Coaching Considerations for Various Age Groups in Youth Football
In previous posts, I have given numerous tips for working with younger aged youth football players. As mentioned in the book and in these posts, the 6-8 year old kids are very visual and we showed you many tricks on how use that to your advantage.
How do […]
High school football jerseys have become very popular due to the overall popularity of football in general.
The question is, how do you preserve your high school football jersey so you can always remember the season, my teammates, my school?
Here is a great idea, take your jersey and get it professionally framed and matted, exactly how […]
Recruiting Has Gone Mad in Youth Football
The private coaches/team clinics I do all across the country for youth football teams are interesting to say the least. Many of the coaches share thought provoking stories of their teams, leagues and opponents. While I always enjoy working with the coaches and kids, what I enjoy most is […]
IntroductionThe 2006 Football World Cup offers a timely opportunity to consider the wider social and political implications of sport in general and football in particular, with particular reference to the racial dimension to sporting competition. Now of course, Dr Frances Cress-Welsing in her much acclaimed book, ?The Isis Papers? (1991), provided an in-depth psychological analysis […]
The Sweep the ?Holy Grail? Of Youth Football Plays
While the sweep is a legitimate football play at all levels, it is a play I personally detest in Youth Football. Too many youth football games are decided by one player on a play that often requires little team work or real execution, the sweep play. It […]
Soccer players are not the only persons who wear soccer jerseys. These days more and more people are wearing jerseys of their favorite soccer team. Wearing authentic jerseys to promote their favorite teams and display their affiliations is not a new concept among sports lovers. However, off late wearing authentic jerseys of popular teams has […]
Everyone knows that NFL football is the most popular sport in America. For that matter one could argue a case that football is the most popular sport in the world. It makes no difference what time of year it is to any football fan. True football fans live for any news on […]
Originally sports jerseys were just seen as a part of a team's regular equipment. In fact, traditionally, football players had no option but to wear jerseys that were plain with long sleeves and much heavier than their modern National Football League equivalent. From a critical standpoint, it was invariably argued that the reason for the […]
Out of town youth football tournaments are an excellent end of season treat for many youth football teams. Pop Warner, AYF and other organizations have regional and national title programs that are the goal of many youth football coaches in those leagues.
When I played youth football, our team traveled to Las Vegas, Kansas City, Nashville […]
Basketball jerseys are the more preferred sports apparel among school and college going crowd. Jerseys are part of the official sports apparel of NBA and other basketball teams. However, players are not the only ones who you can spot wearing NBA jerseys. Conversely, players are a very minute section of the sports apparel business. Most […]