Football practice plan template
A one-page practice plan for a flag or youth football team, with a start time beside every block. Team talk, warm-up, flag-pull angles, catch and tuck, a water break, a scrimmage and a cool-down, ready to print.
Free, no account, nothing to install. Football practice plan, US Letter. Edit opens the practice plan maker on the same football plan.
How to use this template
Print it for the field
Print on US Letter or A4. One page on a clipboard, with nothing on the back to flip to.
Set up before the players arrive
Both drills need cones, flags and a ball. Read the coaching cue under each so you know what to watch for before the first rep.
Tick the blocks off
A tick beside each block as it finishes shows where you are without checking the clock, and keeps the scrimmage from being squeezed.
Write down what to fix
Use the notes lines for what went wrong in the scrimmage. That is the drill for next practice.
Download the template
Would rather type than write? The free practice plan maker makes the same sheet from what you type.
Built for flag and youth football
Most football practice plan templates online are written for a varsity staff with eight coaches and three hours: individual periods by position, team periods, special teams. A flag or youth team has one or two coaches, an hour and a bit, and players who need to touch the ball. This template is written for that team.
It is one page with a start time beside every block, a tick box for each, the coaching cue printed under each drill, and lines at the foot for notes.
What is in the plan
It is the plan the practice plan maker opens on for football:
- a five-minute team talk;
- a fifteen-minute warm-up of easy laps and dynamic stretches;
- flag-pull angles, because missed flags lose more flag games than missed passes: take an inside-out angle, break down three yards away, eyes on the belt;
- catch and tuck, hands in a diamond, watch it in, tuck it high and tight and turn upfield;
- a water break;
- a twenty-minute scrimmage;
- a cool-down.
It runs about an hour and a quarter. Every drill in it is written for flag football, and both work just as well for a youth tackle team's skill players.
Changing it
On paper, cross out a drill and write yours over it, keeping its minutes so the start times still hold. On screen, the edit button opens the practice plan maker with this plan loaded, where you can swap in any of the twelve flag football drills, from the shotgun snap to zone drops and the seven-yard rush, and print it again with the times worked out. It is free and needs no account.
The plays you are practising go on game day's paper: the football call sheet template for the coach, and the flag football wristband template for the players.
Common questions
What should a flag football practice include?
A short talk, a warm-up, a defensive drill such as flag pulling, an offensive drill such as catching or the snap, a water break, a scrimmage, and a cool-down. Keep every player moving: lines of more than three or four mean too much standing around.
How long should a youth football practice be?
An hour to ninety minutes for most flag and youth teams. This plan runs about an hour and a quarter, which leaves time to set up and to finish without rushing.
Does this work for tackle football?
The shape does: talk, warm-up, two skill drills, a break, a team period and a cool-down. The drills in it are written for flag, so a tackle team would swap in tackling or blocking drills of its own.
Is the football practice plan template free?
Yes. Download and print it as often as you like, with no account and no email address. It carries a small Playmaker mark at the foot of the page.
Where do the drills come from?
From Playmaker's drill library, where each one is an animated diagram with its setup, its coaching points and the mistakes to watch for. The practice plan maker puts any of them into the plan with one tap.
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Fill it in on screen instead
The free practice plan maker opens on this template. Type instead of writing, print as many copies as you need, and change it next week without starting again.
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