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Youth Football Coaching Tips – The Basics

by coach Kevin

Coaching football in the NFL isn’t the same as coaching football to young kids.  It is like coaching a different sport, because children are much more different than professional athletes.  That’s why youth football coaches need to use different methods in order to coach successfully.  Children will react much differently as well, and knowing how they act differently will help any coach have more success coaching a youth football team.  This article will provide three helpful youth football coaching tips to those youth football coaches in need of a few pointers.

There are many great youth football coaching tips that can help any youth football coach, but one of the most important tips is to not criticize the young athletes.  Children aren’t as physically developed as adults, and sometimes adult coaches can forget about this.  Coaches will wonder why kids can’t do certain things, and the answer is usually because the child has not developed.  To correct what a child is doing wrong a youth football coach needs to coach with discipline, but a youth football coach should never criticize the young players.  This could cause a child to have low self-esteem, and it could also make a child not want to play football anymore!

Another one of the best youth football coaching tips that any coach should take to heart is to not overdo the conditioning part of practice.  Conditioning is a part of football, but young players will not want to keep running laps to condition.  Instead, fun drills should be added in place of conditioning that will still condition the young players without them even realizing it.  This will make the children like practice more, and they will want to keep on playing.

One of the biggest mistakes that youth football coaches make is they don’t make sure that the young players on the team understand all the rules.  Any football coach has probably been around the game for awhile, and they don’t realize that these young kids haven’t.  This means that the young players probably don’t know all of the rules, and that could lead to a big mess during a game.  So, the young players need to know all the rules, and it’s the responsibility of the coach to make sure that they know those rules.

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July 6, 2010   No Comments

Are you a fan of Wall blocking

by coach Kevin

In certain occassions when playing a game in youth football you come across a team that is substantially better or bigger. How you handle these are always a sign of what kind of coach you are and in what direction you are taking your team. In one instance I coached a team that was much better prepared , completely more athletic, and a far superior team and when the other came out to  play they went to a Wall Block Technique with extremely tight splits to compensate for the speed and quickness and strength of our ball club. Initially, this plan worked and they kept us off the field and we had a hard time defending this.

I recently read an article @ http://flagfootballplayers.com/flag-football-drills/what-is-wall-blocking-in-youth-football/ “This blocking has been the one staple in my over twenty years of coaching pee wee football.”

Even though this may be an effective way to block on a flag football field I do believe if properly coached and disciplined teams will eventually break through the wall? What do you think?

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July 23, 2010   No Comments

What is your go to Youth football plays?

by coach Kevin

Every coach has been put in a situation where they have to call a play that is going to get them 3 or4 yards to keep that drive going or that will give your team more opportunities to be successful. What is your play? I’ll tell you that mine has always been a lead or inside trap . Some terminology may call this a blast or a counter, but whatever you call it you know that the percentage of success is there from your previous calls.

Here are a few of John T. Reeds. ” Blast/iso, Pitch Sweep, Fill Sweep, Halfback Pack, Slant Pass, Counter/Misdirection and fake reverse.”

As you can see that they are limited and your most successful plays?

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July 9, 2010   No Comments

Special teams

by coach Kevin

Do you believe that special teams is an important part of youth football? It is common practice that some teams don’t even practice them because of the posiibilities that something might go wrong. I thought we were in this business to teach the good and the bad of any youth football play. However, Coach parker concluded

“Based on our Punt stats from our last season, not punting might be a good option for us.  We only netted about 10 yards from our punt team.  Our net yards per play were 5+ for the regular season.  I sent the Punting article to my other coaches, and they agree.  Not punting is a legitimate strategy for our team. “

I guess if you are a consistant powerhouse this may be a good idea, otherwise teaching your kids the process to punt may help them in the long run.

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July 7, 2010   No Comments

Youth football plays started with the Innovative Don Coryell

by coach Kevin

As a coach you design plays that will give your players the best chance to compete. When Don Coryell came along, he believed the best way to do that was to open the field and throw the ball. His passing attacks gave defenses hell. Here is a great article:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-coryell

San Diego Chargers announced the passing of Coach Coryell.

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July 2, 2010   No Comments

What Youth Football Plays Are You Running?

by coach Kevin

Are you a beginner coach or a seasoned veteran? It does not matter, but at some time you are going to make a decision that will greatly increase the level of technique that your football players will become accustomed to. Tony Braxton , An all conference and three time National Champion from North Dakota St, wrote at http://spbwealth.com/Number10Pele/2010/06/23/youth-football-plays/

” The earlier a young player begins to develop the techniques for effective play, the sooner these effective techniques become a habit and are ingrained for the remainder of a player’s football career. “

Tony Is exactly right, A play no matter how difficult must become the player and the team running it. This is done from teaching the proper techniques and repetition. You football plays are designed to be simple.

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July 1, 2010   No Comments