The Importance of the Junior Football Playbook is Overvalued - Sports

Many new managers put far too much emphasizes on the junior football playbook they decide to install. Many of these managers are parents that relive their childhood and pick a playbook far too advanced for the age group they are teaching.

All of the new managers choose the incorrect playbook, because they try to install something they are more familiar with. This usually means they are using an old high school or college playbook which is not appropriate for the youth level.

It is fine to use an offense that is used at the higher levels, but it must be modified for the youth level. That is where the web comes in as you can look for a site that will modify every offense and defense specifically for the youth level. Make sure you understand that the most important concept I'm trying to convey is that you only use age specific playbook for your youth players.

Another large error by most coaches is the number of plays that they try to teach the players. This is not the NFL, NCAA or even High School football. You only need a few select plays, attacking certain areas of the field, run to perfection, to b able to compete with most youth football programs.

Make sure, when selecting the plays, you teach an inside running plays, outside running play, inside counter play, outside counter play and a few passing plays. Depending on the age and skill level of the kids, you can then decide how many passing plays to teach.

If the kids are very young, or new to the game you only need a quick down and out pattern and a bomb. As the players age and get more experience, you can install more passing plays to run plays at more areas of the field. The quality of the quarterback will also have an influence on what kind of passing plays you can use.

Blocking is the most important aspect of having a successful offense, and here again, this is where most newbie coaches fail. If I'm being honest, and I always am, the majority of pee wee managers fail in this area. Most managers teach far too sophisticated blocking "schemes" or worse they teach the kids nothing at all. Showing the participants how to block and most important, which opponent to block is the secret. It is my belief that the head coach, or at the very least the offense play caller should have an major role in coaching the offensive line. This sends a message to the team showing the importance of blocking to the team.

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