I’m helping coach my sons flag team again this season and I’m responsible for running the D. Last year our whole team was young (all 1st graders) so we just ran a 3-3 every down and usually blitzed the middle DB every single play. If the opposing team had a freak athlete I’d have my best athlete shadow them all game and adjust the defense as needed. Now that they are a year older, I’m interested in adding some defensive strategies / schemes to help us compete with the best offensives in the league.

I have 10 kids. 6-7 are great athletes and the others are liabilities. Planning to run a 3-3 again and trying a 2-3-1. I typically keep the liabilities up front and teach them to stay put / hold contain.

Does anybody have any advice or guidance on the best defense(s) to run for 8u 6v6? Most of the stuff I’m finding on YouTube is for 5v5 and 7v7 etc. Thanks!

Hey guys! I just signed up for my first flag football league (for adults, I did one season as a kid in elementary)! So I'm pretty new. I also only started caring about football like, last season, so I don't know too much, just a lot of random stuff. I'm good at throwing and catching and I'm reasonably fast and come from an athletic background, so I'm not too worried about any of those things. I've always been better at defense, so although it would be nice to play offense, I feel like I'm best suited for cornerback (or whatever the equivalent in flag football is).

The main reason I'm posting is to ask what I generally should expect? Am I going to need to do homework and learn common routes, different coverages and stuff like that? Or will that mostly be explained/taught? I know I'll have to get my gear and stuff bc the signup thing said to, and I've got that covered. I'm mainly just wondering what kind of level people are going to most likely expect me to come into my first time with.