Football Tutorials

Youth Football Practice Drills – Football Skill Game

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

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).

Youth Football Practice – Sprint Tackle

Here is an idea for a youth football practice. If you are coaching 8-9 year olds, keeping their attention is sometimes a challenge. Here is a football drill to do at the end of football practice.

Youth Football Practice – Dodgeball Practice

If you're a youth football coach (7-8 year olds) you may be having a tough time teaching the young guys to be aggressive, especially on the line. Try this drill at your next youth football practice and you will teach them that aggressive play will be rewarded with results.

Free Coaching Youth Football Help – Stop the Fumble

Try this free coaching youth football help tip with your youth team. It is is a football drill that I've used with 11-12 year olds to break them of a fumbling problem. It is used with just 1-2 individuals per football practice, not everyone.

Football Coaching Philosophy – Little Moments

I've coached football at every level except college and pro. One thing occurred to me while watching one of my assistants, who was using terminology that to him seemed second nature, but to an 8 yr old was terribly confusing. My football coaching philosophy changed from that day forward.

Football Tackling Drills – Get Low

These football tackling drills are great for youth football as well as high school. My goal is to teach a lot of basic fundamentals.

Football Drills for Kids – Bear Crawl-Crab Crawl Drill

This is one of the football drills for kids that I recommend. It is a favorite with the players and the skill improvements speak for themselves.

Practice Drills for Youth Football

As you are getting ready for the new season, try these youth football practice drills with your team. The kids love them and the results are immediate.

Coaching Youth Football Teams

When coaching youth football teams, I have found this football drill to be especially effective. It allows the football coaches to observe, technique including form, quickness and willingness to run the hole, block tough and hit/tackle.

Youth Football Coaching – Practice Planning Tips

Recently, I helped to coach a team of 6 yr olds. Most of coaching experience is at the high school level and above, not youth football coaching. Man, what a change. My practice was a disaster.

Flag Football Tips – Teaching Player Positions

Try these flag football tips to teach your players the positions. In order to quickly teach youth flag football players positions on the field, I take old golf balls and mark them with "quarterback", "cornerback" etc.

Youth Football Coaching – Use Varsity Playbooks

This is a good youth football coaching tip for all youth football coaches. It was taught to me by my coaches and my mentors. We run the exact same playbook as our varsity.

Youth Football Training – Soft Hands Catch

For youth football training, I like to use this football drill to teach my players how to develop soft hands which is necessary to catch properly. This drill is fun and quickly shows immediate cause and effect of doing this football drill correctly or incorrectly.

Youth Football Drills