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 are coaching youth football, I know you are continuously searching for drills and tips to keep your practices fresh. Here are two football drills that work well for me. Give them a try and let me know how they work for you.
When coaching 9 and 10 year olds, a big problem is keeping them motivated while doing the football drills that are necessary from them to get better. It is key to keep the football practices fun. Here are 3 fun football drills and tips to keep your players attention.
If you are coaching peewee football, check out these coaching tips. One is to teach them to step and use their hands when blocking on the O-line. The other the difference between “pain” and “injury”.
If you are looking for youth football drills give this one a try. It is a simple and effective open field tackling football drill that we call “Tackle Monster”. This drill works best with 7-10 year olds.
Here’s a youth football coaching tip for your youth teams–Teaching young kids to tackle and block players on the move.
