Last Saturday we just came up short in the Spring 2012 KYA Sophomore (9U) Super Bowl. This was my third straight Super Bowl with 3 slightly different teams. Its been a great run the last year and a half coaching with Coach Whit at KYA Football. Even though we lost the Super Bowl Saturday,…
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This is the Linebacker Baseball Drill. It is one of my favorite linebacker youth football drills. I installed the LB drill to get my youth football linebackers reacting, moving and attacking the hole quicker. Coach with a baseball stands at tailback depth behind rings set up like an offensive line Linebacker or defensive back aligns at a…
Its been a couple of weeks since winning the Fall 2011 KYA Sophomore Super Bowl and our end of season team party. I’ve had some time to reflect on the Fall season and some of the things I learned this youth football season. The number one thing I learned this season is make sure you…
Yesterday, my oldest son broke his collar bone during his middle school athletics period. His injury was not caught by the coaches because he was still able to move his arm right after the injury. He returned to the drill line but then slowly lost movement in his arm and the pain overtook his adrenaline…
I decided to keep it Simple Stupid, KISS, this Saturday and I must say it worked. We won our KYA Sophomore Division season opener against a good team 32-0. Falcons Attack. This is what I told the team in our pre game meeting…. Have Fun Hit Hard Block Tackle Create Turnovers Score Play for Fun…
Many youth sports players are signed up by mom and dad to play sports without asking the potential young athlete the most important question, “Do you REALLY want to play Sport X?” Like me, moms and dads assume their kids will love everything they loved and played in their youth. NOT! Communication is key in…
Your youth football team is looking great the first few weeks of football, except those two or three players that are afraid to hit. Well, you are not alone. Just about every youth football team that I have coached over the last 15 years always has a few youth players that are afraid to hit…
I just finished reading Coach Fritz Shurmur’s outstanding book Coaching Team Defense . This is a must read for any defensive coach. It’s a 100 pages of pure defensive gold. I read it one afternoon and cannot stop thinking about the book. Here are some top points out of the book. #1 Objective for Defense is to…