Youth & Flag Football Travel Teams
If you feel like you are seeing youth football and flag football travel teams emerge across the country, trust us when we say it is not your imagination. Youth football travel teams and flag football travel teams are becoming more available to football players of all ages.
Right off the bat I want to point out that this article is not intended to endorse or discourage football travel teams. If 7on7 football and AAU Basketball has taught us anything, it’s that people are going to play their game when they want to play it.
Where we will take a stand is that the quality of coaching your child receives is still critical. This is regardless of when it happens. Coaching a football travel team can be exponentially harder because of the unfamiliarity of coach and players with one another. A travel team coach has to work to bridge this gap.
The FirstDown PlayBook Wristband Sheets Have Saved Many A Travel Team Coach
You are bringing together young players from different neighborhoods and backgrounds. The coaches are not going to know the skill level or the fundamentals that have been taught to the players because they come from different places.
It can be very tempting to just line up and start calling plays and defenses without reinforcing the fundamentals of each football position. This is a mistake. Technique work is still important regardless of the time you have to get ready for your first game. Drills are still important too.
As you are beginning to see, a flag football travel team or a youth football travel team coach has a lot to get done when truly preparing their young players. FirstDown PlayBook has been making this job easier for several years now.
A Travel Team Coach Has A Lot To Do & Not Much Time To Get It Done
We help a travel team coach or a youth football All Star team coach teach players who live in many different areas and neighborhoods. This can include everything from getting the new plays and playbooks to the players. It can also mean allowing a coach to easily create wristband sheets so that your team is on the same page during the game.
FirstDown PlayBook allows you to create your own plays and playbooks that you can share with your travel team players before you ever hold your first practice. There are also thousands of youth football plays and flag football plays already in FirstDown PlayBook. These age based plays are drawn by former NFL coaches. We also have a selection of 6/7/8/9 and 12 man football plays and defenses.
The football travel team coach can edit these plays to fit the talent on his or her squad. Also, the all important wristband sheets have saved many a coach trying to communicate with a group of new players who they are just getting to know.
So as you begin your flag football travel team or youth football travel team season, remember this. There are still no shortcuts. You are responsible for teaching fundamentals, plays and defenses in a short amount of time. Let FirstDown PlayBook help you get this done.
FirstDown PlayBook offers you youth football help on offense and defense. There is also an extensive database of flag football and 7on7 football help that is at your fingertips. You can edit all of these plays and defenses to fit your team. Click on any play or defense to see more.
