As a youth football coach with over 20 plus pee wee football tackle seasons one of my biggest frustrations is players and parents late, especially to games. Don’t get me started on late to playoff games or Super Bowls. A recent USA Football article, Always plan to be 15 minutes early’ is true for players and…
I am not sure why, but this season my brain keeps saying to me, “football is just blocking and tackling.” Yes, I know this comes from Lombardi… Some people try to find things in this game that don’t exist but football is only two things ; blocking and tackling. – Vince Lombardi In past seasons, I’ve…
Louisville football coach Charlie Strong, blames a key loss to Pittsburgh on one of the most popular video games, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. He says in a NESN.com article, “…we let the video game take control of us.” Video games may not rot your brain but they can change the way you think,…
If you’re like me, you are probably trying to install too many youth offensive plays or defensive stunts & blitzes before your first youth football game. I always think I have more time, and time is your enemy. Most youth tackle football coaches only have 2 practice days a week, maybe 3 if you are…
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…
It seems like every youth football season when I start coaching a new set of pee wee football players one of the most difficult skills to perfect is the Quarterback and Center snap exchange. If you drafted a new team at try outs, then you may have a few ideas who your Quarterback will be…
Back in 2008 I developed a set of practice plans for youth football that I have been using for almost 15 years now. About 10 years ago I packaged the practice plans for youth football into an Adobe pdf ebook to give away for free to my Youth Football Coaching Tips, Plays and Playbooks blog…
Its football season again in Texas. The heat is melting my brain under my Dallas Coyboys Cap, the cow pastures they call practice fields are hard as concrete and my tan is better than it was in Colorado. Not that my tan has anything to do with youth football in Texas, but a lot of youth…
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…