Page i Coaching Youth Football American Sport Education Program SECOND EDITION Human Kinetics Page ii Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Coaching youth football American Sport Education Program. — 2nd ed. p. cm. Rev. ed. of: Rookie coaches football guide. c1993. ISBN 0880115394 1. Youth league football—Coaching. I. American Sport Education Program. II. Rookie coaches football guide. GV956.6.R66 1997 796.332'077dc20 9631306 CIP ISBN: 0880115394 Copyright © 1993, 1997 by Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying, and recording, and in any information storage and retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher. This book is the second edition of Rookie Coaches Football Guide. Acquisitions Editor: Jim Kestner; Flag and Touch Football Consultant: Michael Cihon, United States Flag and Touch Football League; Developmental Editor: Jan Colarusso Seeley; Assistant Editors: Erin Cler, Lynn M. Hooper, Coree Schutter; Copyeditor: Bob Replinger; Proofreader: Jim Burns; Graphic Designer: Judy Henderson; Graphic Artist: Francine Hamerski; Cover Designer: Stuart Cartwright; Photographer (cover): Anthony Neste; Illustrators: Paul To and Tim Offenstein, line drawings; and Studio 2D, Mac art; Printer: United Graphics Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Human Kinetics Web site: http://www.humankinetics.com United States: Human Kinetics, P.O. Box 5076, Champaign, IL 618255076 18007474457 email:
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