Coaching youth football special teams might be more important than coaching your running backs. I have seem so many youth football games lost by poor pee wee special teams play that I have lost count. Make sure to focus and make Special Teams a priority with your youth football coaching staff. Updated 2/2/2021 – Coaching…
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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…
I planned to write about defense today, but I received an email last night which begs me to address minimum play players, favoritism and parents in today’s blog post. My coaches and I rank our players each week and use these rankings to determine who will start and what positions they will play. I develop a depth…
“What’s Radar Blocking you ask?” It’s one of the best books on offensive line blocking that I have read and many people agree. In 1986, the author, Leo Hand, published Attacking Football Defenses with RADAR BLOCKING. Radar Blocking combines Rule blocking with Line Call blocking, which allows each lineman the flexibility to adjust his blocking assignments…
Learning offensive holes is very important when coaching youth football players offense. Communication is one of the top keys to success in coaching youth football. Along with the name game drill, learning offensive holes and position names is very important. One of the first things I teach my young football players is the offensive holes,…
“Play for Fun but Win for the Team!” is my youth tackle football team’s slogan for the 2008 Arvada Youth Football Association’s Pirates. After a Flag game loss in 2007, my 9 year old players taught me they like having fun but not if they are going to lose. They really want to win, because we…
Do you set high goals for your youth football players on your team? Are you pushing them to be their best? Expect more or lose. You players’ minds are like sponges at this age. Push them and you will be glad you did. I sometimes hear from parents, “Why do you push so hard, they…
I just received the May 2008 issue of American Football Monthly. Now that I am married and pushing 50, its like getting the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue every month. Well, maybe not. 🙂 Mike Kuchar’sarticle on Developing Deception with the Spread Option is also a very good article. I run a Toss / Spin offense…