Many times a youth football game won’t go the way you want or expect it to go. Sometimes you can even have the officiating apparently go against you. No one, not you or the officials are ever going to call a perfect game. Then there are other games where the other team just seems to get under your skin a little. Maybe their kids play a bit past the whistle or even jaw with some unkind or even swear word language. As youth football coaches, how should we respond? Here …
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Football Coaching Software Has Become More the Prominent in Recent Years
It wasn’t all that long ago that only the Dallas Cowboys had football coaching software. The jokes about how the coaching staff were robots relying on the information that the computer spit out aren’t quite as funny anymore as even youth football coaches now regularly keep track of their plays on their laptops on the sidelines. In the 1960′s, Dallas Cowboy’s coach Tom Landry became the first football coach to realize the value of a computer. He revolutionized computer use for the draft and on game day. The Cowboy’s complete …
Gifts From the Opposing Youth Football Coach
Never question a “gift” from your opponent. Just make sure to make the most advantage of the situation you have just received. Every once in a while a gift may come from your youth football opponent and we live by the old saying never look a gift horse in the mouth. For example, you find yourself in a situation where the other team is overpowering your team at the line of scrimmage. I mean to the point where they are getting 4-5 yards per carry directly off tackle or up …
Responsibility of a Youth Football Coach
Coaching youth football is a fun, challenging, and an absolute amazing experience.? Seeing kids progress throughout the season as football players & individuals is the most satisfying element.? Being a youth football coach comes along with many important responsibilities.? As a youth football coach you are obligated to teach kids proper & safe football play.? You must understand as a youth football coach that a lot of kids will look up to you.? The kids you coach will be a direct reflection of how you coach them.? Coaches have to …
Taking Responsibility and Teaching Responsibility as Youth Football Coach
Youth Coaches are in a unique position to teach their players and even their fellow coaches about taking responsibility. Many youth football teams have to deal with a number of team dynamics; the parents, the kids, the assistant coaches, the referees and even the coaches for the opposing team. In my mind the most important and the most impressionable dynamic is the player group. Adults already have their world view set, but most kids are in the process of developing theirs and often they just copy what they see from …
Youth Football Coaching Clinics
If you are near, make sure and hit the Frank Glazier Football Coaching Clinics. They are free for any youth football coach. I’m presenting 5 topics and look forward to meeting with if you stop by the Chicago, Indianapolis, Baltimore or St Loius Clinics. The best time to get me is before the sessions start or in an open slot. Setting off tomorrow for the Frank Glazier Clinic in Indianapolis. One of the benefits of speaking at the Nike and Glazier Clinics is I get to meet a lot of …