what is the best offense for youth football?

Answer 1

give the ball to the biggest boy on ur team and have him run over all the other little kids. give him steroids too.

Answer 2

There is no single "best" system. One coach might very well run a double wing with great success while another coach flops with it. In part, it comes down to the coach's ability to teach it and then the kids ability to execute it. Here are some guidlines:

1- keep it simple - have a few core running plays that you execute with perfection. You can make it look like you ahve more plays than you really do by running the same plays from multiple formations. Mix in some motions as well.
2- Passing is the hardest thing to do in the NFL; why do youth coaches feel the need to emulate NFL passing attacks? About 16 things can happen on a passing play - the snap can be fumbled, the QB can trip on the backpedal, the QB can be sacked, the lien can be offsides or illegally downfied, interception, etc, etc. Only two of things that happen on a pass play are very good for the offense - Completion and a Pass Interference on the defense. Keep your passes simple and short.
3- Have at least one misdirection type play (counter, reverse, etc).
4- Teach your line how to block.
5- Attack the edge; splits are usually very small in youth football; inside running lanes are hard to come by.
6- VERY IMPORTANT - teach players sound fundamentals. Solid Fundamentals win football games.
7) Repetition, repetition, repetition.

Youth football is mostly a running game so you should look back to the history of the game to when running was king (20,30s,40s, 50s, etc). Systems like the Tee formation, WIng T, Notre Dame box, wishbone are all some examples of systems you can look at. If you know what your competition runs on offense and defense, that may help you decide. I venture to guess that 70% of youth coachs are going to run a 5-3 against you. The rest will run a 6-2 or a 4-4....in other words, 8 man fronts with the S being very near the box. What you are not likely to see a lot of is a 4-3, 3-4 or anything else that is a base 7 man front and 2 safeties sitting back. They know you will run and so they stack against it. Use this to your advantage. by the way, some teams will indeed run various other things like a 10-1, 7 Diamond, Gap-Air-Mirror, etc. The coach needs to understand those defenses and know what to do against them within the construct of the offense.

Also, look for an offense not used by anyone else in the leage. You know, if you run the same maryland I or double wing that the champ from the last 5 years has won with, you won't beat the champs. Why? because their defense practices against that offense every night. Be different.

Answer 3

You should actually run a very simple offense. Execution is more important than trickery. As kids progress through a program the offense should remain the same with more plays and sets built off of it. The holes should be numbered the same as should the backs.

It's the easiest thing in the world as a Defensive coach to Blitz kids from different parts of the formation and have them get into the backfield and make tackles on every play against an offense that is no where near prepared to block them. However, this does not prepare them for a time when the offenses will mature and will know how to pick them up. At that point, will they have learned to take on the block, to be in the proper position, and to use good form? They will need all of these things to succeed later in their careers.

Teams that win with trickery at a very young age, often get their helmets handed to them as they move up in age by teams that have mastered the fundamentals and now expand their offense and defensive play calling repetoires.

If the league serves as a feeder program to a HS, I would suggest that they run the same offense as thre High School program does. This will get the kids ready to play and contribute as soon as they hit HS.

Answer 4

When I played youth football we ran an offense with three backs in the back field. This was our foundation for more advanced offenses during the year. Each back was number 1,2,3 with the holes on the offensive line odd numbers to the left even Numbers to the right. Ran a lot of dive plays.

This was a good setup for me because the numbering was easy to remember.

the plays consisted of 24 dive. 2 back through the 4 hole etc. The other backs would be blockers through the hole first.

Hope this helps there are probably many better offenses but this one worked for me I can still remember the old plays and it has been almost 30 years since I played midget football.

Good Luck.

Answer 5

With kids, the one thing they always seem to have trouble with is anticipation of where a play is going. They always run directly at where they think the ball is instead of where it is likely to be. I have always had success using that to my advantage. The easiest thing to do is to design one play where multiple movements take place. It gives you multiple options on where to go with the ball and when you throw in some fakes and some hiding of the ball it does wonders. I have used WR's in motion, fakes to the RB, QB sneaks, all while using the same basic look and it has worked well. Good luck.

Answer 6

They can't tackle, try the triple option or the power option, or the veer.

Run 70% of the time, then play action pass to some of the kids. Your kids will catch a lot of wide open passes.

Make sure you have kids that dont fumble.

Answer 7

Winged-back set. Tht way you protect the quaterback and give the team an extra option in close. By having only one wide-out gives the quarterback a chance to complete the ball.

Answer 8

the best offence is a split backfield with a split end....Or a
T-formation...Send the full back in motion to the play side before the count.....This formation really confuses the defence....Because if te full back goes to that side it would most likely foil the coverage...making the defence go back into man to man defence.... with a quick snap off the ball this makes for a good cross run or a PA pass to your split back.

Answer 9

The wing - slot offense. It has worked for our team in the past.

Answer 10

the best offense is a good defense my coach always tells me that

Answer 11

Let them have fun!!!! Kids shouldn't have to memorize a bunch of plays, and they are not paid professional. You go long, you button hook, some of you guys block, that ought to do it.