Goal: Light the spark: she finds something she loves about the game.
Your job: Notice what lights her up, and name it out loud.
Look for: She names something she loved doing.
Set up: Pairs in a 5-yard box marked with cones. One ball carrier, one defender.
How it runs: The ball carrier tries to get past her partner; the defender mirrors her and pulls a flag. Switch every rep.
Coaching points: Eyes on the belt, not the feet. Break down before you reach. Ask what she enjoyed most.
Set up: Pairs facing each other, starting 5 yards apart.
How it runs: Three throws at each distance, stepping back to 10 and then 15 yards after each clean catch.
Coaching points: Step with the opposite foot, fingers on the laces, catch with diamond hands. Ask what she is best at.
Sample drill: your coaching lead may swap in her ownGoal: She owns her game: she takes responsibility for her role and the skill she will build.
Your job: Give her real choices, then hold her to them.
Look for: She picks a skill goal and takes a rep toward it.
Set up: Three stations: quarterback, receiver, rusher or defender.
How it runs: Each girl picks her station before the rep, works it, and may switch once.
Coaching points: Ask her goal before she starts. Give choices, then hold her to the one she picked.
Sample drill: your coaching lead may swap in her ownGoal: She plays for the girls next to her. Teamwork makes the dream work.
Your job: Coach the team: call out the assist and the talk.
Look for: She gives or gets help during play.
Set up: A 20 by 15 yard field, teams of three.
How it runs: Small-sided game. A score only counts if every girl on the team touched the ball on that drive.
Coaching points: Coach the team, not one player. Call out the assist and the talk out loud.
Sample drill: your coaching lead may swap in her ownGoal: She proves it on Game Day, then puts what she learned into words.
Your job: Evaluate honestly and help her put the lesson, and her next try, into words.
Look for: She names one thing she learned, in her own words.
Set up: 5 on 5, two six-minute halves, a coach on each side.
How it runs: A short real game. Coaches note effort, communication and one skill each girl showed.
Coaching points: Evaluate honestly, then ask each girl to name one thing she learned today.
Sample drill: your coaching lead may swap in her ownLoading…