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How many youth football plays should I have?
This has actually become a heated topic among youth football coaches in recent years. I have seen too many coaches try to install an NFL size playbook with seven-year old kids. On the other side, I have seen many rookie coaches go into a game with only three or four plays.
There has been some nonsense about the proper number of plays should be based on the age of your players. This means if you are coaching nine-year olds, you should have no more than nine plays. This is insane logic and I wonder where one comes up with something so silly. The age of the players, have a minimal reason on the amount of plays you will be installing.
The skill level of your team, experience of the players and coaches experience all have some bearing on how many plays you should install. If you are coaching an “A” level team with many skilled or returning players, you can have a larger playbook than if you are coaching a “B” Team of all first year players. It is insane to make a statement that because the ages are the same of the two previous examples that they should have the same size playbook.
I will say it is important to make sure that each base play is put in first, and once perfected by the team feel free to add more plays. Please check out any of my playbooks for complete details.
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