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Recently, I helped to coach a team of 6 yr olds. Most of coaching experience is at the high school level and above, not [tag]youth football coaching[/tag]. Man, what a change.   My practice was a disaster.   I went in with the mentality that I was coaching high school kids and was prepared with [tag]football drills[/tag] I had used in the past.

Was I in for a surprise! One of my colleagues with years of experience with [tag]youth football[/tag] suggested that I do my offensive and defensive team work right in the beginning of [tag]football[/tag] practice.   I had a hard time keeping the kids attention but this idea really worked.

Now, I teach the kids new plays and new defenses in the beginning of [tag]football practice[/tag] and they do [tag]football drill[/tag] work toward the end.   I have their attention in the beginning and end.   They love it.

They get the “boring” talking stuff done early in practice when their attention is best and get a chance to hit eachother later on.   It really has worked well for me.

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