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Ultimate Guide to Coaching Youth Football

Before you even start planning your practices and drilling your players, you'll need to check out the handbook for your specific league.

Perhaps you love football. Maybe you even played football in high school. And now, you've signed your own child up for the local youth football league. What's more, you've agreed to coach his team. That was a couple of months ago, and it seemed like a good idea at the time. Now practices are looming, and you realize you are a little underprepared.

While the prospect of coaching a team of enthusiastic, young football star wannabes might seem daunting, armed with some basic information and a practice plan, you could have the time of your life. 

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