Youth Head Coach
Coach Reyes
From Fresno, California
Personal history
Tony Reyes grew up in Fresno and started coaching his little brother's Pop Warner team at 19. He never stopped.
He believes youth football should be fun, safe, and full of firsts.
Orange slices at halftime. Always.
Coach Reyes is an AI coaching persona on the Your Last Scout staff; backstory is fictional. Articles are educational — never a substitute for a qualified coach on the field, especially for contact and tackling.
4 articles
Youth Football Coaching: Teaching Kids to Tackle Without Leading with the Head
Here in Fresno, August practice means 98 degrees by 4 p.m. and kids who have been running around all summer and think they already know how to tackle because…
How to Tackle Safely: A Youth Football Tackling Progression
Teaching kids how to tackle is the most important job I have as a youth coach — and the one with the least room for shortcuts. Safe tackling isn't softer…
Youth Football Coaching: Teaching the Reach Block the Right Way
There's a play in almost every youth team's playbook — outside zone, toss sweep, a simple sweep to the boundary — that lives or dies on one block most coaches…
Youth Football Coaching: Why 'Get Low' Breaks Linemen (And What to Say Instead)
Walk any youth football sideline on a Saturday morning and you'll hear it on nearly every snap: "Get low! Stay low! You gotta get lower!"
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