Reynaldo Bonilla asked:

what age does my child need to be to start contact football?

Charlie’s answer:

I believe that it should be 8 or 9 before they play tackle. Reason being is I have coached younger and it is easy for them to learn bad habits which sometimes carry up with them. Most kids younger than that do not understand proper form which is impo... Continue reading »

Jason Lockhart asked:

What if you are dominating a game so completely that the other team's starters can's stop your second and third team players?

Charlie’s answer:

I have actually been there, what I did was put my smallest guys on the line and let some of my more uncoordinated kids run the ball between the tackles. Should if nothing else slow your team down.

Robert Galvan asked:

Some coaches have recommended the 5-3 defense for youth football. We cannot use a nose-guard in our league. how would the players line-up

Charlie’s answer:

You might want to look at the rules, in our lower age leagues we have the no cover of center but you also can only have 4 down lineman and your LB's must be 3 yards deep prior to the snap. If those are not your rules I found that in younger ages the D... Continue reading »