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Post by deepball on Apr 17, 2009 21:22:16 GMT -6
Looking for ideas to create competition in practice...anyone have any ideas?
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Post by dacoachmo on Apr 18, 2009 6:09:47 GMT -6
Looking for ideas to create competition in practice...anyone have any ideas? Set up two sets of agilities and make the players find a partner to run against. It is definitely great this time of year!!!
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Post by shortpunter on Apr 18, 2009 6:58:12 GMT -6
almost every drill or session can be geared toward or contain some types of competition. Betting pushups or up downs. This typse of practice atmosphere is cructial to build success.
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Post by phantom on Apr 18, 2009 10:52:03 GMT -6
It doesn't have to be a big deal. During our Monday Plyo and Wednesday agilities sessions we just announce that there will be one winner of certain drills. Everybody else does pushups (10. Nothing dramatic). Every now and then we do something competetive just for fun. The linemen love Sumo (we use the basketball circle). I've already promised that we're playing dodgeball Monday (in reply to the story on HBO Real Sports about how PE departments are doing away with the game because it f$#ks up kids self esteem).
That reminds me- I haven't played dodgeball in 40 years. How do you play?
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Post by groundchuck on Apr 18, 2009 11:02:38 GMT -6
I have found you can make almost any drill competitive in some way. Aside from the "traditional" 1on1 type things we compete against the clock in practice.
When we go to half-line we have a goal of "x" number of perfect reps in "x" time. If we accomplish this we win the competition as a team and earn some reward which might be subtraction of 2 sprints. etc etc.
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Post by coachhensley on Apr 18, 2009 12:20:02 GMT -6
It doesn't have to be a big deal. During our Monday Plyo and Wednesday agilities sessions we just announce that there will be one winner of certain drills. Everybody else does pushups (10. Nothing dramatic). Every now and then we do something competetive just for fun. The linemen love Sumo (we use the basketball circle). I've already promised that we're playing dodgeball Monday (in reply to the story on HBO Real Sports about how PE departments are doing away with the game because it f$#ks up kids self esteem). That reminds me- I haven't played dodgeball in 40 years. How do you play? Well if your being serious you divide into 2 teams. Throw dodgeballs at the guys on the other team, if you get hit you have to sit down where your hit until the person that hit you goes down. If someone catch's your ball you go down.
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Post by phantom on Apr 18, 2009 13:01:57 GMT -6
It doesn't have to be a big deal. During our Monday Plyo and Wednesday agilities sessions we just announce that there will be one winner of certain drills. Everybody else does pushups (10. Nothing dramatic). Every now and then we do something competetive just for fun. The linemen love Sumo (we use the basketball circle). I've already promised that we're playing dodgeball Monday (in reply to the story on HBO Real Sports about how PE departments are doing away with the game because it f$#ks up kids self esteem). That reminds me- I haven't played dodgeball in 40 years. How do you play? Well if your being serious you divide into 2 teams. Throw dodgeballs at the guys on the other team, if you get hit you have to sit down where your hit until the person that hit you goes down. If someone catch's your ball you go down. Thanks. I was being serious. As a History teacher Dodgeball doesn't come up much.
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 18, 2009 13:24:20 GMT -6
This is something that I'm pretty interested in, too. One of my goals for this season has been to change some of the culture around our program to a culture of enjoying and appreciating competition. I want to boil everything down to the idea that ultimately, the point of the game is to compete and the fun is found in that competition. Anything I can do to get that going on in practice is going to be huge for me.
Ideas that I'd had so far was keeping score in 7-on-7, more 1v1 drills in indy time, and really trying to honor the competitive backups efforts at the end of each practice. Am I on the right track?
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Post by coachorr on Apr 18, 2009 14:14:58 GMT -6
For the off season: Divide the team up into two teams. Get a football and go in the wrestling room and play football on your knees and play it like ultimate frisbee and include tackling. If you really want to make it competitive have no forward passes. If you are at the right school in Texas, you could just put them in the cage.
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Post by coachorr on Apr 18, 2009 14:18:52 GMT -6
Fight the double team. This is for lineman and can be done in pads or without. 2 on 1, place a football three to five yards behind the offensive linemen. The dlineman gets in a technique (usually a one or a three) on go the dlineman has to find a way to get to the football, whether he crawls, claws or scratches his way to get to it. If the dlineman gets pinned then let him up and continue from his spot.
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Post by coachorr on Apr 18, 2009 14:28:01 GMT -6
Off season, Get some tractor tires and have a relay in the tire flip.
Team deadlift, get players into groups of two. Get a set amount on the bar and have teams compete to see who can get the most in a minute.
Tug-A-war
Tire drag
Man Carry relay.
Single rope tug-a-war. Where there is an elastic rope tied around the waste of two linemen facing each other. On go, the lineman back up trying to pull the other one over. I have not done this, but I would if I had the right equipment.
In season, Pea patch (same as board drill) but two linemen fight it out between the bags (bags used to create a chute).
One on one pass rush.
Goalline, ten and in defense has to make a stop offense has to score.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 18, 2009 14:35:15 GMT -6
Well if your being serious you divide into 2 teams. Throw dodgeballs at the guys on the other team, if you get hit you have to sit down where your hit until the person that hit you goes down. If someone catch's your ball you go down. Thanks. I was being serious. As a History teacher Dodgeball doesn't come up much. Don't forget to practice the 5 D's of dodgeball: Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge The best way to practice is to throw metal wrenches at your students.
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Post by kylem56 on Apr 18, 2009 21:40:22 GMT -6
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Post by coachweav88 on Apr 19, 2009 12:46:17 GMT -6
During team time, I kept score for our scout team. I kept a track of how many updowns they owed me after practice. offense has a play over 5 yards=5 updowns we jump offsides=5 updowns tackle for loss= minus 5 updowns pass deflection= minus 5 updowns create a turnover= minus 10 updowns I let them know what their total is after every play. After practice, they owed me that many updowns. if they end up in the negative, I owed them updowns. They played pretty hard to see me do updowns
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Post by indyball on Apr 20, 2009 12:12:14 GMT -6
Anyone ever use harnesses? We have found these to be a great competition, conditioning, and technique tool. Go to your local fire department and ask if they would donate some old firehoses. One long piece about 6 to 8 feet and then attach two loops to each with a bolt. To keep it safer initially, linemen strap up and get into their stance so that the rope is tight with no slack. On the whistle, the linemen fire out and keep their feet moving. A true teaching tool, if you don't stay low or you don't move your feet or you don't keep your feet wide you will be pulled onto your back and dragged across the turf until the end of the drill. Our players certainly have a love/hate relationship with harnesses.
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Post by npchamps on Apr 20, 2009 18:12:52 GMT -6
We do a couple of different things. in the off season we go to the wrestling mats and play king of the circle. we have two players with hand shields and we make them grab one of their legs so they must work balance. the object of the game is to knock the opponent out of the ring. The second game I like is steal the flag. We put a flag on a trash can that is turned upside down. we then align two players to guard the flag about five yards in front of the flag. The object is to steal the flag form the trash can. It can get brutal 2 on 1 but the thief must get the flag however long it takes.
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Post by coachriley on Apr 20, 2009 18:22:13 GMT -6
When I was in HS we would go to the mat room for some of our agility and conditioning days. At the end of practice we would have guys pair up and wrestle. We set up on the ground with our backs to each other. The coach would blow his whistle and we attempted to pin the other person, using whatever means necessary. It was great for creating aggression in all the guys and also competiveness
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Post by phantom on Apr 21, 2009 0:33:31 GMT -6
It doesn't have to be a big deal. During our Monday Plyo and Wednesday agilities sessions we just announce that there will be one winner of certain drills. Everybody else does pushups (10. Nothing dramatic). Every now and then we do something competetive just for fun. The linemen love Sumo (we use the basketball circle). I've already promised that we're playing dodgeball Monday (in reply to the story on HBO Real Sports about how PE departments are doing away with the game because it f$#ks up kids self esteem). That reminds me- I haven't played dodgeball in 40 years. How do you play? We played Dodgeball today during agility period. The guys got a workout (judging by the sweat) and it was a helluva lot of fun. Wednesday? Sumo. Knock somebody out of the circle or get knocked out. Hope it doesn't screw up their self esteem.
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Post by bulldogoption on Apr 21, 2009 10:20:27 GMT -6
Do you guys think a large rope/tug of war would be a good idea for competition at practice? If so, how often? I think it would be a competetive atmosphere, but am not sure how it would help develop any football specific skills..........
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 21, 2009 10:32:28 GMT -6
I'd worry about shoulder injuries, tbh.
One thing we did back when I was a wrestler was partner-carry races. You match up with a partner and get them on your back, then carry them for a ways, then switch. Do it with groups of 4 teams per group and you've got a fun race atmosphere while getting a workout. You can do it up stairs, on flat ground, whatever.
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Post by reignman03 on Apr 21, 2009 11:02:33 GMT -6
We use a "Challenge" Board. Everybody's name on the roster is on it. The idea is everybody has to challenge everybody else on the roster at least once in any form, arm wrestling, 1 on 1 basketball, Madden, anything legal! The winner of each challenge will tell me and I will put a Gold Star next to the winner, and a black circle next to the loser. The idea is the kids will see some kids getting more and more black circles and everyone will start challenging that person, almost like a survival of the fittest. The more the person gets challenged, the more the kid starts competing. He will do everything in his power not to lose, cheat, hack, etc. The kids like it, and it also gets kids doing stuff together.
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Post by reignman03 on Apr 21, 2009 11:03:27 GMT -6
We use a "Challenge" Board. Everybody's name on the roster is on it. The idea is everybody has to challenge everybody else on the roster at least once in any form, arm wrestling, 1 on 1 basketball, Madden, anything legal! The winner of each challenge will tell me and I will put a Gold Star next to the winner, and a black circle next to the loser. The idea is the kids will see some kids getting more and more black circles and everyone will start challenging that person, almost like a survival of the fittest. The more the person gets challenged, the more the kid starts competing. He will do everything in his power not to lose, cheat, hack, etc. The kids like it, and it also gets kids doing stuff together. This is done in the off season
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 21, 2009 12:25:51 GMT -6
Interesting. What happens to Jimmy McScrubface's self-esteem as he becomes the undisputed master of the black circle? Not trying to be snarky, genuinely curious if you've seen it affect kids.
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Post by sbv on Apr 21, 2009 12:40:52 GMT -6
Mariner that was awesome. Besides, he's master of the black circle, that is what he is good at.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 21, 2009 13:16:27 GMT -6
Long towel rolled up tight the long way Taped on both ends Use this as a very safe "rope" 2 players square off, each holding rope at opposing ends 1 cone away from each player 5 yards behind They try and drag their opponent to their cone
I just call it the towel game and our kids love it THe NFL guys use an expensive thing called the Tug- same deal, more $$$
Make it interesting? Divide into teams, losing team does 10 pushups or we prefer gambling, kids line up behind player they think will win, all the losers run a very fast 20 sprint and back
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Post by reignman03 on Apr 21, 2009 14:29:03 GMT -6
Interesting. What happens to Jimmy McScrubface's self-esteem as he becomes the undisputed master of the black circle? Not trying to be snarky, genuinely curious if you've seen it affect kids. Jimmy challenges others to something he knows he can win...Also, even if he keeps losing there is a positive bond between he and everyone else on the team...Kids respect kids who keep getting back up when they are down...With that being said, this is a very fun competition.
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 21, 2009 17:21:40 GMT -6
So, like, say Jimmy challenges Pete to a round of Monopoly, fair game for the competition board? Connect 4?
Maybe I'm missing it, but did you say if they can decline?
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Post by reignman03 on Apr 21, 2009 17:25:02 GMT -6
So, like, say Jimmy challenges Pete to a round of Monopoly, fair game for the competition board? Connect 4? Maybe I'm missing it, but did you say if they can decline? Never said anything about decline...Its just a fun competition
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Post by oline644 on Apr 21, 2009 17:58:10 GMT -6
We have what we call a "Pride Period". At any time during the practice we sound an alarm and the team sprints the game feild. While on the game feild the teams is given a situation and the penalty for losing or reward fro winning. Sometimes it's good verse good. ...Sometimes the teams penalty is on the kicker or punter....we set it up different everytime. Goalline O verse D, in WR's vs. C's one on one, ol vs dl, and 7 on7 that kind of stuff.
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Post by sin86 on Apr 21, 2009 18:52:56 GMT -6
Anyone ever use harnesses? We have found these to be a great competition, conditioning, and technique tool. Go to your local fire department and ask if they would donate some old firehoses. One long piece about 6 to 8 feet and then attach two loops to each with a bolt. To keep it safer initially, linemen strap up and get into their stance so that the rope is tight with no slack. On the whistle, the linemen fire out and keep their feet moving. A true teaching tool, if you don't stay low or you don't move your feet or you don't keep your feet wide you will be pulled onto your back and dragged across the turf until the end of the drill. Our players certainly have a love/hate relationship with harnesses. We do something very similar but use rubber tubes from a truck. We then attach the two using a lighter rubber tube. If a lineman stands up even a little bit then he is going to get slammed on to his backside. We always put a floor mat between the players to prevent any injuries and we have never had a player hurt. The lineman love "Tractor Pulls".
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