The unofficial coach's resource for Friday Night Lights South Orange County — plays, drills, the jersey database, and game-day wisdom built around the 6-on-6 flag football game we play every Friday under the lights.
The 10.23 games are played 10.30. The 10.30 games are played 11.06.
Playoffs are now 11.13 and 11.20.
The rush marker is now 10 yards from the line of scrimmage, not 7 — all grade levels, updated Sep 5.
Ball carriers cannot leave their feet. No diving, hurdling or jumping to advance the ball.
A tie goes to one-play sudden death. One snap decides it.
Mesh, flood, smash, and stick — pre-built route trees that work in the South OC 6-on-6 game. Built around no-run zones and the midfield first down. Whiteboard PDFs and animated diagrams included.
Cover 1, Cover 2, Cover 3, and zone blitz packages adapted for six defenders on a shorter field. The flag-pull mechanics and rush lanes that actually work in K–8 flag.
Every jersey from every season — searchable by team, year, division, and color. Colors, numbers, sponsors, mockups, and historical designs, all indexed.
32 game-tested drills with animated diagrams, organized by skill. Coaching points, variations, and common mistakes for every drill.
Track positions, playing time, and substitution rotations across six positions. Designed for the dad coaching with a clipboard in one hand.
Every season I see teams stack the playbook with trick plays and reverses. They lose to the team that pulls flags cleanly. Here's the drill progression that works for every South OC division from K to 7/8.
The midfield and goal-line no-run zones are the most under-coached part of the South OC game. Get the pass concepts right in those windows and you score on Fridays. Here's the framework I run.
The off-season is where development happens. We curate the camps, clinics, and private skill coaches we'd send our own kids to — independent programs, no sponsored placements, no kickbacks.
View All Camps & Coaches →Three days, position work, and competitive drills with JSerra staff and former NFL pros. Every camper gets verified combine-style metrics from NextUp performance tech.
Speed, agility, footwork, and mindset coaching from a former NFL pro. Champion Blueprint approach for youth and young athletes building the next level.
Weekly emails from Commissioner Keith Marsicola to every head coach in the league. Schedules, rule reminders, playoff brackets, sportsmanship notes — archived here so they don't get lost in your inbox.
More overnight rain, so the city asked FNL to postpone. The 10.23 slate is played on 10.30, the 10.30 slate on 11.06, and the playoffs move to 11.13 and 11.20.
No guest players, no borrowing, five-player minimum — rosters are set without the Commissioner's approval. Plus one timeout per half, Champion and Finalist rings on Championship Friday, and Spring and Girls-Only Winter registration opening Nov 1.
Full bracket breakdown by division, round times for the first playoff night, and Championship Friday. Division winners take the top seeds regardless of record. Plus the Player Advantage Rule and medallion pickup dates.