Youth Football on the Web
The latest youth football info, tips, and discussions to make your season a success.
If you're looking for effective football training drills, try the one below. We use this football drill called Hamburger.
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The Hideout Play in Youth Football The Hideout Play is an old standard “trick” play that seems to get dusted off the back shelf and recycled every few years. Sometimes called the “2 out and 1 in” or “...
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Seattle Clinic- Thanks to all that attended last weeks clinics in Seattle, especially the guys from Canada that took flights and ferry rides to get there. We did one private clinic for my friend R Swa...
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This football coaching drill relates to young players (1st and 2nd year).
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One of the best football tackling drills we have done to really improve our tackling is our THUD drill.
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Try these flag football tips to teach your players the positions. In order to quickly teach youth flag football players positions on the field, I take old golf balls and mark them with "quarterback", ...
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I like to use quick football lineman drills to warm up the linemen before doing an individual football drill.
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The Silent Count for Youth Football A silent count is often used in youth football by teams trying to gain an advantage. On a silent count, the ball is snapped to the quarterback after the offense has...
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I am always reminded of that Garth Brooks song "We Shall Be Free", when Warren Moon, John Elway and Troy Aikman come on to say the same thing; the three keys to success is "Education, Education, Educa...
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Face Tackling Had a question come to me via e-mail this week from a first year youth coach: Is face tackling legal in youth football? The current NFHS Rule book defines Face Tackling under NFHS 2-20-1...
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This is a good youth football coaching tip for all youth football coaches. It was taught to me by my coaches and my mentors. We run the exact same playbook as our varsity.
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Try these football practice drills with your players. This is a football tip that works well for all ages but especially with your new high school team who may just be starting out with tackle footbal...
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The Jupiter Christian “Miracle” This past weekend I was a speaker at the Pop Warner Treasure Coast coaches clinic held in the West Palm Beach, Florida area. Also speaking was Bill Powers, ...
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For youth football training, I like to use this football drill to teach my players how to develop soft hands which is necessary to catch properly. This drill is fun and quickly shows immediate cause a...
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Here is one of the conditioning drills for football that I use for team building and open field tackling. We call this drill Tackle Tag.
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A Mistake the First Year Assistant Coach Usually Makes Many dads starting out coaching youth football for the first time make the same blunder, they try to “connect” with the kids by trying to look li...
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Boyd Epley, is often considered to be the “godfather” of modern strength and speed training for football. Boyd has published many articles on proper weight and speed training for young men...
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Coaching Against Press Coverage In Youth Football How do you defeat press coverage when coaching youth football? Most non-select teams in youth football do not play press coverage with their defensive...
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Unfortunately the world of youth football today is often driven by politics. In the last two weeks I’ve had four different coaches share with me their frustrating stories. In every case these coaches ...
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My son Bear needs a new set of shoulder pads, so I have been looking at all the shoulder pad possibilities. I found the Football Shoulder Pads site run by Williams Sports Group LLC. They have been sel...
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More Detail on the Stalk Block One of the more difficult blocks to master for receivers is the stalk block, but with some simple coaching points and drills, you can get your players to execute it fair...
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Back in February I started reviewing team websites. These websites allow you to manage your team and communication. I narrowed my review down to 2 website solutions http://www.teamzonesports.com/ http...
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Since my son is playing baseball this year, I visited John Reed’s site the other day to read a few of his baseball articles and order his baseball book. Coach Reed’s football books and art...
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Ok, so I am a web geek, not only do I coach youth football, but I have been working in the Web / Internet industry since 1994. When I started coaching youth football again in 2006, I decided to develo...
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I just found this great presentation on Outisde Zone Blocking for youth football teams that I wanted to share before I forgot. http://dscreationsgregorydouble.homestead.com/mahonz_-_outside_zone_block...
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I have been getting several requests lately for video of our Spin Offense. We have been running the Spin Offense for two years, 4th and 5th grade youth football. Here are a few clips. The Spin offense...
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I received my January 2009 issue of AFM last week and it has one of the best articles on the sweep that I have read; The Fly Guy. I am also intrigued by the advertisement for Gilman Gear’s King ...
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I just wanted to say congrats to the Pittsburgh Steelers for winning the Super Bowl on Sunday. What a great game! The Cardinals played their hearts out and had a wonderful season. I guess the old sayi...
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I recently received the 2008 Coaches of Offensive Line Clinic DVDs. There are 8 DVDs in the 2008 set. The Mushroom Society graciously sent them to me for review and to share with my youth football lea...
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I read an article the other day about a High School team that has decided not to Punt on Special Teams. Based on their stats, they conclude that they have a better opportunity to make a first down vs ...
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