Monthly Archives: May 2008
Book Review – Winning Youth Football a Step by Step Plan
I just finished re-reading Coach Dave Cisar’s Winning Youth Football A Step by Step Plan. It is a very good football coaching book and one that I highly recommend to rookie and experienced pee wee football coaches. The book is … Continue reading
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Desire the Ultimate Equalizer in Youth Football
“The main difference in most youth football players is desire. It’s about 2/3 of the essence of football.” The above quote is from John P McCarthy’s Coaching Youth Football book. I don’t recommend the book, unless you are a rookie … Continue reading
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Kick Return Blocking – Special Teams
Our youth football kick return blocking is not that great. We did better this year by assigning players to block but we can do better. We missed many blocks and one that hurt us in our final play off game … Continue reading
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Stripping the Football – Coaching Youth Football Defense
In 2006, an opposing team stripped the football from one of my backs and ran for a touchdown. Our running back that had the ball stripped, became the leading football stripper on our youth football team. Stripping the football is … Continue reading
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Rule Blocking Vocabulary for Youth Football Offenses
Many youth football coaches have heard GOD, GOO, MOMA, and GOL, but what do they mean? They refer to blocking rules. Here are a few rule blocking terms that you should include in your offensive blocking vocabulary. GAP – refers to space … Continue reading
Running Back Drill Video from Nike GridIron
Here are a few running back drills from Nike GridIron, that we use in our pee wee football practice. I especially like the ball security / transition drills and one hand to the ground drill. Enjoy the video. Good luck this … Continue reading
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Spin Offense Reverse Left
Here’s another one of our Spin Offense plays, the Spin Reverse Left. This play is usually a huge gainer or TD for us. It devastates a defense. See below. Spin Offense Reverse Left The play starts out just like the … Continue reading
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Dominating Offensive Line Play for Youth Football – DVD Review
Winning Youth Football’s Dominating Offensive Line Play for Youth Football DVD is packed with useful pee wee offensive line football information for the youth football coach. I am in the middle of redeveloping my offensive line schemes and calls and … Continue reading
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The Head Coach’s Son & Favoritism
Ok, so this may not be the most popular article for parents, but someone needs to put the theory out there, and yes I say theory, about the Head Coach’s son and children. I am a Head Coach, and both my son’s … Continue reading
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Kick Off Coverage
Close games are won by field position and the kicking game. On a Kick Off you can influence the field position by a great kick and coverage or recovering a fumble. I particularly like the latter. The key to special teams and the … Continue reading
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