football coaching
Are You Teaching Youth Football Life Lessons?
Your ability to teach youth football life lessons as you teach young people the game of football is the most powerful tool you possess. ...
“Correct Me Coach. Don’t Embarrass Me”
To be a good football coach, you are constantly teaching, reinforcing and correcting. There are many ways to correct without belittling....
Spring Football: Good on Good
Spring football is an interesting time for a young coach. Then comes the fall and the reality of practice cards....
Any Football People Behind Your Football PlayBook?
FirstDown PlayBook was created by coaches for coaches. Sounds like a common sense formula that is true in most places where you go to get football help right? Not so much. The reason we...
Communicating Man Vs Zone Coverage
It is not enough to see the same thing. Your receiver should communicate man vs zone coverage to confirm the coverage to the quarterback....
Youth Football Wing T Jet Sweep
There are many different formations to run it out of, but today we will introduce the jet sweep to you out of the youth football Wing T....
PAT Field Goal Snapping Cheat Sheet
PAT and field goal snapping is one of the toughest and most under appreciated jobs in football. If you don't have one it can ruin your season....
Stop Re-Drawing Your Practice Cards
The fact that some football coaches spend way too much time drawing practice cards is just...well, a fact. Some of it is self inflicted....
Does Your Off Season Workout Show Up On The Field?
Ever been part of an off-season football workout and right after you finished you asked yourself, "What the hell did we just do there?...
Screens Are About Your Offensive Line
Defenses are built to make life miserable for the guy taking the snap. Screens are an important weapon to have to offset this....
Field Goal Operation Clutch For 4 NFL Teams
How many of the four NFL playoff games came down to the field goal operation this past weekend? Yes, we all know the answer is all four. ...
Boots, Nakeds & Waggles
Moving the QB outside of the pocket on boots, waggles & naked is more of the norm than exception these days. Watch the games this weekend? ...