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Coaching Tips: Coaching youth flag football is all about building a team that works together as a whole. Youth flag football is not about individuals, although using the strengths of certain individuals to create a great winning team is certainly part of the strategy. Always keep it simple enough for all your players to understand. This is not the NFL, and the main purpose is enjoyment, so make sure that every player has an equal opportunity to participate. Blocking: Blocking is the most important aspect of a successful flag football team, so teach players to keep blocking until they hear the whistle blow. If you’re team cannot block, you will not be able to stop your opponents from scoring. Explain the importance of a strong defense and how cohesion and teamwork will win games. Running drills to practice grabbing the flag is essential to creating a strong defense. Running Directions: Running backs should run in the forward direction toward the opposing team’s end zone, north to south …

You should also seek out books on coaching football, attend football clinics, watch football games on TV and talk to other coaches with more experience. Search out information through as many sources as you can. 2) Character - If you want your players to carry themselves with a high moral code, you need to show them the way. You must show them what a true role model is. How do you do this? Start by being consistent. When you say you’re going to do something, be sure you follow through with it. Be sure your team always sees you under control no matter the situation. Show your team that any situation can be handled by staying in control of your emotions. That doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice any of your fire or intensity. It just means handling all the things that come up in practice and games without flying off the handle. If the coach can’t show character, how can the players be expected to? Character is also shown when you can admit you’re wrong when you make mistakes. Your team wi …

Coaching Youth Football (Baffled Parent’s Guides)

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Author Paul Pasqualoni, head coach at Syracuse University, is renowned for the hands-on style he developed over years of coaching football at all levels. Like all Baffled Parent’s Guides, Coaching Youth Football takes an upbeat, inspirational approach to coaching, with an emphasis on creating a positive, supportive environment. Pasqualoni offers the fundamentals of motivating, controlling, and encouraging a disparate group of children of varying skills and dispositions. Readers learn the secrets of coaching football, including how to determine a child’s position, how to teach blocking and tackling safely, and how to calm a player’s and parent’s fear of being hurt.

In youth football, I can’t count the number of times I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the play and actions of teams and coaches. Quite often the reputation of these Pee Wee teams and coaches was a product of others, just the aggregated frustration and covetousness of other youth coaches, nothing more than just sour grapes. Unfortunately in the world of youth football coaching, these impressions and attitudes are pervasive, widespread and often WRONG. Be Open Minded When coaching Pee Wee football, I try to go into these situations with an open mind and a soft heart and let the other team and coaches prove me wrong. One of the most disliked and misunderstood coaches in two different leagues my teams have competed in has actually become a trusted friend and confidant. His organization has gone out of its way to treat us well and in turn we have gone out of our way to do the same for them. Now our organizations enjoy a strong but respectful rivalry and we look forward to playing each oth …

Play Football The NFL Way: Position-by-Position Techniques and Drills for Offense, Defense, and Special Teams

Customer Review: Excellent value for money
Play Football the NFL Way is a great guide for young people getting into coaching football at all levels.

Great guide on technique based drills.
Customer Review: Great book even for beginners
While I’ve been coaching youth football for a couple of years, I thought I would get the book to see what the pros are taught. Its a great book new coaches and for the fundamentals.