Monthly Archives: September 2010

Concussions in Youth Football

Concussions: Youth football begins prevention work AP – Thu Sep 30th, 2010 5:25 PM EDT DALLAS – Youth football leagues are responding to warnings about the dangers of hard hits by offering new videos, coaching exams and other lessons about … Continue reading

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Sprint Tackling Drill – Defense Youth Football

Today we used the Sprint Tackling Drill from AFCA’s Defensive Football Drills book.  This is a great open field tackling drill. The ball carrier is about 5 yards behind the bags and the tackler in red is 10 yards behind the … Continue reading

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Using Video in Youth Football Coaching

Dan and Tank Chalk Talk Update This year I finally took our game, highlight,  scout, scrimmage, practice videos to the web to use it real time as a coaching tool.  For the last several years, we sent clips around via … Continue reading

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