A pictures worth a 1000 words. This one is worth maybe a thousand up-downs! I often found watching game film was fruitless if the boys never saw it. We tried to get them together and watch a film a couple times… yeah, that worked well! The problem was if the boys didn’t understand what they…
Now that we have the first couple of nights under our belts on the practice field, the inevitable has started, parents complaining about the coaching staff. You can’t make everyone happy all the time, at least that’s what they say. The same applies to football. A coach may have a different idea than that of a…
Volunteering to be a youth football Head Coach may be the hardest and most frustrating thing I have ever done…….as well as being the most rewarding decision I have ever made. I started coaching 11 years ago because I was tired of being on the other side of the fence watching my 6 year old…
OK have to let you in on a little secret (hope my opponents aren’t reading this); I love the TE Out or Flag Route in youth football! What’s great about the out route or flag route is this: The CB is reading and reacting to the backfield and the TE is not paid attention to.…
In the Wedge Right (it’s a hybrid, but Wedge Right Hybrid is too long) my entire right side of the line (G,T,X,Z) is MPPs(Minimum Play Players). Key Points are: The right side maintains tight splits while the left side, who are my starters, maintain about 2.5’ splits (11 year olds). The Z is lined up…