youth football defense?
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This is the one I personally used my first year as a coach\n\nhttp://www.fbforyouth.com/the_gap-8.htm\n\nI was a youth coach at the time.  It's simple, easy to understand, and it shuts down stuff like the power-sweep.  If you don't like it, check out this page for a bunch of different defenses that work for the youth leagues\n\nhttp://www.fbforyouth.com/defense.htm\n\nIf you have any questions e-mail me!
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Defensive Tackle\nA player position on defense.
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Defensive End\nA player position on defense.
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Practice.  it depends on what position you want to play though.  For a QB practice throwing the football...and try different patterns..(deep, short, and then get a friend to run slant routes and stuff)  For a RB just practice running(sprinting) and also do some weight lifting for strength to break tackels.  For WR practice running routes (slant, post, corner etc) with a friend...practice diving and tip-toe catching for along the sidelines.  If  you want to be a defense then just lift weights and try to get quicker.
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Yahoo! Fantasy Football Leagues are one of the few to offer individual defensive players.  Their leagues are the easiest to set up and have a great interface.
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Found this article...hope it helps. I also suggest watching college football and some pro (I'm not a pro football fan) watching the receivers and seeing how they fake and spin...it takes practice and repetition.\n\nYour passing game starts with the ability of your football wide receivers to get separation from their defenders. It doesn't matter if you have the greatest quarterback in the world if his receivers can't give him a window to throw to.\n\nThe first step is to teach your wide receivers how to get off the line. If the defenders are pressing and bumping at the line, the receiver must know how to beat the pressure. Begin by teaching fakes. The most basic is the "head bob". This is where the football wide receiver moves his head to one side while getting his body moving straight or to the other side. A good shoulder fake can spice this move up.\n\nSince defensive backs will eventually pick up on a repeated fake, teach your receivers to mix things up with double-fakes (fake one way, then the other, then move beyond the defensive back).\n\nFootball wide receivers must also be taught how to use their hands to gain separation. Teach the "rip" and "swim" techniques. If cutting left, teach them to use the right arm to "rip" up through the cornerback's arms. For the "swim" technique, teach your wide receivers to bring the inside arm up and over the corner's arms to knock the arms downward.\n\nOnce off the line, good route running is obviously an important skill to develop. One way to help your football wide receivers get open is to have them run hard to a specific spot, get control (possibly use a fake here) and make the cut. Plant the foot away from the direction of the cut, make the cut and then accelerate into the cut. Teach your players the importance of getting the defensive back moving backwards and then cutting away from them.\n\nBesides the straight line charge, you can also have your football receivers use an S-shape weave to get open. Have them run quickly at the defensive back to get close, then "curve" around him to gain separation.\n\nAgainst man-to-man coverage, learning the art of good cuts and making those cuts at the right time will be extremely important to the success of your wide receivers. Against zone coverage, it's a bit different. Since the defensive backs are defending an area, the football receivers won't need to use their fakes quite as much since they just need to find the holes in the zone.\n\nOne often over-looked area where you can give your players an advantage is in your scouting of the opposition. Don't underestimate the importance of exploiting how your players match up to the other guys. Figure out how you can game-plan how to get your best or fastest receiver matched up against the opposition's weakest or slowest defensive back.\n\nTeach your football wide receivers the correct fundamentals for getting open, game-plan your match ups effectively, then sit back and feel the satisfaction of watching a beautifully executed big play win the game for your players.\n\nMatt & Dave run http://www.football-plays-and-drills.com/get-open and enjoy teaching football players and coaches more about the football plays, drills, fundamentals and tips that result in individual and team success. For our free report, "5 Keys to Discovering the Successful Coach Inside You", plus an additional free report, send a blank email to mailto:footballtips@aweber.com.\n\nWe give full permission for you to use this article in your newsletter or on your site as long as you include our Resource Box with our website link and email link included.\n\nArticle Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Matt_Zavadil
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Wow what a hard ? to answer.\nThe easiest way to determine pass vs. run is to watch how th lineman are blocking. Standing up(pass) vs. charging out (run).\nHow much cushion depends a lot on how fast the kids are. The faster they are the less cushion they need to give.\nAs far as fundamentals you should be teaching them a lot of backpeddling/change of direction drills. The M drill comes to mind running backward 10yds forward 10yds back 10yds and forward again to form an "M" on the field.\nAlso having them cover route runners one on one. I know this is simplified. I would go to a book store and pick a book of D-Back drills and run the through the ringer on those bad boys :)
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DT is all about speed and power.  You'll be matched up against the offensive tackles most of the time, the biggest guys on the field.  You have to be able to get up off the line faster than they can and move around them.  A lot depends on your coach's play style, but your primary job is to put pressure on the quarterback and break up plays.  Additionally, it's your job to see holes in the defensive line and plug them up to stop inside runs.  \n\nGood luck!
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Whoever said pick a good defense, I want to play FF with you.  YOU ARE RETARDED!!!!!\n\nAs for your question, a top flight receiver may be a good choice, but you HAVE to take at least 1 RB with those picks.  Take a look at depth at the QB position.  There is so much this year that a QB (like Palmer last year) taken in the 7th-10th rounds could very easily be a top 5 QB.  Also, since you would have to wait from 13 to 36, RB's will be very thin by the time you get to 36.\n\nHere are the (projected) top 15 RB's listed in my league that I am running (note - we get .5 pts for receptions)\n1. Alexander\n2. LJ\n3. LT\n4. Portis\n5. Barber\n6. Edge\n7. R. Johnson\n8. Jordan\n9. S. Jackson\n10. Cadillac\n11. Westbrook\n12. R. Brown\n13. D. Davis\n14. J. Jones\n15. McGahee\n\nAs you can see, #13 is dealing with injury questions and #14 may not even be the #1 on his team come the beginning of the season (Marion Barber III).  I'm not saying you have to take 2 RB's (at 36, you might get someone like A Green, Bell, Droughns, Benson, etc. but these are all guys that are looking to split carries) with your 1st 2 picks, but there is greater depth at WR and QB then there is at RB.  If S. Smith is there, I would definitely take him.  Fitzgerald, Harrison, C Johnson, and Holt would be questionable WR's at 12 or 13.\n\nAs for someone with the 1st pick, you have to think about they are getting a top 3 RB and then the 24th and 25th pick.  They will probably pick up another RB (K Jones, J Lewis, W Dunn, R Bush, D McAllister, etc.) and either a top 3 QB or top 5 WR.  But where the bulk of the players waiting to explode, are drafted between 25 and 45, in which you have two very good selections at 36 and 37\n\nDon't be too discouraged though.  I've seen more people win with the last pick in the draft then the 1st.  The draft is all about getting the best value with the pick you have, not necessarily the best player.  Yeah, maybe you can get a Brady, Palmer, Manning with the 13th pick, but you can probably get a McNabb or Culpepper with your 3rd or 4th round pick, or possibly a Bulger, Green, Bledsoe, Hasselbeck, E Manning, Delhomme, Plummer, or Warner in the 5th or 6th rounds or later (also, dont forget about Brees, Vick, B Johnson, Favre, Brooks, Brunell, or Leftwich).
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I doubt you would be able to find any free playbooks on-line.  My suggestion is find a yahoo group for like youth football and ask if someone can give you some stuff.  Like a simple I formation or Wing T offense.
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I don't know about a free playbook but my hubby has had a team for a year now and the best thing to do an defense is read the QB. Another thing we did was stay and watch the team we would play the next week and see their usual plays. A playbook really does no good due to the quick pace of flag football. And if at all possible practice with you team a couple times a week so that your team gets used to the routes that you will run. Hubby was QB and lineman played both off and def blitz nailed them every time pressure on QB forces runs or blind pass, great for INT and loss of yards. hope I helped.
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Try using the wishbone formation more often, if you are so desperate (as we can sense) review some of the college film and teams like Nebraska that i recall are use to run the option in a lot of the game plays.\nAlso just throw the ball only to RBs and Tight ends ocasionally, your receivers need to be mainly for blocking schemes.
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yeah, free flow is good. if your team playing defensive, fine, let them. or you can change the formation into 4-2-4 this way, you can play attack football and defensive at the same time. don't pass the ball through the midfielder, use long shots. haha.... hope it works
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Quick questions...what is your budget?  How big is the field (is this regulation NFL or just a little league football field)?  How many kids will be there (bodies will help fill up the space, too)?  How old are the kids?  \n\nThey have those boards where you can throw a football through and get so many points depending on which hole the football goes through.  You might be able to rent that.\n\nYou might also get some adults to volunteer to be in cartoon costumes (depending on the age of the kids...if they are say 10 and under).  You might also get your local arts council to volunteer to do some face painting...you can pick out cool things like footballs, helmets, arches, butterflys, bees, stars, etc.\n\nYou might see if you can get a little ice cream cart, too.  You know like the little Good Humor carts?  Maybe you can have a photo station set-up where the kids can have their pics taken with the lineman.  It could be simple...a little table for processing, and then photos in front of the field goal posts or something?\n\nYou can also rent ALL KINDS of MEGA SIZED inflatable figures.  You might call your local party rental store to see what they might have available.  \n\nIf the schools where the students are coming from have cheerleaders, let the cheerleaders participate and perform cheers to add to the excitement and "realism" of the activities.  It would even be neat if NFL cheerleaders could cheer alongside the little ones.\n\nAnyway, just a few ideas.  Unfortunately, nothing is free, but maybe you can get some stuff donated or for cheap.\n\nGood luck and have fun!  Sounds like a blast!
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There is one that comes to mind. You should ask him about configuring your team into pairs of triangles. This way you can constantly pass the ball and not have as tight of coverage on the ball from the defense. You will exhaust the other team as they try to get the ball then you can make your move . Wings are also a great asset use them as a weapon
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It sounds like both coaches are allowing you to play, but one is worried about injury, and that is not dumb.  I happen to on the coaches with this one.  Coaches want to win and I'm sure they'd love to have you on team if you can help them win.  During 6th grade youth football, I played Left Tackle and blocked for a Female Quaterback that led our team to the league championship.\n\nIf you have really want to play football you should try out.  I would first weigh all the factors though.  You would almost undoubtedly have more success at other sports, especially at a high school/college/professional level playing for a women's team.  Unless you are exceptionally big or strong for being a female, you will be at a high risk for injury, as is any male would be.  We had a great running back in youth football but he weighed only about 120 pounds and broke his leg- twice.  Also, one position women fair well at is kicker... do you have some talent there?  In high school, a lot of gals can be competitive as a kicker.  Much harder to be competitive at any other position though.\n\nMost girls who play football either play at a pre-high school level or are in a unique situation (either physically huge and athletic for a female or have a strong leg and become a kicker).  Always exceptions though.
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i am 6'4  245 i play DT for my high school 10th grade\n190 pounds is good for a defensive end.. just as long as you are fast and know how to tackle good.\noutside linebacker ur maybe to tall for that and not big enough linebackers are usualy 5'11 - 6'1 and 210 pounds