u/Remarkable_Elk6393

Hey everyone, just have a couple of questions. For background my son is five years old and plays tackle for our town youth league.

There are 17 kids on the team so they are playing offense and defense. They try to rotate kids due to them being on the field almost the entire game. We had a scrimmage last week and it appears the other team had about 30-40 kids. Is this typical or the outlier?

What are some basic drill I can run with him to help him with his tackling skills and ball handling? The coaches at practice seem to focus primarily on the older/bigger kids so he’s not learning much besides blocking. He is put on the DL or OL when need to block.

Thanks for your advice!!!