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re: Youth Flag Football help
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:21 pm to EnragedPlatypus
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:21 pm to EnragedPlatypus
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The QB isn't allowed to run, and he's "so-so" scrambling.
Defense can blitz 2 kids, but the qb isn't allowed to cross LOS. Players blitzing have to start 7yds downfield.
ok so thats pretty typical to what we play here in before 9/10
so I would recommend playing cover 2 on defense, dont blitz but 1 kid. essentially will be
2 linebackers 3 yards off the ball, split on each side of the ball
2 corner backs
2 safeties, each have half the field deep
for offense
center, qb, running back and 3 receivers. play out the shotgun. I like to go empty have 2 wr on the line, 2 stacked behind them, snap and throw immediately to 1 of the back ones and run it as a screen
you can then have the guy catching it, float back so its a backwards pass and hit double off of that.
you can motion guys too so that you can hit them for short underneath passes, then use that as a decoy some and hit another from main formation coming across
also 2 wr on each side and running mesh works well too especially against man coverage
hope this helps
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:22 pm to 3nOut
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flag grabbing needs to be paramount
I learned this after our first game. One of our practices was damn near all spent on flag grabbing then the rest of the practices began and ended with it. Made a big difference.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:23 pm to EnragedPlatypus
WHat are the rules? Can QB run? Are rushers on the LOS or come from 10 yards deep? The rules change the strategy.
Edit: I see the rules you posted. You need quick hitting plays and "RPOs"
RPO meaning you snap it to the QB, hand it to a RB and that kid has the ability to pass or run. If the defense pays man coverage, a delayed jet sweep works wonders.
Edit: I see the rules you posted. You need quick hitting plays and "RPOs"
RPO meaning you snap it to the QB, hand it to a RB and that kid has the ability to pass or run. If the defense pays man coverage, a delayed jet sweep works wonders.
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:27 pm to cdur86
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I had to do a double take to make sure I wasn't the one that made this post as I'm in the same boat. But my age group is 1st and 2nd grade. Talk about frustration with them not paying attention. I feel like I'm yelling at least half the practice telling them to either listen or to separate. I'm losing my mind and we haven't even had our first game yet
At this age you have to realize that the majority of them have to be coached individually. They can't watch the guy in front of them and pick anything up. Some rare kids can but most have to make the mistakes themself and be corrected individually. Some won't listen to a word you say until they get beat in the game.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:28 pm to EnragedPlatypus
One tip: staple flags to belt.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:28 pm to cdur86
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I had to do a double take to make sure I wasn't the one that made this post as I'm in the same boat. But my age group is 1st and 2nd grade. Talk about frustration with them not paying attention. I feel like I'm yelling at least half the practice telling them to either listen or to separate. I'm losing my mind and we haven't even had our first game yet
Break them into smaller groups and don't have any idle time waiting for their turn.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:29 pm to EnragedPlatypus
This play is deadly against 11-13 year olds.
Blue guy is always open for an easy short pass and lots of room to run.
Blue guy is always open for an easy short pass and lots of room to run.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:29 pm to CatfishJohn
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Break them into smaller groups and don't have any idle time waiting for their turn.
Great tip for this age group!
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:30 pm to EnragedPlatypus
In all seriousness, I coached our intramural flag football team back in college. I probably still have some old plays I can send over to you if you want them 
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:32 pm to lsu777
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2 linebackers 3 yards off the ball, split on each side of the ball
2 corner backs
2 safeties, each have half the field deep
this was me.
Safeties were my tallest fastest athletes. cornerbacks less so. just don't let anybody outside you and push them to the safeties.
my 2 LBs would switch off rushing and staying home.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:33 pm to Tarpon08
And wrap up! No damn shoulder shots..even in flag football.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:35 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Can you have a blocking back? Usually if rushers need to start 7 yards back from the LOS, you can’t block.
This is correct.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:37 pm to lsu777
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so I would recommend playing cover 2 on defense, dont blitz but 1 kid. essentially will be
2 linebackers 3 yards off the ball, split on each side of the ball
2 corner backs
2 safeties, each have half the field deep
This math doesn't add up. how can you play 6 in coverage and blitz a kid in 6v6?
I say play a cover 3 with a single high safety and a rusher. You give up the flats but you muddy the middle and keep everything in front. You can mix in cover 2 where you don't send a rusher and man depending on the look or down and distance.
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:48 pm to 3nOut
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this was me.
Safeties were my tallest fastest athletes. cornerbacks less so. just don't let anybody outside you and push them to the safeties.
my 2 LBs would switch off rushing and staying home.
this....100% this
key is the CB never ever ever let anyone get out side of them and your Linebackers flow on run plays
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:52 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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This math doesn't add up. how can you play 6 in coverage and blitz a kid in 6v6?
I say play a cover 3 with a single high safety and a rusher. You give up the flats but you muddy the middle and keep everything in front. You can mix in cover 2 where you don't send a rusher and man depending on the look or down and distance.
you dont blitz, thats the whole point. you bait them and frustrate them
but yea if you want to send a blitzer most times, you can walk 1 of the line backers back so 3 high
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:53 pm to EnragedPlatypus
just run the veer.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:55 pm to EnragedPlatypus
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The QB isn't allowed to run,
Also does he have to throw a forward pass? (past the line of scrimmage). if not, alot of teams will snap the ball to a "qb"and then pitch it to the real qb, so he can have the option to run or pass.
The most common mistake is teams/kids thinking they have to read a defense and chuck the ball way downfield. That just leads to a bunch of turnovers. You already said you dont have a qb, hes not going to turn into dan marino in 3 weeks. So try to give him some easy clear outs with swing passes underneath and stuff like that. Mix in some jet sweeps and reverses and stuff like that if your rules allow.
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:05 pm to lsu777
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you dont blitz, thats the whole point. you bait them and frustrate them
but yea if you want to send a blitzer most times, you can walk 1 of the line backers back so 3 high
we just had an audible based on what I think was going to happen for blitz or no blitz. if they handed the ball off to RPO every play, I'd usually just see what they did with that a few times before we started blitzing every play.
i could never afford to put my best athlete there, so it was usually somebody quick and smaller. honestly i had one kid that was no good at catching the ball or doing anything with it but he would scramble quickly, so he was just a full time rusher. maybe got a sack every few games, but as long as they weren't RPO, he'd rush the QB more often than not.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:15 pm to 3nOut
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we just had an audible based on what I think was going to happen for blitz or no blitz. if they handed the ball off to RPO every play, I'd usually just see what they did with that a few times before we started blitzing every play.
i could never afford to put my best athlete there, so it was usually somebody quick and smaller. honestly i had one kid that was no good at catching the ball or doing anything with it but he would scramble quickly, so he was just a full time rusher. maybe got a sack every few games, but as long as they weren't RPO, he'd rush the QB more often than not.
yea with the 7 yard blitz rule, got to be selective, not gonna get there most of the time anyways
I will say...want to mess up a team quickly
run the empty set i talked about earlier, running those screens and when they adjust, hit the center on an out route to the empty side of the field......then run the center on a deep curl and the inside receiver on a shallow cross......
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:43 pm to lsu777
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you dont blitz, thats the whole point. you bait them and frustrate them
Got it. That's definitely a strategy but I'd argue that you should use the non blitz to catch them napping. If you almost never blitz, they will have a lot of time to find someone open. In our league a QB has 7 seconds to throw which is an eternity to cover. If you don't blitz my QB, he will find someone in less than 7 seconds.
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