1. BUILDING A YOUTH FOOTBALL PROGRAM
Mike Hathaway Leavitt Area HS

2. WE WANT FUTURE HORNETS TO:
HAVE FUN
LEARN + IMPROVE
ENJOY COMPETITION + EXPERIENCE SUCCESS
PLAY THE NEXT YEAR!!!
KNOW OUR PLAYERS AND COACHES
FEEL IMPORTANT
DREAM OF BEING A LEAVITT HORNET

3. PRIORITIES THAT ESTABLISH CULTURE
RELATIONSHIPS
ORGANIZATION
FUNDAMENTALS
CONSISTENCY

4. RELATIONSHIPS Head coach must build with all of these:
Players (former/current/future)
Assistant Coaches
Middle School Coaches
Youth Director and Coaches
Parents
EVERYONE IS PART OF BUILDING YOUR PROGRAM.
IT’S YOUR JOB TO MAKE THEM FEEL THAT WAY.
IT’S YOUR JOB TO GET TO KNOW AS MANY OF THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN.
THE REST OF YOUR PRIORITIES ARE BASED ON ESTABLISHING THESE RELATIONSHIPS
ALL PARTS MUST WORK TOGETHER
NO EXCUSES

5. ORGANIZATION CLEAR PHILOSOPHY & PLAN WELL ESTABLISHED ROLES
QUALITY TRAINING FOR COACHES
FUNDRAISING
ESTABLISH TRADITIONS
PROGRESSION OF CORE DRILLS
PROGRESSION OF CORE SCHEMES
HS COACH, MS COACH, YOUTH DIRECTOR AND YOUTH COACHES MUST WORK TOGETHER. BUY IN!
EACH LEVEL NEEDS QUALITY ASSISTANTS. THE MORE HANDS THE BETTER!
HS COACHES WILL WORK WITH MS/YOUTH COACHES
CLEAR + OPEN COMMUNICATION AT ALL LEVELS
PARENTAL PARTICIPATION
HS COACH HAS A CLEAR PLAN FOR PROGRESSIONS

6. FUNDAMENTALS TECHNIQUE BUILDS THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING ELSE
WE WANT EVERY COACH IN OUR PROGRAM TO KNOW THIS IS HOW LEAVITT TEACHES IT
WE WANT EVERY PLAYER IN OUR PROGRAM TO KNOW THIS IS HOW LEAVITT DOES IT
WE WANT OUR HS PLAYERS TO SHOW THE YOUTH PLAYERS
#1 PRIORITY IN YOUR PRACTICE PLAN IS TO REINFORCE FUNDAMENTALS
POSITION SPECIFIC STANCE/ALIGNMENT
BLOCKING AND TACKLING PROGRESSIONS
BLOCK DESTRUCTION
BALL SECURITY/CREATING TURNOVERS
ROUTE RUNNING/MAN COVERAGE
PASS RUSH/PASS BLOCK
QB FUNDAMENTALS

7. CONSISTENCY MESSAGE + EXPECTATIONS VERBAGE + VOCAB STANCE + TECHNIQUE
FUNDAMENTALS
PRACTICE PLANS + DRILLS
BASIC OFFENSIVE + DEFENSIVE SCHEMES
BE A GOOD TEAMMATE, RUN TO THE BALL, BLOCK FOR 7 SECONDS, BALL SECURITY, READ YOUR KEY
SAME NAMES, SAME CALLS, SAME DRILLS, SAME FUNDAMENTALS, SAME SCHEMES
A FOCUS ON PERFECTING A CRAFT AND DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY OVER AND OVER
PRACTICES + GAMES HAVE ROUTINES
CLEAR PROGRESSION OF DRILLS + SCHEMES FROM FLAG TO YOUTH TO MS TO FROSH TO JV TO VARSITY

8. WHAT ARE THE KEYS?
CONSTANT PLANNING + COMMUNICATION WITH YOUTH DIRECTOR AND MS COACH
TRAINING FOR COACHES
BUY IN! + ELIMINATE THOSE WHO DON’T
SUMMER CAMP
HELP COACHES DEVELOP PRACTICE PLANS AND PLAYBOOKS
BE VISIBLE IN THE FALL
YOUTH FOOTBALL NIGHTS

9. 2007---7.94 MILLION PARTICIPANTS 2017---5.22 MILLION PARTICIPANTS
IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE THESE NUMBERS RISE
THE YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA NEED US
WE CAN’T FAIL

10. "Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."
- VINCE LOMBARDI

11. "People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society."
- VINCE LOMBARDI

12. "Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes."
- KNUTE ROCKNE

13. THANK YOU