Intermediate Defensive Football Plays for Coaching Youth Football

Intermediate Defensive Playbooks

When coaching players 10-12, or with a few seasons experience you may need to try something a little different.  We recommend:

• 46 Defense
• 6-2 Defense

These defensive playbooks build on the core basics that the beginner level playbooks offer and add more challange.

An inexperienced defensive coach will often just pick a defense because it sounds familiar or another team has been successful with it, and that is a mistake.  There are just as many reasons to choose each defense as their are NOT to choose a specific defensive scheme.

There are several factors to take into consideration:

It takes a lot of time and focus to really analyze the NEEDS of your defensive unit. 

For example if you really only have 2 players that have the size and strength to play on the defensive line, should you really run a defense that requires 4-6 defensive linemen.  If you do the players that are not built for down linemen will not perform and will serve no real purpose.

Our coaches have spent the last 20+ years working with countless youth football players and have had players of all shapes and sizes.

Choosing the right defensive playbook for your team is all about fitting the playbook to the players you have on your roster.

We can help you choose the right playbook for your team, we have organized our proven youth football playbooks so that you can eliminate the guesswork and use a playbook that has been proven "on-the-field".