Several youth football coaches I spoke with recently do not allow their starting quarterback to play defense more than just a few plays a game, if that. I do not allow my QB to play defense but maybe a few plays in a game now and then. I also do not allow live hitting on…
In 2006 when I started coaching tackle youth football again, the leagues coaching coordinator was very big on kicking onside kicks. That was his thing. To be honest, onside kicking every kick did not work out for us. Sure we picked a few turnovers, but the majority of time we gave the other team 7…
I attended a Denver football clinic last year and the speaker, an ex college coach, brought up a very interesting point for youth football coaches. How many times do you see a perfect form tackle in a high school, college or pro football games? He proposed not very often, and you know what, I must…
There are so many football offenses these days to choose from, Spin, Double Wing, Single Wing, I-Formation, Power I, Straight T, Wishbone, Pro Set, and more, but which one works best in youth football? In our Colorado Pee Wee Tackle football league, there is not one definitive offensive leader. I have seen everyone run all…
Here are a 10 Top Best youth football tackling drills we use with our youth and pee wee football players to learn tackling fundamentals from Rookies to Veteran players with years of experience playing tackle youth football; 6u to 12U. Youth Football Tackling Drills Tackling Fit & Form Drill – Seahawk Tackle Install Hug and…
I just finished Coach Dave Cisar’s Developing a Smothering DefenseDVD. This is another DVD from Winning Youth Football’s Step by Step Plan Series. This DVD focuses on the 6-2 Wide Tackle Defense and the Viper 4-4 Defense. I ran a 6-2 defense last year and I found Coach Cisar’s DVD very helpful. I will implement…
I received my American Football Monthly June 2008 issue the other day. The cover article is The Anatomy of Blocking Kicks. A few of the other articles are Zone Blitzing The Spread Offense, Stifling the Screen Pass, Simplifying the Zone Blitz, Keep the Defense off Balance by Formation and Tempo and The Wildcat Spin; The…
Helicopter sports parents is a term used to describe parents that hover over every aspect of their children’s lives. I might be one, but I hope not. I guess I need to ask my sons’ teachers and coaches to get the real answer. 🙂 I find it interesting that most helicopter sports parents that I…
I just watched this single wing offense tutorial video and it is awesome. I was going to post next week in my regular youth offense column but it is too good not to share now. You must watch this. Enjoy the video. Good Luck this season.