kscoach44 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2008 Just wanted to say thanks to all who have posted comments, ideas, plays etc. I am coaching 7 and 8 year olds 5 v 5. None have ever played before nor had I coached football before. I satrted off with drills I read about here or links I saw here first. kept it simple and slowly added more each practice. Our playbook consists of mis-direction, reverse, jab steps etc. I thought man D would be best, but quickly learned different. Chasing a player in practice not only had their backs to the play, but really took my guys on D completey out of the play. Zone seems to be the answer...at leats for us. I never would have thought it had I not read it here. Our first game we ran 9 plays scored 6 times. We actually scored the first 5 times we touched the ball. On D we gave up no points. My advice to new coaches is use swarm ( we call it hawking) drills in practice. We don't stop in practice until both flags are pulled. On offense misdirection is key and carrying out the fake on plays really helps. Anyway just wanted to say thanks!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange 26 Report post Posted September 12, 2008 You're welcome. I was a first time coach several years ago and was looking for information to help. I really couldn't find anything except some websites that wanted to charge you for their plays. And the library has plenty of books on tackle football but not on flag. So I started a thread here, was joined by Coach Rob and now we have several experienced contributors. I'm glad that we make it easier for those trying to jump into coaching flag football. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vegas Coach 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2008 Congrats on your good game, I bet the kids were very proud of themselves! We also try as much to employ the "swarm" tactic in every practice and stress that every kid be running, whether during drills, breaking the huddle, scrimmages or even running off the feild to get some water. We also dont stop until both flags are pulled as well, I think it continues to instill the swarm idea and not to stop on the play ever! These things work.... along with keeping the kids motivated and moving through practice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
