentals of the game. A youth football spread offense makes this hard....
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Youth Football Pressure To Unbalanced Sets
Adjusting to oddball formations does not have to be confined to one adjustment. Here's a case for youth pressure vs unbalanced formations...
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Beast Beaters Adjustment To Flank Alignment
FirstDown PlayBook builds on our youth football Beast Beaters defense. This adjustment will help you vs the Beast offense flank adjustmen...
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Youth Football 5-3 Defense Changeup
We are going to look at a youth football 5-3 defense changeup. It should be considered only after your defense has the base down pat first....
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Avoid These 3 With Your Youth Football Playbook
Usually one of the first things that you find challenging is locating football plays and creating your youth football playbook....
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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....
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3 Reasons To Use Jam Technique On Receivers
Once your defensive backs use the jam technique and it disrupts a release or two, you will see the receiver frustration start setting in....
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Unbalanced Formations Made Easy
Unbalanced formations can be tricky. They are tricky because they return you to the roots of the game of football. ...
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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....
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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....