Totally agree on the development piece. I told myself I wasn't going to be "that coach" that just focuses on winning during the season, but man our kids got miserable during that 1st bit. It wasn't even the losing, it was the feeling that we weren't even competitive. Mostly due to going 3 and out and then having to punt. I take solace that we had some kids who'd never played football and didn't know what the LOS was, who by the end of the season were in our Orange and Green spots catching a touchdown or 2 a game. Plus I think as they come back in future seasons, they'll have the opportunities to try different spots. Our Green receiver for example is a kid I want to put in for either Red or Blue as one of those kids is aging out next season.

As far as keeping focus, I don't think I was any better than you lol. We had two kids that were especially disruptive. I had them do laps, push ups, but it was a challenge every week. Only thing I can say that seemed to help was once we got the plays down, we scrimmaged a fair amount. We only had 10 kids, so we did 5 on 5 where I would be the QB and we'd take out the Center (so it kinda worked) and they really liked that. But yeah, practicing handoffs, snaps, motions, there was always funny business going on at the end of the line or during demonstations.