Practice with the Football You Use on Game Day
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Free youth flag football plays and playbooks
Find plays for your 5v5, 6v6 or 7v7 team, show each player their assignment, and build a playbook you can print for the sideline.
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Free to browse, draw and print. No account needed to get started.
Start with a play you want to run. Build a playbook and use it to help your team prepare.
Choose 5v5, 6v6 or 7v7, then explore offense and defense. Open a play to see where each player goes and what they do.
Explore the playsCollect the plays you want to run in one place. Download a printable PDF to take to practice and keep on the sideline.
Start a playbookWatch the routes run and follow one player at a time. Show a kid their assignment before you step onto the field.
Watch a playTake it to the field
Download your playbook before the game. Print it or keep the PDF on your device, so your plays are there when the field has no signal.
Each play gets its own page with a field diagram and player assignments. Library plays and the plays you draw print together.
Keep the animated plays close, too. Add FlagPlays to your home screen for quick access at practice. Keep a downloaded PDF as your backup when there’s no signal.
Make my game-day playbook
Copy a library play, move players or change routes, then add your version to the playbook.
Adapt a playAdd your roster, assign players and show their shirt numbers. Check how plays fit the kids you actually coach.
Add your teamRecord the plays you called and how they went, so you have something to go on when planning the next practice.
Keep game notesBuild a printable playbook, assign players from your roster, and record which plays worked on game day. My Team keeps your preparation and game notes together, so you can decide what to practice next. A roster is optional, and you can get started without an account.
Open My TeamShare a playbook link so families can watch the plays before practice. Recipients don't need an account. Free sign-in lets you publish shared playbooks and save your work across devices.
Open your playbooksSimple systems and step-by-step play designer tutorials, with examples you can adapt for your team.
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