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How does 7 on 7 effect youth football plays?

by coach Kevin

During the summer, you know that football is around the corner when schools start playing in  7 on 7 drills against other teams. THis is truly the start to getting A feel and understanding where your teams skill positions are and where they are headed. It has become customary that if you are going to compete you must be practicing as hard on all of your plays even without your coveted linemen. Even though teams are competing they are still trying to get better at the most important aspects of  what makes up a team. 

Michael Cooper writes http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/springfield-oh-sports/high-school-sports/springfield-kenton-ridge/inside-the-huddle-the-wait-is-almost-over-for-kr-football-839160.html of a school who is trying to compete but with limited 7 on 7 scrimmage and in the mean time run the towns youth football camp after practice.

7 on7 may not be at the youth level yet, but with the proper coaching and timing of these scrimmages, teams can greatly improve

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August 3, 2010   No Comments

Weight issues causing a stir…

by coach Kevin

As any coach of youth football knows, There are some serious concerns every year about the proper class a certain athelete should play in. Should they play up or should they cut weight. Other concerns also come from parents about adjusting the weight either up or down. I have to tell you that I coach in a league where we have stripers that are larger than 100lbs and the peewee level and 140lbs at the varsity level. Stripers can not carry the ball or even stand up for that matter, but does the safety come into play with size of some of these atheletes at these age group.

A recent article at http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/12/debate-on-weight-limits-in-youth-tackle-football// stated “My main point was that the existing scientific evidence in a Mayo Clinic study indicates that age groupings and NOT weight groupings are the primary indicator of injury levels. Furthermore, “weighted” classes may actually result in increased risk levels for younger / heavier players moving up and for players trying to cut weight.”

At any level safety is a HUGE issue. PLease make sure you take that into effect when you ask a kid to play up or cut his weight.ootball knows, There are some serious concerns every year about the proper class a certain athelete should play in. Should they play up or should they cut weight. Other concerns also come from parents about adjusting the weight either up or down. I have to tell you that I coach in a league where we have stripers that are larger than 100lbs and the peewee level and 140lbs at the varsity level. Stripers can not carry the ball or even stand up for that matter, but does the safety come into play with size of some of these atheletes at these age group.

A recent article at http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/12/debate-on-weight-limits-in-youth-tackle-football// stated “My main point was that the existing scientific evidence in a Mayo Clinic study indicates that age groupings and NOT weight groupings are the primary indicator of injury levels. Furthermore, “weighted” classes may actually result in increased risk levels for younger / heavier players moving up and for players trying to cut weight.”

At any level safety is a HUGE issue. PLease make sure you take that into effect when you ask a kid to play up or cut his weight.

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July 30, 2010   No Comments

Youth football plays should coordinate with age.

by coach Kevin

IS your playbook from a varsity program? Is it from the latest Nintendo game? I have seen far too often that once a coach gets a chance to call a trick play he usually uses from an imaginary playbook that the kids have not even practiced enough. Trick plays are a great way of catching other teams off guards but how often will they work. Just because another team at another level may use them it doesn’t mean that it will work consistency.

Trevor Sumner http://sportsshout.com/coaching-youth-football/hit it on the head when he wrote ” There are no shortcuts when coaching youth football. Hard work, discipline, determination, in addition to coaching football fundamentals is what produces winning football teams and successful youth football players.”

NO matter what youth football plays you call there is no question that your kids need to be prepared, work hard and continue to push themselves to get better.

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July 14, 2010   No Comments

Consistency is the key to youth football plays

by coach Kevin

How do you go from an average team to a team that is leading the conference? Everyone who has ever coached anything knows that consistency in energy and effort will automatically give you an edge on your competition, Then add in the actuall play that you are running and put max concentration on the littlest things and you will slowly dominate the youth football game. ONe reminder is that the single most important factor in youth football plays is that you consider safety.

Steve Silverman of http://www.livestrong.com/article/170859-typical-pee-wee-football-practice/ agrees “The single-most important factor in pee wee or youth football is the safety of the players.”

You as a coach are the primary caretaker of all these kids and you know as well as I there are many diffferent levels of kids talents when it comes to youth football players.

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July 12, 2010   No Comments