With the limited practice time most coaches have, being prepared for each practice is crucial to making your time with your team run more efficiently. Below are some ideas for your practice gear. First off, you’ll need something to carry…
How your team pulls flags can make for an enjoyable Saturday game of football or frustrating pull your hair out kind of day. More times than not, wins and losses in flag football will come down to the team that…
Flag football drill to improve agility. Challenge your players to a team goal of beating a specific time. Split the players into multiple groups and have head to head team competitions on who can finish first.
The video below details a youth flag football drill I run with my kids almost every practice. This flag pulling drill usually only takes about 5 minutes. Depending on the number of players in each line, the kids will each…
Finding small tweaks can increase the number of reps you can get out of a drill with limited time. Here’s one I did with a handoff drill I use with my 7-8 team.
Play designed to be a quick hitter getting the ball into the hands of your best athlete. However, if the defense starts to play tighter, you can look for the 2 deep options. Setup: Trips Left – Wide, Slot, Slot…
Setup: Balanced Tight – I Formation Read: Tight – Corner Tight – Wheel Center – Deep Out toward wheel route side – find an open area. Running Back – Angle Route – Find space in middle of field. Description: For this…
Setup – Trips – Wide, Slot, Tight Read: Short to Deep or Deep to Short (depending on situation) Wide – Short Drag Center – Corner-Post to Trips side of the field Slot/Tight – Hook Description: Depending on the situation of…
Play Setup Slot Receiver on each side and Running Back lined up direct behind Quarterback QB Read No read, just a running play. Running back – Dive Left Slot – Running behind QB Right Slot – Running behind QB This…
This play often overloads the safeties and allows the deep square in to be wide open. The center’s delayed out provides the quarterback a decent outlet if no one else is open.
Overloading one side of the defense can be a winning offensive strategy. However, you don’t want the receivers to get bunched up where a defensive player can cover more than one player at once. This play sends one receiver deep and has two staggered outs.
Multiple slant routes to choose from based on how the defense is lined up. Hitting a quick slant is one of the most effective routes in flag football as it gets the receiver moving almost full speed down the field. Once he has the ball in his hands, the defense may be on their heels reacting to the quick pass.
5 man flag football play with a trips lineup and an option to run. Great play against man as most of the defense will shift to the trips side of the field. The wheel route can pay off with a big chuck of yards.
Setup: Slot Receiver on each side and Running Back lined up direct behind Quarterback Read: Fake hand off to Running Back Slot – Post Slot – Deep Drag Sit Running Back – Wheel Center – Out opposite side Running Back…
Trips flag football play with two underneath drag route should the deep route be covered. The deep is a post that continues to the corner. Switch this route whether your facing a 1 safety or 2 safety defense.
Setup: Balanced Tight – I Formation Read: 1. Main Read is the Running Back coming back across the field, however, if either of the two deeper decoy routes are open, throw to them first. Description: The image is set up…
Setup: Twins Wide, Slot, Single Wide Read: Single Wide – Slant Twins Wide – Slant Twins Slot – Deep Out Single Wide – Continuation of Slant Description: This double slant play is designed for short quick passes to get the…
Play Setup Slot Receiver on each side and Running Back lined up direct behind Quarterback QB Read Either Slot – Smash route Corner Route on the same side Opposite Corner Route Opposite Slot Description After running a few plays where…
With elements of short and long routes, this play can be used in various situations. For a short gain, the Single Slot receiver will usually be open as many defenses leave the short middle of the field uncovered. If the Slant is covered, to provide better passing angles […]
Setup Slot Receiver on each side and Running Back lined up direct behind Quarterback QB Read Slot – Out Running Back – Corner Slot – Post Center – Hook Play Description All playbooks should have a few pass plays with…
Setup: Twins Wide, Slot – Single Wide Read: Twins Wide – Post Twins Slot – Wheel Single Wide – Short Drag Center – Hook Description: The Twins Wide receiver is the first option on the Post route. However, his main…
Setup: Twins Wide, Slot – Single Tight Read: Twins Wide – 7 yard Hook Single Tight – Corner Twins Slot – 4 yard Hook Center – 4 yard Hook Description: I use this play every game where a defense is…
Common running flag football play for younger teams. Many leagues require the center to be at least one yard behind the line of scrimmage when taking a handoff. This play satisfies this requirement.
The main focus of this play is hitting the underneath receiver just as he crosses the middle of the field or a little beyond. If the defender on that side chases the Blue receiver, it could open the left side for some good old fashioned YAC (yards after catch). If Red is covered, there are outlets to Blue and Green. The routes shown are suggested, but in reality, these two will need to move to find the open area.
The comeback route can be hard to implement with younger ages and lesser skilled receivers, however, if you have 2 players with the skill set to make the throw and run the route properly, this route can be unstoppable. Here’s one play that utilizes the comeback route.
The Gauntlet is one of my favorite flag pulling drills. During the drill, one defensive player will attempt to pull the flags of the rest of the team, one by one. You only need four cones to set up the…
For $10, you’ll be able to download the PDF with 34 full page color plays with the flipped version as well (68 total pages).
Against man defense, just have your best runner line as the Blue receiver and hand off. However, if the defense is playing zone and you need short yardage, the quick slant to the center should frequently be open.
Play Setup Slot Receiver on each side and Running Back lined up direct behind Quarterback QB Reads Slot – Short Drag Slot – Intermediate Drag Running Back – Streak up Sideline Center – Streak up Middle A good short yardage…
A couple years ago, I coached 7-9 years old for three seasons. During the first practice, I quickly realized I had 3 quarterbacks that were fairly accurate and could throw pretty deep. In the standard passing warm up drills, they…