Category Archives: Keeping it Fun

How Do I Get The Youth Football Players to Listen To Me Better?

 
How Do I Get The Youth Football Players to Listen To Me Better?
What goes through you mind when you see a coach bellow at their team throughout the match and you know that won’t change a thing on the pitch?
The orders are bellowed repeatedly but the same thing happens, nothing changes.
In the end up the…

Should I Recruit Talent for my Youth Football Team?

If you want to win, or even compete, with the best teams in your league you will need talent.  Unless you are lucky enough to be coaching in one of the bigger towns in your league, you will need to recruit players.  It does not matter if you are coaching a tackle team or a…

Why Do Youth Football Players Quit or Retire?

This question is the most asked at every league meeting after the youth football season ends. Why would a player not want to return? I will list some the reasons I have heard over the years below:

Did not like the sport
Too large of a time commitment
Hated the coaches
Coach played him in the wrong position
Afraid he…

How can I reward the Kids Before the First Youth Football Game?

I like to keep it fun for the team, so after the hard work we put in the month of August, I reward the kids with a special little reward after practice.  I have this reward the week before our first game, but I am careful with my ”weight issues”. 
This tradition I have done for 20 years…