Flag Football Practice Curriculum

Eight drills, not eighty

Most flag football material is a library: fifty drills sorted by category, with no guidance on which to run. That is the wrong shape for a volunteer coach with one hour a week.

This curriculum uses eight drills for the entire season. Every week runs two of them, and each returns four or five times at rising difficulty. A player who runs the flag pull circuit six times gets good at pulling flags. A player who runs six different flag drills once each gets six introductions.

What's inside

Drill setEight drills, each with four difficulty levels

StructureThe same 60-minute shape every week

ProgressionAdvance on execution, not the calendar

Competitive blockFifteen protected minutes of scored play

Parent boxFifteen minutes of home work each week

Group sizesNotes for small and large rosters

Built for one person, used by two

If you are the coach, the practice plans are yours. If you are a parent, the box at the end of each week is the fifteen minutes that matters at home.

What it assumes

5-on-5, the most common format at this age, with notes for 7-on-7
One 60-minute practice per week, plus a game
Roughly 8 to 12 players
Cones, flag belts and a ball that fits your division

Not sure how to structure a practice yet? Start with the free guide, How to Structure a Flag Football Practice for Ages 11 to 14.