Communication tools are all around us. How can we use them to benefit our team or league?

Most teams and leagues have a website as a central focal point for all activity and communication. Each week it seems that new forms of social media are being introduced.

How can your team/league capitalize on these tools?

Coaching Youth Football, Football Practice Shouldn't be fun? Really?

I hear a number of youth football coaches turn their noses up at the idea of those of us that think we should try to make football practice "fun" if we can. Many of them seem to feel that football is inherently fun so there is no need to get creative to make practice fun. That group seems to feel a kid either loves football or doesn't and we as coaches can't influence the players opinion very much either way. While football may be fun in the eyes of many coaches compared to the mundane work world they face every day, football practice isn't always fun in the eyes of those who matter, your players. Now I'm not talking about sacrificing building competent players and teams in order that you make practices fun. On the contrary, what I'm suggesting is making practices fun, so the kids effort harder while building great fundamental football skills at the very same time.