Comments on: Defense Wins Games – Coaching Youth Football http://coachparker.org/2008/05/18/defense-wins-games-coaching-youth-football/ Coaching Youth Football Zone by Coach Parker Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:23:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin http://coachparker.org/2008/05/18/defense-wins-games-coaching-youth-football/#comment-3101 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:05:20 +0000 http://youthfootballzone.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-3101 The easiest way to keep attention is to keep them moving. Make sure there is a very very small time between when a kid is in a drill and when he is off.
This can be done by:
Involving all kids in all drills all at once.
Having a good drill that uses the most kids, and rotates well.

The best advice I actually got from Larry Johnson Sr. (it is an Art of War rip off but still very good)
“You have to watch your verbage.” Make the drill’s instructions simple, and short. In youth football kids won’t understand complex instruction or body movement. For example: a tackeling drill. You can tell a kid to move to the ball, drop his hips, do a double upper cut, grab cloth keep moving feet. OR Attack, Drop, Uppercut, Drive. Show them what you mean by those steps but keep it really simple.

Learning plays:
Simple 4-3 defense: cover 2, cover 2 man under, and blitz all(all lb’s blitz, CBs and SS/FS take man)

I’m a defensive coach so I don’t know offense:).

All the best,
Kevin

]]> By: Beau Diamond http://coachparker.org/2008/05/18/defense-wins-games-coaching-youth-football/#comment-2404 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:35:00 +0000 http://youthfootballzone.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-2404 This is my first year coaching 6 and 7 year olds. I don’t really know what to excpect. do you have any advice to keep their attention? and what do you think they can learn play wise on both sides of the ball.

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