Youth Coaching Football and other Sports Blog Posts by Coach Parker.
Now is a great time to purchase one of my youth football playbooks. Why? Well, now through November 1st, you can use coupon code tenoff to save $10 on any playbook purchase over $20. Use the coupon during the checkout phase, it will ask if you have a coupon code. Head over to the youth…
Our KYA youth football game today is rained out, so I thought I would write a post about our first scrimmage on 8/25/18. We had a pretty good first outing on Offense and Defense. I would grade us a B+. Rookies need some work but good surprises from many new experienced players to our system. …
The top youth football defenses video series is a comment on the 2012 article I wrote on the Best Offensive Plays in Youth Football. Over the next month or two I will be reviewing the top youth football plays from the article in a video series and then also reviewing the best defenses to stop…
Today we’re going to do a youth football drill. This drill was sent in by one of the coaches that purchased my Power Wing Beast Offense Playbook. I also used to coach his oldest son. This past Fall season, his Grapevine Colleyville team started running the PWBO offense and won their leagues Super Bowl over…
This is the age old argument; Talent vs Coaching. I just read USA Football’s article In high school football, does good coaching trump talent? by Stephen Spiewak which got me thinking about talented players in pee wee youth football ages 6 to 12. How much does talented skills players mean to a youth football team? Well, a ton. …
When the tackle wheels / tackle rings came out I knew I had to have one. But they were about double / triple what I wanted to pay for one, especially since I am just a youth football coach. My wife is already on me for buying just about everything else, although equipment under $100…
This is one of the craziest youth football plays I have seen in my 20 plus years coaching youth football / sports. Watch closely as the Tigers’ Center snaps the football over his head hitting an opposing player on the helmet and then bouncing back into the hands of the not so surprised Tigers’ running…
A friend of mine called me last night. He said his 12U team is not tackling low. They are tackling pretty good but some are having trouble breaking down and staying low to make tackles. We talked about not all tackles will be low since they might be open field pursuit tackles when a player…
I am starting an in-season journal for the KYA Football Spring 2018 youth football season. This is a continuation / expansion of my autopsy review of last season. Hopefully by writing this in-season journal along with some of my notes, practice plans and games plans, I can better reflect on this season when its over…