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Youth Football - Coach Appreciation

Coach Appreciation

Weplay's honored 70+ coaches from across the nation.

Does yours deserve to be next? Nominate your coach for Weplay's Coach of the week award.

Youth Football - Eli Shares

Eli Shares

Want to know what Eli Manning's favorite quarterback practice drill is?

Visit Peyton's media gallery and find out.

Youth Football - Strong Core

Strong Core

Strengthening your core and legs can help any rusher or linebacker improve their game.

Reggie Bush shows you how only on Weplay.

Youth Football - Don't get lost in the pack

Don't get lost in the pack

Create a Weplay group for your team and stay ahead of the competition.

It only takes a few minutes.

Youth Football - adidas Pros

adidas Pros

Lito Sheppard knows how to defend the passer and go for the interception.

Visit the adidas group and learn from Lito and other pros.

Football Blog Posts

  • Candice Coots

    Positive Coaching is Key for Coach Dave

    Posted November 03, 2009 by Candice Coots
    Five-year veteran coach, Dave Owens, 29, is usually running up and down the sidelines cheering on his players as they make a great play or tackle.  A member of the Positive Coaching Alliance, Coach Dave believes in bringing a productive attitude to the field no matter what the scoreboard reads.  And he's been doing so, coaching flag football, soccer, baseball and now tackle football for his son's team.


    "That look of excitement on the players face and the team roaring for the kids, keeps me coming back year after year," wrote this week's Coach-of-the-Week.

    Coach Dave is the defensive coach for the Thalia-Malibu Dolphins Rec tackle team.  This is both Coach Dave's first year as a tackle coach as well as the first time an 8-9-year-old tackle team has been offered in the Thalia-Malibu area.  It appears the Dolphins will just miss the playoffs, but they had a great inaugural season facing many teams that have been playing tackle for up to five years already.  

    Before coaching his son Isiah, now 10, on the Dolphins, he was the head coach of a flag football team in the area.  For three consecutive seasons, his 5-9 year-old teams played in the championship game and twice won the title.

    The one year his team lost the championship was one of the more rewarding coaching experiences and challenges for Coach Dave.  He team was in last place going into the playoffs.

    "Too often kids give up on sports because they've developed a distaste for it from all the pressure they receive." Wrote Coach Dave.  "I told them [the players] that the losses didn't define who they were individually or as a team."

    Sure enough his team bounced back and battled their way to the Championships.  Though they lost, that season is one of Coach Daves' favorites.  He learned to apply his coaching style and found the rewards of working with and listening to each player individually.

    On a personal note, Coach Dave has been married to his wife Anna for ten years.  They have three children.  Son Isaiah, 10, and two daughters ages five and two.

    Coach Dave's Keys to Success:


    B- Brains (You have to be a smart player on the field and in school
    E- Effort (You have to give everything you have win or lose)
    A- Attitude (Be prepared to work and be excited about the game and your  teammates)
    S- Sportsmanship (show good sportsmanship to your team and opponents at all times)
    T- Teamwork (Don't just be on the team, be a member of the team)



    Coach Dave created the acronym for B.E.A.S.T while brainstorming with his wife.  He uses it as positive reinforcement tool for the kids.  Each time his players play to the best of their abilities fulfilling each letter of B.E.A.S.T they receive a special sticker on their helmet or patch on their jersey.  He wrote that this incentive not only fires up the kids, but also helps them understand that each element of B.E.A.S.T is necessary. 

    Coach Dave wrote, "I really liked this because even though it's meant to teach the kids it also involves the parents in encouraging and keeping it positive at home and on the field."

    Coach Dave also wanted to share his first time experience using Weplay.  
    "It is honestly the best site for team sports and we've looked around." Wrote Coach Dave.  "This site helps so much in keeping everyone connected and informed. I love that everyone can contribute and upload pictures and discuss things with each other. Weplay will definitely be the site I continue to use for all of the sports teams that I coach and definitely one I will refer to others!

    Coach Dave, thank you for your dedication to your community and the many young players you have influenced over the years and the years to come.  You are a wonderful addition to the coaching community and valued mentor.
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  • Candice Coots

    Hometown Football Coach Shares Lifelong Passion

    Posted October 20, 2009 by Candice Coots
    39-year-old Chip Ramsey has been coaching youth football nearly as long as his youngest son Luke, 9, has been alive.  Now in his seventh season with the Coffee County Youth Football League, Coach Ramsey has been a staple coach and supporter of the game in his community.  For this reason, he is awarded Weplay's, Coach Of the Week



    Coach Ramsey currently heads up the Cowboys 9U team in his hometown of Manchester, TN.  With a season record of 4-0 the Cowboys, led by his son, quarterback and strong safety #5, are playing extremely well.  There are six returning players from the '08 season, which have helped provide the leadership and experience needed on a winning team.

    Coach Ramsey wrote that he motivates his players saying, "The game, like their lives, must be played to the fullest; that it is a game of joy and ferocity; rewards and consequences."

    Coach Ramsey maintains his love of the game and coaching writing that it is his, "calling".  He believes football is rich with lessons for all age groups and that these lessons of life will last forever.

    His passion for football can be traced back to the age of five.  He wrote that he couldn't remember a time when he wasn't playing, watching or dreaming about football or the "greatest game on earth" as he calls it.

    At the age of 10, Coach Ramsey made his player debut on the football field.  He continued to play through his senior year of high school.  After he and his supportive wife Beth had children, his role naturally shifted to coach.  

    His children have followed in their father's footsteps and enjoy being active.  Daughter Bliss, 15, is a Pioneerette for Warner High School.  Son Charlie, 13, plays the clarinet for the Westwood Junior High Band and nine-year-old Luke has shown an incredible aptitude for the game of football.

    When he's not coaching, Coach Ramsey and his wife own and operate, The Saturday Independent and publish TSI ALL Sports, a paper focused on youth sports in the 50,000 strong Coffee County.   He also serves as treasurer for the football league's board of directors.

    Coach Ramsey you are a wonderful addition to the Weplay coaching roster and we thank you for your dedication to youth sports in your area.

    To nominate your coach, send an email with a link to his or her Weplay profile: nominate@weplay.com
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  • Louis Reed

    football all day

    Posted November 02, 2009 by Louis Reed
    i like to play football
  • Xavier Merriweather

    the key to football

    Posted November 01, 2009 by Xavier Merriweather
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    • FootballScoop.Com - Great site for coaches, with job listings, playbooks, training tips and weekly announcements.
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    • Football-tutorials.com - Pre-planned football drills & practice plans - great for busy coaches.
    • CoachTeed.com - Football coaches' playbook exchange and a "Basics" section for new coaches.
    • Double Wing Football Forum - Specialty forum and site for Youth, High School, College and Professional Coaches.
    • Football Help Desk - Resource center for youth football coaches focusing on fundamentals and basics.
    • PositiveCoach.org - Workshops, blogs, advice and other resources for coaches and sports parents.
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    • Offense-Defense - One of the premier camps offered nationally, featuring top NFL stars working with the youth football market.
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