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Post by Coach Bennett on Apr 1, 2009 16:14:40 GMT -6
Anyone have an established, football oriented, obstacle course at their facility? I was trying to think of a permanent course to put together that would be agreeable to the buildings and grounds crew (out of the way for the mower, etc.) but that would stand the test of time in the elements.
Ultimately, I was thinking of putting together a course that would take the average kid around a minute to complete. By having it permanent, you could have course records for backs and lineman.
Kids could also run through it on their own for conditioning in the summer.
Any thoughts on what it would look like or what you would have as part of it?
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Post by touchdowng on Apr 1, 2009 19:18:17 GMT -6
Keep in mind that a typical FB play lasts 4 to 6 seconds, or so.
If you want kids on a course for a full minute what is the overall objective you're aiming for?
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Post by Coach Bennett on Apr 1, 2009 19:36:17 GMT -6
touchdowng: you make an excellent point regarding the kind of conditioning for football. There's even a point to be made regarding the type of conditioning for particular positions.
That said, we're a small school with kids often playing both ways. We had a very successful season last year and our conditioning proved critical in the latter stages of the season.
While fb is primarily an anaerobic sport, I believe that anaerobic exercise coupled with aerobic drills helps overall fitness and, perhaps more importantly, mental toughness.
I want kids to push themselves even when they feel like quitting and as we all know competition pushes kids to push themselves.
I understand your point completely but was thinking what if you could design a course that essentially incorporated elements aerobic and anaerobic exercise?
Perhaps you start "high kneeing" it through tires, hit the deck and scramble under a chute, sprint up the hill, slalom through set posts, etc.
I often "create" shorter conditioning courses for practice that entail hitting the ropes, blasting under the chute, racing through cones, etc.
Not that kids particularly enjoy conditioning but sometimes these wrinkles help break the monotony of gassers, hills, etc.
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