I have volunteered to coach my son's 9-9 flag football team. I have coached 6,7 yo soccer and T-ball but never flag football. I see a lot of posts regarding 5-5 and 7-7 but i have not seen anything with 9-9. This league has blocking. Are there any playbooks and defensive schemes that can help me out. Also, i need some help on drills and practices to run. Just like the other sports i expect to see some coaches out there just winging it but that is not how i play. I would like for it to be structured so the kids can actually learn and have fun by being successful. So any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Coach Wood
Newbie - Need Help W/ 9-9 Playbook And Practices 6,7 Yo
Started by woodb, Aug 22 2011 12:33 PM
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Posted 22 August 2011 - 03:27 PM
I don't have any 9 on 9 knowledge, but I do have experience coaching that age group (as I see you do also).
Sounds like a lot of kids to manage and keep focused - no easy task at that age. You definitely need plenty of help for practices and make sure that you're coaching up the fundamentals. Keep the plays simple by running just a few that could go in either direction. Like, off-tackle run to the right/fake reverse to the left/dump pass to the right - right there you have three plays in one from the exact same formation and set up. In fact you could run the same formation and develop a very potent offense with about 8 plays.
The trick is going to be keeping the group focused and having fun. To do that you MUST have a very tight practice plan that keeps them in small groups with very little standing arouond. Rotate - Rinse - Repeat.
My two cents.
Sounds like a lot of kids to manage and keep focused - no easy task at that age. You definitely need plenty of help for practices and make sure that you're coaching up the fundamentals. Keep the plays simple by running just a few that could go in either direction. Like, off-tackle run to the right/fake reverse to the left/dump pass to the right - right there you have three plays in one from the exact same formation and set up. In fact you could run the same formation and develop a very potent offense with about 8 plays.
The trick is going to be keeping the group focused and having fun. To do that you MUST have a very tight practice plan that keeps them in small groups with very little standing arouond. Rotate - Rinse - Repeat.
My two cents.
