Football Coaching Shoes

Special thanks to Todd and to Reginald for sending these [tag]drills[/tag] and tips in.   Filling the [tag]football coaching shoes[/tag] for [tag]youth[/tag] [tag]football[/tag] requires special insight into motivation!   Try these out with your team.

From Todd”¦
Just a way to get your players to appreciate each other a little more.
At the 9/10 age group, most of the time the bigger boys get stuck on the line.   Try to put your skilled guys up front and challenge them to [tag]block[/tag] the correct person [tag]defensive[/tag] person.   Also allow the [tag]lineman[/tag] to become the QB , Backs, and [tag]receivers[/tag].
You will give them a little taste of this and they will all see that the grass is not always greener on the other side.

From Reginald”¦
My son is 8 years old and plays tight-end.
For [tag]passing[/tag] drills, I found it hard to get him enthused about [tag]sprinting[/tag] for passes.   I pulled out a stop watch.   I had him and a few friends running 8 yard slants and 8 yards and out.   I timed each one’s ability to get to the 8 yards before they broke.   It was like magic.   Each one wanted to beat their previous time.

I pushed the concept that you are always competing against your last time instead of each other.   Towards the end I subtract an eighth of a second to boost moral.