Coaches Clinic - Tackle Drills

The following clip is a part of the multimedia coaching program: The Pigskin Playbooks Guide to Coaching Youth Football. They help sponsor me here and the coach who put this together has done a very good job teaching this stuff. He's won nine Pop Warner League championships in 11 years and has a 75-7 career coaching record. Not bad at all!

Anyone from a newbie coach to a seasoned veteran can learn from this. The screen cam videos below are on tackling properly, using the Head-on tackle drill and the Angle tackle drill. They're part of a free video newsletter that comes with the package. Check it out below.





The Pigskin Playbooks Guide to Coaching Youth Football is jam-packed with videos, audio and PDF game day coaching sheets. It has everything a coach needs to organize and build a successful youth football team.

If you'd like to order the guide. Click here. If not that's okay too.

Coaches Clinic - Base Defense

My friends at Pigskin Playbooks wanted to put on a little coaches clinic and I said why not? It looks cool, is very informative and helps me put more posts on the blog to entertain my readers.

The following clip is a part of the multimedia coaching program: The Pigskin Playbooks Guide to Coaching Youth Football. They help sponsor me here from time to time and the coach who put this together has done a very good job teaching this stuff. He's won nine Pop Warner League championships in 11 years and has a 75-7 career coaching record. Not bad at all!

Anyone from a newbie coach to a seasoned veteran can learn from this. The video is on Trips Pass Plays and it's pretty neat. Check it out below.



If you'd like to order the guide. Click here. If not that's okay too.

Coaches Clinic - Trips Pass Plays

My friends at Pigskin Playbooks wanted to put on a little coaches clinic and I said why not? It looks cool, is very informative and helps me put more posts on the blog to entertain my readers.

The following clip is a part of the multimedia coaching program: The Pigskin Playbooks Guide to Coaching Youth Football. They help sponsor me here from time to time and the coach who put this together has done a very good job teaching this stuff. He's won nine Pop Warner League championships in 11 years and has a 75-7 career coaching record. Not bad at all!

Anyone from a newbie coach to a seasoned veteran can learn from this. The video is on Trips Pass Plays and it's pretty neat. Check it out below.



If you'd like to order the guide. Click here. If not that's okay too.

Coaches Clinic-Center Pass Drill

It's often best to have the beginning player use a simple drill to develop snapping skills.

The center kneels on his right knee, grasping the ball in both hands. He then takes the ball off the ground and holds it over his head. With the ball behind and over his head, arms fully extended, he should pass the ball forward to another center, who is also kneeling and facing him from 10 yards away.

It is important for the coach to to emphasize that the center follow through after the pass and that the fingers of both hands end up reaching out toward his partner. The same motion is used when snapping the ball between his legs.

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Coaches Clinic - Eye Opener Drill

Eye Opener Drill

A A1

Bag (separated by) Bag

Coach

B B1

We emphasize that at the corners the players who get there first, with the most enthusiasm, control the game.

Players A1 & B1 await the toss of the ball by the coach, which determines offense and defense. Upon the pitch, all four men storm between the dummies (bags) and fight for either a gain or prevent a gain of 3 yards.

We have championships and challenges. If a boy likes to hit and move it will show.

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Coaches Clinic-Defensive Back Drill

Butt-To-Butt Drill

The defensive back faces the coach to the inside of the receiver with his butt touching the butt of the receiver.

The receiver starts on his own and the defensive back chases him down. The ball is thrown a little short. When the receivers hands go up for the catch, we try to strip or deflect the pass.

The defender keeps his eyes on the receiver and doesn't look back for the ball.

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Coaches Clinic-Angle Drills

Coach

Defensive man Defensive man

Offensive man

Explanation: Place one offensive lineman and two defensive lineman as shown. On the count, both defensive men charge straight ahead. The offensive man blocks the defensive man as indicated by the coach. Coaches check for proper step, contact and leg drive.

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Coaches Clinic-Part 1

This is the first in a series on coaching football by the guys at Pigskin Playbooks. They have an awesome system for coaching youth football and it's advanced enough to work on the high school level as well. I asked them to make some lessons up for Carson's Corner and they were nice enough to agree.

This is the Corners attempt to bring you everything - and I do mean everything - pertaining to the game of football, including coaching. The first part of the series focuses on an overall defensive football philosophy.

Defensive Philosophy

Obtaining The Ball

• Three downs and out
• Interceptions
• Cause and recover fumbles

Priorities

• Aggressive attacking defense
• One play at a time

Play The Next Play

• Force turnovers
• Force teams to make mistakes
• Be a great tackling team
• Score on defense

To Do This We Must:

• Be in excellent playing condition
• Eliminate mistakes - make daily improvements
• Great execution and second effort
• Maintain poise and confidence at all times
• Respect your teammates

To learn more about coaching at the youth football level and beyond, please visit www.pigskinplaybooks.com to learn more.