A snap count in football refers to the numbers and other words a quarterback yells to his team before the football is snapped. He is using codes to communicate to his offense and to make the defense unaware of the play that is coming. There can be a lot of information relayed in a snap…
The above question is the most feared amongst coaches who are coaching a new group of players each year. The reason this question is feared is because it is always asked by a problem parent. Some crazy parent, who likes to hear his, or her. own voice and is going to be a pain all…
How much weight is a safe amount for a youth football player to lose for the upcoming season? If you want to compete against the better teams that you will be facing, during the upcoming football season,then you will need to have the oldest, best players from the age group you are coaching. Common sense…
We received a recent question from a fellow youth football coach. He coaches the older level players in the 6th through 8th grade level and is having problems with his quarterback turning the ball over via the interception. The question is copied below as we received it and our response will follow below the question.
I’m…
Many individuals who played high school, college and even semi pro football are now married and have a real job, however, they still want to stay involved in football. One great way is to become a volunteer youth football coach. Youth football goes by many different names which include pee wee, midget, little guy, Pop Warner and junior football…
A recent question we received from a fellow coach was:
Where should I put my best players on defense when coaching Youth Football? Should I play him at linebacker or at defensive end? I am coaching a 7 and 8 year old team.
Should I put my best 2 kids at linebacker or at defensive end on…
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. …
A recent question from one of our readers asked if the I formation was a good formation to run at the youth football level. We love the I formation, in fact one of our coaches started 11-0 last year with the exact offense show in the Power I playbook on the site. Below is the…
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…
What is the Effect of Problem Parents on Their Children in Youth Football? Every year there seems to be at least one insane parent who cares about nothing but themselves. They don’t care about the team, you, your coaches, the program or worse their own kid. These miserable excuses of a human being are not happy…