Go Coach Football

As a youth football coach, your practice and game-day planning just got a whole lot easier with Go Coach Football. Go Coach Football offers 33 video clips and 21 animations demonstrating 38 skills and 48 drills for offense, defense, and special teams that will help you organize and run your practices. Supplemental coaching tips and advice, safety guidelines and checklists, and guidance on season and practice plans will help you manage team activities beyond the Xs and Os. Developed by Human Kinetics and drawing from content from the American Sport Education Program’s Coaching Youth Football book, Go Coach Football is the authoritative app for any on-the-go coach.

Skills
• 38 skills for offense, defense, and special teams
• Instant access to step-by-step instructions
• Video clips, animations, and photos demonstrating proper player positioning and skill execution

Drills
• 48 practice drills for offense, defense, and special teams
• Instant access to step-by-step instructions
• Video clips, animations, and photos demonstrating proper player positioning and drill execution

Advice
• Sample season and practice plans for ages 8 to 14
• Checklist for game preparation
• Guidelines for running the team during the game
• Tips for addressing the team after the game

Rules
• Information on field markings
• Descriptions of player positions
• Photos depicting officiating signals

First aid instruction
• Develop an emergency action plan
• Treat sprains and strains using the PRICE method
• Prevent, recognize, and treat heat-related illnesses such as heatstroke

Team management tips
• Foster good sportsmanship
• Create a fun atmosphere
• Teach correct technique using the IDEA method
• Identify behaviors that are inappropriate and unsportsmanlike
• Classify what’s deserving of disciplinary action and how to administer it
• Build teamwork and accountability