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2024 Head Football Coaches Needed
2024 Head Football Coaches
Mini Mites - open
Mites - Coach Matthew Rasmussen
Mighty Mites - Coach Randy Arntz
Midgets - Coach Vell
Juniors- Coach Micheal Greene
Please contact Junius Davenport (757-690-5432) if you're interested in coaching for any open teams above.
Features:
Course Level 1 — Introduction to Coaching Youth Football
Course Level 2 — Developed to teach position fundamentals
3D & 2D animations for visual comprehension
Flexibility to take the course at your own pace
11 Chapters with quizzes used to help retain information
Course certificates for each coach
Improvement in fundamental coaching and communication skills
Course completion puts you in our Online Coach's Registry
All football coaches Must be certified through "USA Football"
The Course Level 1 is required and must be compleated
Coaches you will need a ID Number/Code to enter wehn joining USA Football,
contact GYFL's General Manager of football to gain this information.
For more information please click on the "Coaches Page" and/or contact: Joe Ailstock, GYFL President 757-508-6015
To go to the USA Football website click on the red "USA Football" title above....
Current USA Football members
1. Log into your existing USA Football account.
2. On the right hand side there is a blue Coaching Member box.
3. Click on the link at the top for My Account
4. Scroll down to the bottom and click on the link to Renew Now adjacent to the coaching membership
5. Check the box that you agree to the terms and service
6. At the top of the payment page there is a box to enter in the promo code.
7. Click the button below, Update Price.
8. Your membership is now renewed, you will simply need to log out and then log back in to update the page.
New USA Football members
1. Go to www.usafootball.com/register
2. Click Sign Up under the Coaching Membership column
3. Enter in all the necessary information designated by the (*).
4. Check the box that you agree to the terms and service
5. At the top of the payment page there is a box to enter in the promo code.
6. Click the button below, Update Price.
7. You will need to check your email for an automatic email from USA Football. Click on the link inside to activate your email address.
8. You will now need to log into your account at www.usafootball.com in the login box on the top right hand side.
9. Your username is your email address and the password you created during registration
10. All of your membership tools are located in the blue Coaching Member box to the right.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
These are some of the best websites I have found on the Internet and I have been using them to better educate and prepare myself over the last 6+ years now. I can't tell you how much I have learned and don't mind sharing all the knowledge I have attained using all the free information out there. Coach James Fuller
Youth Football Resources
website address: www.gyfcl.com
- Peninsula Youth Football League Association (PYFA):
- National Alliance of Youth Sports
- Coaching Football For Dummies
by NAYS with Greg Bach
- Football For Youth
hosted by Coach Derek Wade: www.fbforyouth.com
- IMPACT! Coaching Successful Youth Football
Volume 1
- Message Board Hosted Coach Wade: Double Wing Coaches Forum: www.delphiforums.com/dwingers/start
- Coach Braun
- : www.skipbraun.com
- Winning Youth Football With Defense
- by Richard Braun
- Coaching Discussion Board hosted by Coach Skip Braun: www.skipbraun.com/MB/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=2
- John T. Reeds Coaching Youth Football
- : www.johntreed.com/coaching.html
- American Football Terminology Dictionary: www.johntreed.com/fbdictionary.html
- Football Think Tank: www.johntreed.com/footballthinktank.html
- Coaching Youth Football
- by John T. Reed
- Single Wing Offense For Youth Football
- by John T. Reed
- Coaching Youth Defense For Youth Football
- by John T. Reed
- Gap-Air-Mirror Defense For Youth Football
- by John T. Reed
- Football Clock Management
- by John T. Reed
- Coaching Youth Flag Football
- by John T. Reed
- Gregory Double Wing Website
- hosted by Coach Jack Gregory: www.gregorydoublewing.com
- Football Coaches Reference Site
- : www.coachteed.com
- Football Drills: www.coachteed.com/drill.html
- Coach Teed’s Message Board: www.coachteed.com/mboard/mboard.php
- Free Youth Play Books: www.coachteed.com/free/youth.html
- Cyber Coach
- : www.cyber-shack.net/cybercoach/
- The Zone
- : www.sportscombine.com/thezone/default.htm
- InfroSports
- Youth Football on the Web: www.infosports.com/football
- NFL Youth Football Index
- : www.nflyouthfootball.com
- Dum Coach’s Youth Football Forum
- : www.dumcoach.com
- Invision Coaching Youth Football Message Board
- : www.y-coach.com
- USA Football
- : www.usafootball.com
- Coaching Youth Football 4th edition
- Official handbook of USA Football (American Sports Education Program)
- Eteamz
- Football Tips and Drills: www.eteamz.active.com/football/instruction/tips/category.cfm/Playbook/
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Football Coaching Tips
Offensive Coaching Tips
*Keep the defense guessing. Don't fall into a trap of always running on first down or passing on third down.
*If your team receives a long penalty don't try to make up the lost yardage on one play.
*If your team is backed into a deep hole, consider using a quick kick on third down to catch the defense off guard.
*Your team's field position should help dictate the type of plays that are called. For example, long passes are dangerous near your own goal line; plays that involve trickery or deception are typically best if used around the midfield area; quick-hitting pass plays are good to use near the opponent's goal line.
*If the opposition's secondary plays deep, utilize a variety of short passes to lure them in, and then try a long pass.
Defensive Coaching Tips
*Different pass rushers should be used to confuse the offense, and linebackers can be sent in at different times as an element of surprise.
*Assign specific players the responsibility of containing the quarterback or running back inside so they can't get outside for a big gain.
*Defensive backs should not turn their backs on the pass receivers. They should be running backward or sideways so that they can always see the ball and the pass receiver.
