Youth Sports Category

Youth Defensive Terminology Has Moved!

Posted on June 6th, 2019

We created a Youth Football Defensive Terminology section. If you are a FirstDown PlayBook youth football coach you will find thi...

Customize Your Flag Football Plays For Young Players

Posted on February 12th, 2019

I was going to have to make some custom edits to make them work. I essentially went in to my flag football playbook and shrunk the...

Flag Football Man Coverage Rules

Posted on September 22nd, 2018

Many youth 5v5 flag football coaches opt to play man coverage full time because zone principles are hard for the younger players t...

6v6 Flag Football Curl Follow RPO

Posted on September 16th, 2018

How about a little razzle dazzle for your weekend morning with a little 6v6 flag football trickery that FirstDown PlayBook just in...

Correct Me, Coach. Don’t Embarrass Me.

Posted on September 14th, 2018

When you volunteer to coach a youth football team you instantly have put yourself in a leadership role that will require you to ve...

A Little 5v5 Flag Football Deception

Posted on August 31st, 2018

Today FirstDown PlayBook breaks down one particular 5v5 flag football formation in this short video that not only is set up for m...

Coach With A Teaching Progression

Posted on August 26th, 2018

Each youth football position coach should sit down before the season begins and write down a list of fundamentals and techniques f...

Flag Football Defense Made Simple

Posted on August 25th, 2018

One of the things that tackle football has in common with flag football is if you can't get lined up and play good defense the sea...

Good Coaches Teach Life Lessons Too

Posted on August 12th, 2018

As you go about the process of teaching the fundamentals, techniques and schemes that are essential to playing football we think t...

Flag Football Color System Helps You Coach

Posted on June 23rd, 2018

As with any FirstDown PlayBook play there are also coaching points and the ability to flip the flag football play and run it from ...

Youth Trips & Pro Unbalanced Looks Added

Posted on June 16th, 2018

We have worked hard to keep the schemes simple for your youth football team because the last thing you want to do is to confuse yo...

FirstDown PlayBook Flag Football Upgrades

Posted on June 15th, 2018

FirstDown PlayBook also made some serious upgrades to the website that will allow you to get to your flag football plays a lot eas...

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