Archive for October, 2009

Youth Football Coaching – Practice Tips

Steve | October 19, 2009 | Comments (0)

One of the main goals in youth football coaching (13-14 year olds) is to prepare the kids for high school football and of course have fun and win games!Here are a couple of things to contribute–just small practice things which have really helped develop good habits in our players.

Football Practice Drills – The Breakdown Drill

Steve | October 16, 2009 | Comments (0)

The Breakdown Drill is one of the best football practice drills to teach the crucial and difficult task of kick coverage. It teaches proper breakdown position and how to work as a unit to successfully pursue, contain, breakdown and stop the opponent’s return man.

Youth Football Practice Drills – Football Skill Game

Steve | October 14, 2009 | Comments (0)

Here is an idea for fun youth football practice drills. We do this football drill at the end of practices to have some fun, but at the same time they are improving their skills.

Coaching Youth Football – Positive Feedback

Steve | October 7, 2009 | Comments (0)

If you’re coaching youth football,7 to 10 year olds especially, the best advise I can give is that you always need to let them know how good their doing (even if they’re not doing so good).

Football Lineman Drills – Game Simulation

Steve | October 5, 2009 | Comments (0)

If you’re looking for some new football lineman drills, give this one a try. This football drill quickly turns into teaching linemen to pull and to make the decision to kick out or seal the defensive player.