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  • Several 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 could make…

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  • Practice Strategies – Running Plays, Stretching, and Warming Up
    Practice Strategies Below are just a few of my opinions on practicing plays, stretching before practice, and warm-up. When approaching a practice, you can have a few different philosophies. First off, you can concentrate more on one aspect of the…

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  • Setup: Balanced Tight – I Formation Read: Description: The goal behind this play is to get the defense to press up and play the receiver routes which are all shorter ones. If you’ve used this formation and had the Running…

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  • Flag Football Defense - 41
    Setup With this flag football defense, have 4 players line up across the field splitting the field evenly. The remaining player is the safety. The depth of the defense will depend on the age level and skill of the opponent….

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  • The smash route (here a Drag and then an Out) can be effective against teams playing tight on the goal line. It’s also effective in regular situations after you have a few short drags with success.

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  • A trips passing play with a run option. If the defense is in man, putting your fastest runner tight give him the ball for big yards. This can be a good extra point play hitting the Red receiver on the slant back to the middle once the Center has cleared out the defense.

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  • Playbooks
  • Plays
    • Balanced Slot
    • Twins
    • Trips
    • Tight
  • Drills
    • Flag Pulling Drills for Youth Flag Football: Practice Tips
    • Flag Pulling Drill
    • The Gauntlet
    • Split Backfield Handoff Drill
    • Leading the Receiver
    • Speed and Agility
  • Coach’s Resources
  • Passing Tree