I’ve been helping a couple of Ft Worth area youth football teams this season with their offensive line coaching. We’ve installed Rule Blocking and a few blocking calls so the boys can adjust at the line of scrimmage. If you would like to research more about blocking Calls, read Radar Blocking. For us at the 7-11 [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘junior football coaching tips’
October 2, 2008
Every Defense has a Weakness
I have been receiving many emails about youth football defenses. And many of the emails ask about specific weaknesses of the 6-2 and 7 Diamond Defenses. Like most things in life, one size does not fit all.
Every defense has a chink in its armour. If the offense finds this weakness then you must adjust and [...]
June 22, 2008
Gold Star Motivation
In 2006, I picked up my current youth football tackle team. The team was mostly made up of small rookie 8 and 9 year old players, and only two players on the roster played tackle football before the 2006 season. A few played flag football in the past. I knew based on the roster I [...]
May 9, 2008
Youth Football Defenses
In my three years as a 7-10 year old Pee Wee football coach, I have experimented with several defenses recommended as youth football defenses. Last year as a 4th grade team, we used variations of three popular defenses for different situations. Our base defense was a 6-2 defense with various blitzes, stunts and line adjustments from [...]
May 2, 2008
Football Principles and Play – Books
I recently bought four out of print football books:
1) Radar Blocking by Leo Hand published in 1985
2) Football Principles and Play by David M Nelson published in 1962
3) Sports Illustrated Book of Football published in 1960
4) Defensive Football by Louis R. Oshins published in 1949
The latter book by Oshins is a nice children’s book explaining [...]
May 1, 2008
Blocking Schemes, What to do?
I have been working on blocking schemes for my 5th grade team for the last 2 months. We had a great season last year averaging close to 40 points a game running a version of the new Spin offense, but our pass blocking and interior line blocking was terrible. After reading Reed’s site and searching [...]
