subject: Getting Started Coaching Pop Warner Football [print this page] Coaching Youth Football should be fun, and a good teaching experience for all of the players that are involved. Coaching youth football allows you to teach young football players the fundamentals of the game and bring individual talent together to play as a cohesive unit. That said, success on the gridiron begins on the practice field.
Blockers are key players on the opposing team that try to keep your players from tackling whoever is in possession of the ball. Offensive line blocking schemes are ninety nine percent attitude at the youth football level. Any player who listens, and has the desire, can become an effective blocker at the youth football level.
If you begin coaching at a young age it is wise to pick a mentor and learn his or her ways of coaching and handling young people, especially the parents. Becoming an effective coach is about organization and handling people as much as it is about the "x's and o's". Many coaches doubt the validity of this statement.
I too was not sure, since I had participated before, I figured coaching would be easy. It was not until I really understood how to coach and explain this game to little players that I began to have success.
Coaching youth football is almost always made up of volunteer parents, so coaches should expect nothing but 100% effort from their kids and cooperation and understanding from the parents as well. Coaches should never tolerate lack of effort, unexcused lateness/absents from team activities, or negative behavior towards teammates or coaches.
Coaching pee wee football is mainly about being prepared and organized. I think it is very important to have a consistent schedule for the practice. Coaching youth football is exciting and fulfilling and gives you an opportunity to pass your skills on to a new young generation of players.
Kids often fool around before practice, some without helmets. Collisions between a player wearing a helmet and one without can be dangerous. Kids need tough love. You have to teach fundamentals when it comes to the rules, safety, and the basics of various football actions like holding onto the football, keeping your head up, and so on.
Youth football is a great way to keep in shape and have fun with friends on the weekend! Teaching the proper basics of offense, defense, and special teams are what is most important at the pee wee level.
In ending, if you decide on becoming a pee wee football coach for the upcoming team, please be organized and remember to keep it simple for the age group you are coaching.
