How much film for 11y/o team per week?

Coach my team is 11 y/o 6th graders and I don't teach where they go to school.

Coach my team is 11 y/o 6th graders and I don't teach where they go to school.

I've heard from other high school coaches that they won't show more than 45 minutes of film because of the attention span. I would imagine a half hour of film for 11 year olds would be a perfect amount. Especially when it's of them in practice because every players likes watching themselves play.
I would try and split them up into positions as best I could because you don't want 20-30 kids just hooting and hollering over every little side step or embarassing or good play. In a smaller group they'll be less likely to want to show off and will also be more focused with a coach when there's only 5 of his buddies around him.

But that's just my idea, I've never done with kids that young, but I do it with high schoolers.

I use Hudl with our team (10-12). If we want to review film with the kids, our position coaches will normally get a smaller group together rather than attempt to do so as a team or O/D unit.

Hudl allows us to mark up the film during our weekly staff meeting following each game and post it online for viewing by the kids at home for those interested in watching on their own time. We are also able to do this with opponent film and practice footage as well, although that is usually limited to our coaching staff.

Dave Hartman
CYFL Coach

In my opinion, if you have 11 year olds, I dont know that I would show them ANY film. I would rather spend that time working on execution and fundamentals. Film study is good, but players that young I dont know if they would gain any benefit from actually seeing game film. I would think that you teahcing them the tendencies and formations and things like that would be a better way for them to visually learn.

Just my two cents.