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Post by gapshoot76 on Mar 23, 2011 7:45:31 GMT -6
What are some drills, ideas, coaching strategies that you use to get great competition in practice from start to finish?
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Post by coachwoodall on Mar 23, 2011 8:10:30 GMT -6
anytime you go 1s vs 1s, you should have some competition. No I take that back, you BETTER have some competition.
- WR vs DB ( press man, off man, in the field, goal line)
- OL vs DL (pass pro/pass rush)
- Goal line O vs D
- 2nd and 8
- 3rd and 4
Keep score any way you want to and the loser has to do up/downs, gassers, pushups, etc..... or conversely winners get a gator aid, don't have conditioning, etc...
You can even get your scout team in on the action, we give a gator aid to a scout teamer who blocks a punt vs the 1s.
Another thing we do defensively is set a number of turnovers to get during practice, usually 12-15. The can be gotten in any period, 1s vs 1s, scout, inside run, perimeter, etc... It really makes them think constantly about causing turnovers.
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Post by realdawg on Mar 23, 2011 11:22:17 GMT -6
one on ones DL vs OL, DB vs RB are a great way to go. End practice one day with a live goalline period. Give the winners a reward or the losers a punishment (3 plays to score from the 5). Another day end with a live two minute drill etc.....
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Post by coachhart on Mar 23, 2011 14:06:53 GMT -6
With the WRs and DBs I run a combatives period on top of 1 v 1s. The two main components of this period are a 10 x 5 spot race which allows the WR to work on releases and the DB to work on press tech and the towel drill in which the WR is working on blocking and the DB is working on shedding blocks. Sorry to all of the English teachers on the board for the run-on sentence!
We always have incentives for the winning group, whether its clean up duty after practice or the winners get to go first at team dinner for the week, on top of the push ups, etc that we do immediately following the rep.
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Post by gapshoot76 on Mar 24, 2011 7:40:59 GMT -6
So out of this I'm either getting that not many people facilitate competition in their practices, or that everyone does the same stuff, and there is no one with a unique way of doing things?
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Post by jpdaley25 on Mar 24, 2011 8:36:15 GMT -6
One of many things that we do in practice to make a competitive atmosphere is our "five and thrive" drill. One of our offensive goals is to gain at least five yards on first down. So, the offense lines up against the defense. If the O gains five yards, the D does 10 updowns. If the O doesn't gain five yards, the O does 10 updowns. Here's the hard part - We have to get 12 plays in in five minutes, or the O does 10 hills after the drill. If the D doesn't get lined up in time to match the O, they have 10 hills after the drill. We go five minutes with the 1's and five minutes with the 2's. After 10 minutes, we have emphasized the importance of gaining five on first down with the O, the importance of not allowing five on first down for the D, we've instilled a sense of urgency and competition, we've gotten a lot of reps in a short period, and we've conditioned. The first time we did the drill, both groups had to run hills, and that was the last time we had to run hills. We can run 12 plays and do 50 updowns in five minutes every time now. Every coach is involved looking for lapses in effort and making quick corrections and we also film it. We take a similar approach to our whole practice. I watch the film of all of our drills every night, edit out the plays that need correction and show them to the boys before the next practice. Our prepractice film session is conducted in full pads, standing up with helmets on(Ive removed all the chairs from our film room), and we will have live contact demonstrations and corrcetions right then, sometimes, in the film room. The film session never goes over 15 minutes.
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Post by blackknight on Mar 25, 2011 16:54:48 GMT -6
On Wednessdays we divide into our 4 groups. They are roughly by position and/or size. After our warm-up we meet at the logo in the middle of our field. Guys come out in pairs and on a snap count attempt to knock eachother off of the logo. You lose, you take a knee, you win you get back in line. We do this until there is a champion in each group.
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Post by blb on Mar 25, 2011 17:04:29 GMT -6
On Wednessdays we divide into our 4 groups. They are roughly by position and/or size. After our warm-up we meet at the logo in the middle of our field. Guys come out in pairs and on a snap count attempt to knock eachother off of the logo. You lose, you take a knee, you win you get back in line. We do this until there is a champion in each group. You spend time doing this during a game week? |
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Post by coachwood on Mar 26, 2011 13:17:43 GMT -6
What are some drills, ideas, coaching strategies that you use to get great competition in practice from start to finish? Fantastic topic. We are exploring this same topic as a staff. We do a few things but want much more. I'd like to making everything we do competitive. LB vs RBs and DB vs WRs: Challenge Drill: Call someone out. Offense lines up on the 10, Defense on the Goalline. On whistle, try to score. DBs vs WRs: One on one drills. Press and off man. Winner stays and losers go to the loser group. The loser group is doing the same drill. I don't like people standing around. OLB, corner, and safety. We are a 34 team. We will have 3 on 3. Two wrs and one RB. Give the he route (based opponent). Start at 20. Divide field in half. Two QBs in middle of the field. Each group takes turns. This is fast paced. Offense is trying to score. Offense can run or pass. All outside runs are quick pitches. We do this when working on cover 2 and 4. OL vs DL: Bull in the ring. Low pad wins. Small ring. We have a few rings going at once. We are a 2 gapping team, so we work on bull rushing as a DL. My favorite ..... 2 Offenses vs 1 Defense: Situations. 3 and 8. 3 and 1. 1st and 10. etc..... we vary it. Two offensive groups. Fast paced. Defense stays if they get a stop. Make 2 defensive units of equal strength. One is on the sideline waiting their turn. Can give subs for each group so it isn't only 11 players. Here is what you put in each group .... (we are 34 team) * 5 DL * 3 ILBers * 3 OLBers * 3 corners * 3 safeties Offense vs Defense * Goalline: 10 plays. Ball on the 1 for the 1st play. 2 for the 2nd play. 3 for the 3rd play. All the way back to the 10. First team to stop 5 times or score 5 times. Losing team has some type of conditioning opportunity. Everyone watching has to pick a side to cheer on. They condition also if they lose. Gets pretty intense. |
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Post by blackknight on Mar 26, 2011 16:20:06 GMT -6
Yes, we do during game week. It takes 10 minutes. 1 coach is the sanp count and whistle. The other coaches are judges so that there is no bickering. It keeps the tempo high. And, yes, we make sure the QB's are in there as well.
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Post by tango on Mar 28, 2011 11:42:48 GMT -6
Board drills
Dawg drills (3 OL and DL, RB and LB, each play you slide down)
GL
Skelly
Tackle drills to score
Chaos training running
Pursuit drills and much touch
FG's for sprints
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