you can find all you need in the drills and skills section on weplay my friend. I wish you and the kids the best of luck.

Keep the kids spirits high, and their focus on personally improving their skills. While drills and plays do count for some success, the ultimate goal at this age is to teach an appreciation for the game, the strategy, and the desire to compete as a team - win or lose!

USA Football has a lot of drills....my favorite drill is a team building exercise where the hole team stands shoulder to shoulder then puts thier arms on the guys next to him...they all must jog a lap without breaking ranks , falling, or leaving anyone behind....its a great drill for getting kids to depend and trust one another.....give them this tip....find one guy and let that one kid control the speed....they will naturally pick thier own on the field leader without being told to do so....with teamwork and a leader of thier choosing all you really have left to do is keep them motivated and practice hard....the scores and wins will come.....email me if you would like some drills that have worked for me.....good luck

Victor, there maybe a good site for you to look at, www.youthfitnessmag.com I know they have a members section where you can ask coaches, trainers or athletes questions. I think they may be able to help you.

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Take it one practice and game at a time. Since this is your first year, you will need to learn how your players learn. Do they do well with conditioning, running plays over and over, or do they even understand the game of football? Find out their strengths and weaknesses and focus half practice on both. With the drill section of www.weplay.com, you will find excellent drills and plays to incorporate into your training camp and games. It's all about how you teach and guide and their willingness to listen and learn. Get the parents involved as well.

stay positive i have learned alot by watching colleges coachs videos keep it very simple just to see how your kids pick it up maybe run the spread offense good luck

I believe the key to a succesful football team is the offensive line. If you have kids that are not getting fired up when they block, try a drill I call "King of the hill". Start with 2 of your smaller lineman and have them go head to head and try to push each other back. The one who pushes the hardest and moves the other player back, stays in the drill and the next bigger kid comes in to face him. Continue until you have the strongest player on the team left. The kids will naturally compete and try to get stronger. Teach them to launch out of the 3 point stance and they should be blocking better and letting your offensive backfield have a chance at running the plays.

Whatever you do make these kids as confident as humanly possible. When your teaching be confident in what your saying. If not they wont buy into what your telling them. Have your best coach run the o-line, football starts and stops at the line. this is a good site http://www.football-tutorials.com/dir/drills/ another one is e-teams.com. Good luck keep me posted how your doin.

Losing streaks like this are usually the result of a mindset that has become part of the culture of the team. As soon as one play goes wrong, they say to themselves "Well, here we go again. Man, we stink." The trick is eliminating that mindset first and foremost. This can be done by showing your team each and every drill or play that you believe in them and expect success from them. I would redefine success for them relative to effort and not winning or losing (especially at this age). Expecting success is expecting their best effort every play. Focus on encouragement and HIGH energy (it is contagious). Other than mindset, keep your eyes on how the line (particularly the OL) is doing with their fundamentals: Is their stance correct, are they firing off fast and low, are they driving their block, are they going to the whistle, are they moving their feet, etc. If you spot some individual issues, send them off with a coach for one-on-one instruction and get them back in as soon as possible. End the instruction with "I know you can do this. I expect you to do this." Hope I am not stating the obvious. For drills/plays, etc. email me!

Here is a great web site to go to and see videos of drills and techs its www.innercircle@knowledgespotinc.com good luck. You have great chance of going from worst to first go get em!!!!

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Go to winningyouthfootball.com. s ethe Dave Cisar program excellent program!!!

Hello coach...there are a lot of resources out there. USA Football is the best. I suggest joining as a coaching member (~$25) and you get full access to several drills, playbook creator, practice planner and much more. Their drills are by far the best out there because they have video and you can print out the drills as well.

They need something 2 be proud of, so step up the drills being harder on them will help them physically and mentally and will unite them with a common purpose, could be being angry practice is so draining, works for me. Keep your offense simple with blocking assignments for the line and spare backs, and make a serious look at how you have your players positioned and teach everyone what is expected.

First, concentrate on the basics (stance, blocking, and tackling). Then build your offense from front to back Put your BEST blockers on the line (even if they are also your best ball carriers). If there is no hole, even an All-Star wouldn't gain a yard. Have a simple playbook. 4 running plays to each side (dive, lead, sweep, and counter) plus one or two passing plays is plenty. Once the boys run the plays PERFECTLY then add more plays. On defense, build from the inside out. I suggest a 5-3 defense with a few simple blitzes and stunts. If you send me your e-mail I could send you a power point for my defense. It is simple and works very well even if the kids aren't the greatest athletes.

Check out www.coachyourkids.com. You,ll be surprised how many tutorials videos etc. there are concerning age appropriate football fundamentals. It's FREE.

I would also recommend Dave Cisar's program. You have to also remember to keep everything simple when it comes to play calling abilities. I personally use super heroes. If you need specific drills please PM me.

I could tell you to read some books or even check some sites on the net, but what the kids need is as much support as you can give. My coaching experience tells me the more help you have on the sidelines the better. The more heads you put together the better off your playbook and team morale will be. I would love to help out if you have room.

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Remember: They must crawl before they walk, and walk before they run. Work on the very basics, and build upon the fundamentals. Conditioning is a major factor, lots of running, push ups and sit ups. Have a plan on how to manage the game. Most youth leagues have a minimum play rule according to roster size. Build a stout defense, with minimal substitutions. Build an offense that is compromised of the players with less experience and skill. Start that offense in games and after the half. Their incentive is to make first downs. If they go three and out, they sit for two offensive series while the first offense plays. If they make first downs they stay in until they score or forced to punt. They will be motivated to work hard together to improve. That offense will also be the scout offense to play against the first string defense. The players will improve throughout the season. Some players will improve so much you can promote them to your first string offense. They believe they are starters because they start the game and the second half, they are motivated because they control their playing time.

I think the above post is good. I am having a difficult time with my subs playing hard..I think I will try that. I use the USA Football website as well. A drill you may want to use for tackling is the open field drill. I throw the ball to a return man about 40 yards or so. I put 5 guys in run lanes(about 8 yards apart) and there is an outside boundary on either side...The kids enjoy tackling this way, returners enjoy the challenge of trying to score and they all get conditioned in the process. I also let them run if they make a solo tackle..