Its been awhile since my last post. In June, My wife accepted a job in Ft Worth TX as a Tax CPA, so we have been packing and moving from Denver to Ft Worth the last two months. We now live in Keller, Texas just north of Ft Worth, and my sons play football for…
My son Bear needs a new set of shoulder pads, so I have been looking at all the shoulder pad possibilities. I found the Football Shoulder Pads site run by Williams Sports Group LLC. They have been selling Pads to the Florida Gators for years and recently patented some air flow technology. I really like the Williams…
Since my son is playing baseball this year, I visited John Reed’s site the other day to read a few of his baseball articles and order his baseball book. Coach Reed’s football books and articles are great, and I wanted to see what he had to say about baseball. I read through his baseball articles and…
Ok, so I am a web geek, not only do I coach youth football, but I have been working in the Web / Internet industry since 1994. When I started coaching youth football again in 2006, I decided to develop a team web site and email communication strategy, since the Internet was entering more and…
I love coaching youth football and other youth sports. It amazes me the spectrum of coaches. I guess I should not be surprised since the majority of us are parent volunteers. And some of the unlucky few, defaulted into the coaching spot because the assigned coach got busy with work or resigned for some other reason. …
I read a story yesterday on FOXNews.com about a girls high school basketball team winning a game 100-0. Wow. How does any coach allow this to happen? I am talking about the winning coach. And to top it off, the winning team is from a Christian High School. There is hope for the school. The…
I just got back from the Colorado Youth Football Coaching Clinic hosted by our league. I was very impressed with the clinic. We spent two hours outside learning position drills and 2 hours of classroom. Here are a few tidbits I picked at the youth football coaches clinic: Defensive Line When you call slant, line…
At our football team’s parent meeting before the season, I hand out a Player / Parent Policy that defines our expectaions of the player and parent during the season. Here is a rough copy of what I hand out at my meeting. Hopefully this will give you some ideas for your Parent Policy Letter… July 27,…
Football Practice Plans for Youth Free in pdf Adobe format can be found below and my 1st Day Football Practice Plan. I have been using the same format since 1994. I learned this format from my High School coaches. They would post the plan on the board as we walked to the practice field. As…