Last night, I received my, Winning Youth Football – A Step by Step Plan, book and DVDs by Dave Cisar at . My set includes the book, and three DVDs; Dominating Offensive Line Play, Developing a Smothering Defense and 2007 Season Full Games. After reading half the book and watching parts of the DVDs, my initial…
This article reviews the standard Football Defensive Gap Techniques and Alignments used by many football teams. I also added the defensive gaps, techniques and alignments for my 62 Multi 8 Youth Football Defense which I think might be simpler to teach to younger youth football players. Below is a diagram of the standard defensive alignment…
I started running The Beast offensive formation back in 1994 with my Plano youth football team. Only until recently did I learn it is called The Beast. I call it Loud n Rowdy for Left and Right. I also have a “T” middle formation which is called Monkey, so Loud, Rowdy, Monkey. The kids love the…
I found these QB drills on YouTube in 2007 and have been using them with my youth football quarterbacks. They are from the Nike Gridiron football drill series. I really like the opposite hip throw drill, the last drill on the video. This drill is great for teaching young players that the ball is really thrown with the legs…
What are the time commitments for head coaches in youth football? Much more than you think! Coaching youth football is tough. To be successful the time commitments for head coaches is 10 plus hours and more. So you want to be a youth football Head Coach or you are already one. Are you committed to do…
Last season in 2007, I learned the hard way that Defense wins games. I spent most of my time installing a new offense and did not spend the same time on coaching youth football Defense. We lost in the playoffs by one TD, because my defense could not stop the off-tackle play. We had beat the team in…
Ok, I’ll say it. I hate punting! Yes, I hate punting because we did not score or make a first down, but it scares me to death to send the punt team out. It’s probably my fault as a coach for not spending more time with the punt team. Not probably, it is my fault,…
Since my Spin Sweep post is receiving a large number of readers, I decided to skip my Special Teams post today and talk about two Spin Passes; Spin FB Screen and Spin TE Pass. Like the Spin Counter, these plays are set up by the Spin Sweep. As a 4th grade team last season, these…
My 4th grade pee wee football team ran variations of the 6-2 defense last season. To be honest, we should have stuck to our 7 Man Front Eagle Defense variation. But, my new defensive coordinator wanted to try the 6-2, and he had not heard of the Eagle 7, so we gave the 6-2 defense a shot. In…