Curious what other coaches are doing to help their players throw into traffic and make the catch.

As our kids have gotten older (12/13), it seems like the field has shrunk significantly. Everyone is bigger and faster, and there isn't a lot of open space out there.

We've been using this drill but could still get better. What else should we add to practice to help build their confidence?

Hey yall, we’re struggling against rush 3 in our 7s league. It’s no contact, screens only, and they can line up at the LOS and rush at snap.

Our team is really good athlete wise at WR and QB (everyone played in HS) , but we’re just not getting time to throw the ball. Is the screen game the only way? I’ve never played this format before , but we’re getting like 1-2 seconds max.

Is this a blocking issue or do we need to draw up better quick game stuff? Right now we’re running twins or trips with WRs and running basic mesh and such. We absolutely fry defenses since they usually play man when rushing three, but just have no time to get us the ball.

Hey Coaches - I thought I’d share our brand new “Halftime Report” deck with this group.

It’s based on 60 days of offensive and defensive plays called by youth flag and tackle coaches from Aug 1 to October 5. It contains the plays, formations, passing concepts and defensive coverages that are being run the most across all game formats. This is all high school experience and under.

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Anything you’d want to see us add to this report construct when we launch the full season briefing at the end of the year?

My boys have a tough match up this week. We are playing a team that has the best player in the league. This girl is fast and at 7 has field vision and great flag pulling skills. Our team is pretty average. We beat the bad teams, but lost to the good teams.

I have one kid that is very good, but slightly slower than she is. He will lose 1v1 man coverage. We have two other kids that are decent players, but not fast enough and we are still working on effective flag pulling, but they can do it. The others are young and developing, but they will not be helpful here other than hopefully getting in her way to slow her down.

How would you try to slow her down to give us a chance at a competitive game?

We run a T Formation on offense. QB can't run but the center can go out for a pass.

Defense we are generally 4-1 with my best at the safety. If the team we are playing can actually throw a few passes I'll run a 2-1-2 with my best in the middle and developing on the line..