Organization Management Archives:

As many of you know the game of youth football is being assaulted from many sides. Many youth football programs numbers are suffering as the feeding frenzy instigated by a very small but very vocal group of detractors has gotten into the willful ear of their willing accomplices in media and even to a few [...]

There is both hypocricy and selective indignation going on with this wave of attacks on youth football.

While youth football like any sport has risk, right now very few people are talking about the benefits kids get by playing. When looking at any decision we all look at the costs or risk and weigh them against the benefits gained. While we all have been inundated with information on the risks, let’s examine [...]

It looks like there is a full scale assault on youth football  by the misinformed. The attacks on youth football continue from many sides and include well publisized assaults from the political ranks in Illinois and New York amongst others.  While youth football like any activity has risk, the risks seem to be misunderstood and [...]

Coaching Youth Football, the Team Audit   Many youth football coaches squander their off-season time in areas that in the end won’t do their teams a whole lot of good. Often times coaches will put their time into an area they personally like and not where the team needs the most help. If you really [...]

I had to share with you some real world lessons I relearned this week when it comes to scrimmaging other teams in youth football. While scrimmaging other teams IS important so the kids can get a feel for what it’s like to make contact with a player from another team, scrimmaging is a trade off [...]

In pay to play football, parents are a reality you will have to deal with. They can be your biggest supporters or your biggest obstacles. If you don’t manage them properly, they can steal the joy of coaching kids. It never hurts to have them know you understand their concerns. Those of you that are [...]

Pop Warner Takes First Step  Pop Warner, one of the nations largest and most influential youth football leagues mandated new practice rules this month. Pop Warner football has announced that coaches will be required to make at least two-thirds of their practice time non-contact, and during the one-third of the time with contact, there will [...]

Most of the coaching tips on this blog have to do with technique, scheme, practice methods and motivating youth football players. Sometimes it may make sense to take a step back and look at the big picture and examine why we coach and what type of impact we MAY have with the kids we coach. [...]

Becoming an Elite Team Youth football coaches can learn a lot from teams and programs that dominate other sports. This years State Basketball Tournament in Nebraska offered a few prime lessons for me and I’m not even a basketball fan. Omaha Central won the state championship in the states largest class for the 7th time [...]