Tag Archives: coaching youth football
Too Much and Too Little Time
If you’re like me, you are probably trying to install too many youth offensive plays or defensive stunts & blitzes before your first youth football game. I always think I have more time, and time is your enemy. Most youth … Continue reading
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So your child is not a starter, Oh NO!
A blog comment today about how one youth football league’s players must all be starters lifted me on to my soap box and my mind is stirring about minimum play players, favoritism, and starting positions. The Favoritism topic is the … Continue reading
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What is the most you would pay for a 200 page Youth Football Coaching eBook?
I just finished my first rough draft of my youth football coaching book for youth football players 6-12. I am trying to decide what is a good price for an ebook. Please help me decide what’s a fair price and … Continue reading
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Hands are your Weapons in Youth Football Blocking
Many youth football offensive line coaches are still teaching shoulder blocks to their pee wee football players. After watching a COOL clinic DVD on blocking by an NFL line coach several years ago, I was sold on using hands and … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Choosing Youth Football Assistant Coaches
As we approach the 2011 Fall youth football tackle season, I thought I would share my thoughts on choosing assistant coaches. First let me say, choosing and in most cases accepting volunteer help is like hiring temporary Holiday workers that … Continue reading
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Expect more from student-athletes
The article below is a great article about expecting more from our students and athletes. I wrote an article a few years ago very similar about making sure we expect more from our kids, Expect More or Lose. This is … Continue reading
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Responses to the winning in youth sports debate – news-herald.com
Winning vs Fun is a tough question, I wrote about this issue in a previous article, Play for Fun but Winning is Funner. Most kids are competitive and always want to know the score and who won. Its only when … Continue reading
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High School Rules: New football regulations focus on concussions – MaxPreps News
New rules on helmet to helmet hits and chop blocking. As football programs at all levels are coming to understand the long-term effects of concussions and repeated contact to the head, it’s no surprise that the newest set of National … Continue reading
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A Football Coach’s Playbook for Coaching Youth Football
I spent the 4th of July weekend, thinking of a name for a youth football coaching book. I am thinking about writing a youth football coaching book, and I came up with the above title thanks to my good friend … Continue reading
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Why do you coach youth football? Poll
I was talking to another sports parent the other day about why we are so involved in youth sports, and it prompted me to think more about why I am coaching youth football. Why do you coach youth football? I … Continue reading
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