Getting the younger and first year players used to contact is a time consuming affair. Once the kids start to adjust to the physical nature of football, I immediately start teaching the proper blocking and tackling techniques.
Below is a great technique used by a fellow coach who has had nothing but success with his youth…
Category Archives: Defense
Teaching Proper Tackling
Learning to Read where the Play is Going as a Defensive Lineman
One of the more under coached areas of the youth football team is the defensive line. All of my championship teams have had one thing in common and that was great defensive line play. Many players go 100 miles an hour to get in the backfield, only to let the play go right by them.
You…
How to Defend the Youth Single Wing – New Release!
How to Defend the Youth Single Wing is a new release that shows the aspiring coach how How to Defend the Youth Single Wing offense that so many pop warner, pee wee and youth football teams are now using.
Everywhere you read on the internet, you see some writer promoting the single wing as “the greatest thing…
6-2 Defense Playbook
The 6-2 Defense Playbook contains one of the most popular defensive systems used at the pop warner, pee wee and youth football levels.
While coaching youth football you will notice that this old “throwback” system has resurfaced, especially at the very young age levels.
The mighty 6-2 defense playbook is popular with many coaches since it is…
How do you stop an offense that keeps running to the outside?
We receive many different questions from coaches across the country and like to post some of the more common questions and give our thoughts and opinions. The questions below we received from Pete in Seattle, Washington.
”I coach a youth football team and we are in the playoffs. The team we will play runs to the…
Is the 4 – 4 Stack OR Base 5 – 3 A Better Youth Football Defense?
A recent question we received was – Is the 4 – 4 Stack OR Base 5 – 3 A Better Youth Football Defense? The question is repeated below. There are many different types of defenses to run when coaching a youth football team, however a coach needs to be practical on which one to use. …
Youth Football Coaching: What are the Basic Movements of the 5-3 Defense
What is the basic movements of the 5-3 defense? This post covers that exact question in detail.
One of the most important things that we teach in our youth football coaching program is to know the direction of basic defense. This is something we focus on specifically at our youth football coaching site. This is because…
Coaching Youth Football Review of 12-8-2008 Tampa Bay versus Carolina Game
Here we will give a preview of tonight’s Monday night football game if you were coaching youth football.
You have finished coaching your youth football season and it is Monday night, and we are about to watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Carolina Panthers football game on Monday night football. Tampa Bay has nine wins…
Is the 3-4 Defense Suitable for Pee Wee, Youth and Midget Football?
The ever popular 3-4 defenseis a great defense to run at the pee wee, youth and midget football level. The most important factor when using a complicated defensive scheme, like the 3-4 defense, is making sure it has been modified for the pee wee, youth and midget football level. The 3-4 defense has many different…
Coaching the Youth Football Team to The Championship
Nothing feels as great as winning the youth football championship. Depending on the size of your organization and the league they play in will determine how often you should have the opportunity to play for a championship. I have been coaching in the second smallest town in our league yet have played for the championship…
