Choosing a Youth Football Quarterback

Welcome to the new episode, Choosing a Youth Football Quarterback on Coach Parker's Coaching Youth Football Tips and Talk Podcast. A Social Media Subscriber asked me a few weeks ago what do I look for in a youth football QB?  Good question and a tough one. We have 3 weeks of practice and scrimmages to choose. We are usually looking at 2 to 3 players for QB and get down to 2. We already know our QB Profile for our offensive scheme. We run more Single Wing Wildcat style offenses so not a huge issue for QB. Older teams we will run Spread and look for more of a traditional QB with our Wildcat back. May find a great QB once every few years…. You must DEVELOPMENT your youth football QBs! Mainly I look for a Smart, Ball Manager, that I Trust with the football.  More detail…. Smart  Trustworthy Football iQ  Good Ball manager  Confident   Competitive – they desire to win Tough & Resilient  Ok Arm  Ok to Good Speed  Good hands and feet Will they protect the football  Do they want to play QB? Choosing a Quarterback - Other Coaches Competitive Spirit Confident Smart / High FB IQ Good Judgement Love Football Do they want to play QB Motivator Great Athlete / Stud Leadership Common Sense Poise  Student of the Game Coachable Understands Off / Def Dedicated Trains in Off – Season Perfect Practice Mentality Great Work Ethic Thick Skinned Tough  Not Gun Shy / Courage Avoids Stupid Mistakes Can Manage Team on Field Easily Coached Good Communicator Authoritative Voice Handles the Snap Well Great Hands and Feet Great Personality Makes great decisions Team Captain Knows how to Win Enthusiastic about playing QB Calm and Collected Popular with Teammates Knows his off & Players Skills Optimistic Catalyst Makes everyone Better Mature for Age Good Observer Tall / Above Avg height Above Avg Size Hands Great Feet / Agility Works Hard Good Passer – Willing to Train Physically Mature Emotionally Mature  One of the Best Athletes on Field Desire to Win and be the Best Humble & Appreciate Teammates Check out all Coach Parker's digital youth football playbooks  https://coachparker.org/youth-football-playbooks-store/   Check out all the free content at CoachParker.org with close to 400 youth football articles and and my YouTube channel with over 300 youth football coaching videos. Join me on: http://www.facebook.com/youthfootball/ http://twitter.com/coachparker_org http://youtube.com/stephenparker https://anchor.fm/coachparker Play for Fun and Winning is Funner! Coach Parker is a youth football coach in Fort Worth, Texas.  He has been coaching pee wee tackle football for over 20 years in football little leagues in Texas and Colorado. Coach Parker has written many digital ebooks; youth football coaching playbooks on defense, offense, drills, 7 on 7, 8 Man football.  Stay tuned for more free youth football coaching podcasts from Coach Parker. Contact Coach Parker anytime at https://coachparker.org/about-coach-parker/contact-me/