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Post by bulldogsmm2 on Jul 20, 2007 23:16:07 GMT -6
I'm a first year head coach looking for some good and effective conditioning drills for my pop warner team. Anything would help greatly to help my kids get prepared for this season. Thank you.
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Post by tiger46 on Jul 21, 2007 15:07:15 GMT -6
We used up some practice time last season with a couple of laps at the end of practice. We only had eleven players on the team so, I felt a little extra conditioning was needed. But, in general, don't waste a lot of practice time on conditioning drills for youth players.
Make your players run from drill station to drill station. Have the entire team run plays out for 5 > 7 seconds. Or, have them run a set distance like 10>20yrds. Also, if you're in passing drills, don't let the receivers or anyone else that is not a QB throw the ball back to you. Always make them run it back at 3/4 or full speed. Last season, only the two QB's were allowed to throw a football to a coach. And, absolutely no one was ever allowed to walk a ball to a coach. They ran it to us. I didn't care if it was only 5ft. away from me. Run to the ball. Snatch it up quickly. Run it back to the coach. My improvisation on the "Fumble Drill".
Do it however you want. But, the key is to keep them moving fast or running at all times. That will take care of their conditioning.
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Post by Coach Bruce on Jul 21, 2007 16:29:00 GMT -6
Agreed...kids at this age don't need alot of conditioning. Use practice as conditioning...run no huddle...not only does it condition but your no huddle or 2 minute offense is second nature. Like Tiger said..always run the ball in or to get it or to water break and back or to the restroom. Using no huddle in practice all day will give a ton of conditioning.
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Post by los on Jul 22, 2007 23:10:30 GMT -6
I'm with you guys, ours had pretty tough PE teachers in elementary and ms, so a fairly fast paced practice was enough! More important here, was making sure you gave them a water break every 20-30 minutes in the extreme heat and keep an extra eye on any overweight type kids or kids with asthma etc... These here were usually running around playing something when I got to practice, and some even when practice was over, so conditioning wasn't very important for most!
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redder
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Post by redder on Jul 23, 2007 8:12:52 GMT -6
Agility drills (station drills) to start practice. I used the 4 corner concept. I placed 4 pylons in a square shape, each side of the square was a different drill I started 2 lines one on opposite corners and had the players complete the drills in a clock wise direction. The drills you use are up to you. First week we used back pedaling, Karaoke steps, slide step, sprint. Start the drills at 10 yard square to start it can grow each week based on their conditioning. You can change the drills based on need. The only other drill we ran was a BD wave drill, the kids liked the drill and they got to use the four drills we used for start of practice, we got to see their progress this way as well. Sprints 20 yard at end of practice to get the lungs ready for anaerobic conditioning. Just do not set your expectations too high for the drills being done correctly the first week, be prepared to show them how to do them if they have problems. They will get it eventually. Do not forget to cool them down and let them have all the water the want, especially if in the humid regions.
You did not say what age group weight level of kids you are working with. Best of luck to you.
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