Description

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

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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.

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