HOW DO YOU START YOUR PRACTICES?

We take a lap and get into stretching.

I am hoping that we can do more of a Dynamic stretch period this year, so we don't waste so much time.

-CB

Offensively:
QBS, Centers and RBs work half speed tracks
WRs run half speed routes
OL do whatever the OL does, lol

We do that for about 10 minutes, then get into some dynamic warm-up and then into the rest of practice.

WHY do I do it this way... cause I saw San Jose St work like this and I liked it.

After "pre practice" which is a low-intensity period of BASE drills (so RB's might do handoff mechanics and stance / starts, for example), we go directly to dynamic warm-up and then conditioning. We like to get conditioning out of the way so the kids don't have to dread anything for the rest of practice. Now we can just focus on what we need to learn.

1 minute warmup
announcements - 0-2 minutes
specialty period-6 minutes
two special teams of the day (ex. fg & punt)-6 minutes

To start practice we go right into our indy positions and do our own dynamic warm-ups right into agilities. We found that doing it together as a team a lot of kids didn't do the warm-up correctly, plus there was too much grab arse going on. The downside to this way is that you aren't together as a whole team.

It's a catchy term for "low-intensity, position-specific warm up" in my book.

We actually don't call it "pre-practice"...we call it "Specialty Period" because all of our kickers, punters, return men, and snappers and holders are working skills during this time. So, it's more accurately a "Specialist's Indy Period" where anyone who is not a specialist is doing other productive stuff.

So, because not everyone is present with their position groups, it is pretty low key, just to get the blood moving and get some basic footwork stuff and fundamental instruction in.

we use a dynamic warmup followed by agility stations, to work conditioning early to get them a little tired. This forces them to be think when they are tired when we go to team time later in practice.

We always have done some running, than a dynamic warm up. This year we are going to meet at one end of the field, on the one yard line, and actually run plays on air for 10 yards each. 1st team, runs a play, then the 2nd team. This will be our running and conditioning before dynamic stretch. If the kids don't go hard, we will turn around at the other end zone, and go again.

I will make a deal with the kids, that if they run this hard, than we won't have to condition so much.

I'm doing this in order to get in shape for no huddle offense.

Also the position coaches can watch to make sure everyone takes their proper steps.

Pre practice with kicking, returners, etc.
Dynamic warmup and stretch
Specials

earlies are going on, HC blows whistle and the herd starts jogging into dynamic warmup lines. Do team jumping jacks after dynamics and hit indy time

Our dynamic warm still gives us a stretch period. Yes the muscles are warmed up, and ready to go. I'm just want to keep them moving why we still stretch the muscles. Static stretch slows everything down to much, and then you have to re-energize everyone to get them enthusiastic. Besides, all this helps with the conditioning factor without the players worried about running.

I gathered that. I was just looking for some of the thought process behind it. Run them hard first...THEN stretch them? Once you have run them, there is not really a need for a stretch. If you wanted to get the flexibility work in, wouldn't static stretching post-practice be more beneficial?

So you don't want to stretch a cold muscle, but you said "run the kids hard", so to me that means near maximal effort. Guess I don't follow the logic...won't stretch a cold muscle, but will run a cold muscle hard...Maybe I am misinterpreting

agilities/conditioning. always condition first. players need to learn how to play and practice when tired.