Youth Football Special Teams – Coaching Clinic
Here is another episode, Special Teams, in my Youth Football Coaching Clinic Series that I developed for KYA Football.
Kick Off – Onside Kicks most popular
- Deep kicks allow for long returns dangerous unless practiced
- Directional Kicks to sidelines – hit number sideline #40 or #30 marked on field
- Kick to your sidelines majority of time
- Kick to a MPP or big lineman with no hands
- Find a soccer player on your team to try out for kicker
- Practice kicks 20 reps before practice 10 to 15 yard kicks to 2nd line – right and left
Kick Return – Hands and Speed Squad
- Hands team
- Do not hide MPPs here
- Trap Return blocking
- Assign players to block – we number them
- Watch film and find out where they kick
Punt – only within your 10 or 20
- Use 4 downs for a first instead of punting
- Most dangerous play in youth football
- Too many variables – snap, kick, return coverage, open field tackles
- We tend to fake punt more
- Rugby Style Punt – Sweep then punt down sideline
Punt Return – Very Dangerous
- Punt block
- If return, best hands person and only if ball drops in his hands
- If they have good punter drop two hands players back to field the ball and let them block for each other
- No one on punt return touch the punted ball but your hands guy and only if the ball drops right to him for an easy catch.
PAT Kicks / Field Goals
- too little time unless you have a great Kicker Snapper and Holder
I hope you enjoyed the video. Stay tuned as more videos will be coming in the next month or so. Thanks for watching, please comment, like, and share the video. It helps me continue to bring you more videos.
Play for Fun and Winning is Funner,
Coach Parker
Keller, TX / Fort Worth, Texas
