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Post by coachwilliams2 on Feb 28, 2011 13:55:56 GMT -6
We are about a month away and I was wondering what some of your philosophies are for spring practice?
Do you use it as a chance to experiment with new things? Slow down and work on the basics? See who is more physical while they still have time to heal before August?
I have been in different programs that use it for all three. Just wondering what everyone else does.
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Post by coachdubyah on Feb 28, 2011 14:03:35 GMT -6
Put in everything you have and see what the kids can handle. It's going to look sloppy, but to me that is what Spring Ball is for. Yes you need the individual time in practice, but I also think this is a time where you can experiment a little. Really gives you as a coach the reality check to not do this during the season. I am not saying this is right, but everywhere I have been (playing and coaching) this has been the philosophy. Not saying it's right, but I like it.
Another way to do it is if you have a lot returning from the previous year, you limit returners reps and give the young guys some attention.
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Post by shields on Mar 8, 2011 19:31:54 GMT -6
I agree with the last post. I like heavy install in spring, work the kinks out in the summer, then use what works during the season. For the new kids in Spring, the old players can help coach 'em up along the way.
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Post by CoachFetty on Mar 9, 2011 0:56:27 GMT -6
I agree with the last post. I like heavy install in spring, work the kinks out in the summer, then use what works during the season. For the new kids in Spring, the old players can help coach 'em up along the way. We start fresh. Day 1 intall.. Drills, techniques, and schemes. Come August.. we refresh and refine. In West Virginia, our "Spring" is all of June.. about 20-25 practices. July no football activities at all, just conditioning and lifting.
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 9, 2011 2:53:19 GMT -6
I think the best thing is to treat Spring ball like you are teaching kids from another country who have never seen a football before
Past experiences we move too fast, leave new kids behind, and in the long run we are still reteaching basic skils later on in the year
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Post by jpdaley25 on Mar 9, 2011 9:43:46 GMT -6
First week - nothing but fundamentals and terminology. 2nd week - introduce new stuff.
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Post by realdawg on Mar 9, 2011 11:06:37 GMT -6
We dont have spring ball per se in NC. We can have skill development sessions with up to 22 kids and no body to body contact. So as an OL coach, I concentrate on drills and fundamentals on bags, and on putting in and repping our base plays. Usually I get 2 hour to hour and a half sessions twice a week for a couple months. As we move into the summer we move into repping more of our plays in a team setting.
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Post by mholst40 on Mar 9, 2011 12:01:15 GMT -6
We are excited to finally have spring practice in our section in California this year! We get to practice for one month (May) with time and equipment restrictions. We are trying to figure out our schedule still, but we are planning on installing the base offense and defense and working on individual skills a lot. We run the triple option and midline and might not put in any other running plays besides those during that time period.
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Post by gapshoot76 on Mar 10, 2011 15:11:33 GMT -6
Also an Illinois coach here
When I got this job 2 years ago, I was 23, thought I had to demand their time, their hard work, demand attendance, and that would lead to excellence. I was wrong! Chased a couple of kids out of the program, actually got terrible attendance over the summer. Went 0-9 my first year, thought I was the worst coach ever...
Changed my entire summer program last summer. We are in a very religious community. Wednesday nights are out of the question for attendance. I also found Fridays were a great time for the kids to find something better to do than football, or families get away on a 3 day weekend commonly over the summer. So... new plan. We now lift Monday, Tuesday, Thursday... That simple change doubled our attendance!
Our summer schedule now looks like this. First week out of school, 4 day camp, followed by a friday trip to go paint ball as a team... great way to start the summer!
We then do the lifting monday tuesday thursday, with a team work out on tuesday nights
We schedule about 3 7 on 7's over the summer, thats enough for us
Finish the summer in late july with a full team camp, followed by a 7 on 7 tournament in July
This works well for us, great attendance, the staff is happy with the time commitment, and at this point all i hear from the kids is if we are going paintballing. If you have a struggling program with numbers, this is a way to get a couple of tweeners out!
Just my 2 cents!
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