Youth 7v7 Football in Iowa
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Flag I take it? Work on the trash talk first, have your kids get in their heads and break their will right away. Find a couple kids a grade or two above who are a little shorter and just say their family always grew facial hair early.
Super glue one flag on so they only have one flag to grab.
This group of boys will have ZERO trouble talking sh*t. One of the things I’m a little concerned about as a coach.
I’ve coached a ton of flag, 5v5 and 7v7. I basically have at least one guy running a drag route and one guy running a whip route on every play. If they can get whip routes down you’ll be able to score off that frequently.
It’s hard to throw any medium or long routes over the middle unless your players are really tall or your qb is elite.
Edit: if there is a rusher you’ll either want to roll the QB out every time, or you’ll want to hand off to a RB for the RPO.
Sideline demeanor.
Refs will tune you out if you criticize them directly. I always direct it at my player. STOP letting him hold you and so forth. But, if he does that again punch him in the face usually didn't fly.
I’ve coached flag but this will be up a couple levels. I think we have a decent qb but we will see.
Keep the playbook simple.
1 formation (symmetric; can go left or right)
2 run plays
stunt your linemen for "off center" runs
Then a sweep getting the wr into blocking (plus up if you want to work in pulling guards)
3 Pass plays
Quick outs (out patterns get out of range of qb really quick)
Curls
Post/crossing pattern
Make sure rb knows role: block then drop to flats for outlet pass.
On defense, teach man and zone and lineman gap control.
Repeat repeat repeat.
In some cases, rotating kids through positions may get through the learning curve quicker.
These have a majority of the schemes that they'll need for higher level football.
Most important thing is to talk to them about the roles and responsibilities for every position. And be a stickler for technique.
The most important part is for the parent coach to relive their glory days by going all out to get the maximum amount of effort possible from children. Bonus points are earned based on how many tears shed by the kids. If you nail those two you are doing it right, forget everything else.
My advice is that no one cares about 10u championships a year down the road. Make it fun, teach the basics, and give everyone a chance. That late blooming runt might grow into an all state defensive end.
This should be obvious, but while coaching my son in hockey, I ran into platoons of dad coaches that wanted glory now.
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This should be obvious, but while coaching my son in hockey, I ran into platoons of dad coaches that wanted glory now.
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Make sure your best player becomes hydration specialist. My coach told me I was too valuable to the team to risk injury on the field so he had me filling water bottles.