Being an effective youth football coach is more than just knowing the X’s and O’s of the game. The best youth football coaches take the opportunity to make a real positive influence on their players. In this section, you’ll find tips on team management, sportsmanship, dealing with parents, keeping yourself motivated and more.
If you’re looking for ideas for youth football drills, this football drill is one we call Tunnel Football and it gives you an overall perspective of all your players. It is excellent to use at the beginning of the season to search out hidden talent!
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If you’re a youth football coach, (8-10 years olds especially) I’m sure you are aware that they tend to lose focus easy-especially on hot days. I noticed that when we ran sprints most of them were struggling, and they were not giving me 110%.
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If you’re coaching youth football, you know that it’s important for kids that age to do conditioning work. But, they hate just running sprints. We started doing goofy relay races at the end of football practice – and the kids loved them!
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While I was a youth football coach and we would onside kick a lot, especially the younger teams. An effective, high repetition football drill that the kids loved was our “Onside Kick – King of the Hill Drill”.
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Here’s a youth football coaching tip for end of the season football practice. You can also turn this around and use it at the beginning of the season, record the results and repeat at the end! Use this to show how far the team came during the season.
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