When coaching youth football many coaches would like to call their plays without sending a player on the field. Personally I like sending in a player since it helps with any playing time issues. I believe it is better to get more players involved, but that is just my personal opinion. I do like keeping the…
Category Archives: Offensive Articles
What Football Offense And Defense Should I Run as a New Youth Football Coach?
Your kid decides to play football, you love football, so you decide to sign him up and volunteer as a coach. As luck would have it they need a head coach, so you are drafted into the head coach position for your 6 year old tackle team. You figure this will be easy as you…
How Should I Run My First Youth Football Practice?
If you are a new coach you may be wondering what is the best thing to do at your first youth football practice. If you are coaching Flag Football you are probably coaching very young and/or inexperienced players. Either way you will need to determine how much time you have to prepare for your first game. …
Should I Run Smash Mouth Football at the Youth Football Level?
As a veteran coach of youth football, I believe if you have the talent, you should always run smash mouth football. Consider the advantages:
Ball Control – You keep the ball away from your opponent
Longer Drives – You can control the tempo of the game
Clock Control – You can shorten the game
Less Turnovers – Running is…
Can I Run A High Powered Passing Offense in Youth Football?
Every coach dreams of having a high powered passing offense, even in youth football. The question one needs to ask ishow realistic is it at the youth football level. It is impossible with the very young kids. I have a unique definition of what I consider a passing offense. I believe any one can throw the…
How Can I Run The Boise State Offense With My Youth Football Team?
The common rookie youth football coaching mistake is to try to implement college or pro systems into your youth football teams. High School offenses are too complicated for the younger football players. You can modify a certain concept from a particular offense and try to run it at the youth level, but too many rookies try to run the offense…
How much of my youth football practice time should I spend on Offense?
This is a loaded question. A better question might be how much time I should spend at my youth football practice running plays. I have observed a big disparity among coaches regarding the later questions. I know many of you want a definitive answer but I must clarify the position I will take.
The age and…
How Many Times Should I run the Same Play During my Youth Football Game?
Run what works; do not just call it because it is in the playbook. I should just repeat this sentence for this entire section. I am amazed, each year, on the manner in which coaches call their plays. Many of the crazy things I have noticed include
Teams keep running against 8,9 and even 10 man…
Should I Keep the Snap Count the Same for my Youth Football Offense?
Changing the snap count is one of the many advantages that you as a coach must teach your team to take advantage of your opponents. Certain situations, during the football game, will call for different snap counts. The fear of losing yardage because you are afraid your team will jump is about as pathetic of…
How Should I Call the Plays During a Youth Football Game?
Many factors go into calling plays in a youth football game. I have seen too many coaches, and not all of them were rookies, fall victim to one or many of the following
Call too many plays, because they have it in their playbook
Call too few plays, for a variety of reasons
Runs plays they have not…
