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Coaching Youth Football – Tryouts Coming Soon

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If you plan on coaching youth football this season them I’m sure your season is about to start. Most organizations have tryouts and player evaluations the first week. The first few days are usually in helmet and shorts only, without any shoulder or pant pads. Most pee wee and pop warner leagues have a travel select team and then either an in house league or travel B level teams. As a coach, make sure you are prepared for the upcoming tryouts. The player evaluations are an important part of coaching …

Youth Football, Who Goes in What Position in Youth Football? How to Put Players in the Right Spots

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Evaluating Youth Football Players Evaluating youth football players either for a draft or to determine positions is one of the most important but most poorly performed tasks done by many youth football coaches. Too often a player is assigned a position because he “looks” like the position without regards to the skills required of that specific position. Often times kids that look like football players or are the sons of coaches are given preferential treatment and are selected for the “skill” or glory positions. Another mistake many youth football coaches …

Youth Football Coaching Clinics – Some Tips To Running An Effective One

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Any youth football coaching clinics need to cover a variety of topics including, practice organization, defense, offense and game day management. They should last about 6 hours and should include plenty of hands on demos, film and plenty of handouts. We prefer to use Powerpoint with embedded video of kids in practice and game day situations. Here is the outline we use for the clinics we are doing in Seattle and Salt Lake City in May: Practice Organization, the Perfect Practice How to Trim time from Practices while improving effectiveness …