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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

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

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