Preparing for the First Youth Football Game of the Season

Welcome to Preparing for the First Youth Football Game of the Season special episode in the Keys To Fun, Success, & Winning Training for New Youth Football Coaches by Coach Parker. In this episode Coach Parker will review how he prepares for his first game of the youth football tackle season.   First Games are Tricky Nerves are higher than normal for EVERYONE – Stay Calm Relax – You’re not at work  Enjoy the Moment with Your Players Make Lists / Reminders Lower “Perfection” Expectations a Tad Consider it a Pre-Season Game Loss is not end of Season Be Prepared and Have Fun Learn from your first game mistakes – Practice those What did you do right? Build on that.., Use game as a Barometer of how you stack up in your League Did you video tape the first game? Review in Detail  Did you team / players meet your expectations Why or why not Winning is always a Nice Surprise 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/