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Post by italianstallion on Apr 10, 2011 10:32:09 GMT -6
In preparation for a pre-season meeting with my lower level coaches I have prepared a discussion on practice tempo. Below are some points of discussion. I would like to get some input from one of my most valued coaching resources. All of you. Thanks.
Coach on the run
Never coach one player while 50 watch
Involve all coaches
Have 2 scout teams
It is ok to get back on the ball and run the same play again…….and again.
Strive for reps reps reps
Warning: May be rough in the beginning
If you want them to play on Friday night with a sense of urgency they must practice Monday through Thursday with a sense of urgency.
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Post by coachplaa on Apr 10, 2011 11:08:46 GMT -6
Script EVERYTHING
Consider using high-tempo music
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Post by Chris Clement on Apr 10, 2011 11:19:56 GMT -6
Practice should be exhausting for the coaches, 2 hours of harassing kids "Let's go, move it." Also, you have to know your stuff well enough to say it loud, clear and fast.
Also, having enough supplies everywhere is key, it's a huge pain losing reps on bubble screen practice because an overthrow caused the receiver to spend 30 seconds chasing down the only ball.
Planning out the physical layout can be important, you don't want to lose time rearranging all the cones on the field, try to lay them out to run the practice without moving them. Ex. when I practice in the gym with my youth team, we have cones down the middle of the gym every 5 yards. This lets us practice Bubble with 10 yard splits, Tunnel, with 15 yard splits, our contain drill uses two of the cones as starting points, our team O session spots the ball at the middle cone and uses two others as landmarks, we run our Boot practice using those cones as landmarks we go 3/4 of the practice without moving a single cone.
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Post by bigm0073 on Apr 10, 2011 20:07:19 GMT -6
Film practice
Watch it with players - correct mistakes...
This is a must for fast tempo...
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Post by 3rdandlong on Apr 11, 2011 0:29:13 GMT -6
I agree with those philosophies except for one:
"It is ok to get back on the ball and run the same play again…….and again."
IMO, this takes away from the fast paced tempo and can get kids to react negatively. There is a fine line between perfecting a play/scheme and beating a dead horse. If you're running the same exact play 20 times in practice and it's not working, maybe coach should consider another play. If the defense keeps screwing up a coverage, maybe it's not the right coverage for that personnel or maybe it can be taught in a different manner.
Meetings and film are VERY IMPORTANT in order to practice at a high tempo. Meetings will let the kids know exactly what is happening at practice and who needs to go where during specific practice segments. Nothing is more frustrating than taking two minutes just to get a segment squared away. Film will let the kids know what they are doing well and what they need to work on especially since there is so much "coaching on the run" going on.
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Post by bigm0073 on Apr 12, 2011 12:10:03 GMT -6
1. Script Plays
2. Unless it is a cluster "F" go to the next play
3. Film
4. Correct mistakes FAST on the run...
5. Correct all mistakes via fim (after practice or next day before).
Our team periods last no longer than 15 minutes. In 15 minutes we go really fast (Two huddles) and we would crank out 26 - 27 plays in a 15 minute period. Requires coaches to be on board and to coach fast. Keeps the sense of urgency up and becomes a conditioner too...
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Post by fbcoach74 on Apr 12, 2011 14:01:50 GMT -6
scripting is big, and use your coaches. We usually have one coach watch the right side of the offensive line, one watch the left. One watch the Running backs, one watch the QB and one for the receivers. If they need to coach a players then we sub them and keep going. We try to rep close to 3 plays a minute on average. Film is also a very good tool.
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Post by dacoachmo on Apr 13, 2011 5:24:46 GMT -6
Never coach one player while 50 watch Same can be said for any DRILLS...One player runs the drill while the rest watch. |
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Post by Coach Huey on Apr 13, 2011 5:59:26 GMT -6
"It is ok to get back on the ball and run the same play again…….and again." also, the reason they might "run it right" the 2nd time may not be because they understand it, but because you just pointed it out. example> defense must check from 2 to 3 vs trips with the back set weak... you script a play/defense that you know requires this check. they bust it. you say "stop, see that, it's trips, check 3... so run it again".. and, viola, they get it right. it's not because they recognize how to make a check, it's because you just told them they should check. rather than repeat the play right then, circle it and go back to it at the end, as if it is a continuation of the script. if they bust it again, point it out. then make adjustments to tomorrow's practice to make sure you reinforce it or remove from game plan. example 2> right guard doesn't come of the double team to the backside backer on power. you say, "run it again, johnny come off you got that guy." johnny does. yea!! johnny now knows how to run the play. no - johnny just knew that on the next snap he better go block the backside backer come hell or high water. no learning or recognition really took place. push the play to the end of the list - see if he now recognizes it. |
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Post by davishfc on Apr 13, 2011 7:14:36 GMT -6
Never coach one player while 50 watch Same can be said for any DRILLS...One player runs the drill while the rest watch. I agree completely. Nobody every learned the game standing around and watching someone else to do it. However, I believe, finding a happy medium in terms of the number of players that go at once is vitally important. We want to prevent too many players from going at once so they don't end up practicing and reinforcing their mistakes. Sometimes coaches can create bad habits by having too many players rep at once. Like many staffs, we are limited with our number of coaches...we only have so many eyes. With too many players going at once, a player is bound to get missed. Just by the way a rotation goes, that may happen for more than one rep. So finding that happy medium is important. Just my two cents. |
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Post by Chris Clement on Apr 13, 2011 9:36:44 GMT -6
Agree with Coach Huey. We have our script, and if the play is run to standard, we cross it off. We get to the end and loop back around to the start and do the ones that aren't crossed off yet. Repeat until they're all crossed off.
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Post by 3rdandlong on Apr 13, 2011 14:35:42 GMT -6
example> defense must check from 2 to 3 vs trips with the back set weak... you script a play/defense that you know requires this check. they bust it. you say "stop, see that, it's trips, check 3... so run it again".. and, viola, they get it right. it's not because they recognize how to make a check, it's because you just told them they should check.
I am a huge offender of this. It seems after making the correction, I always say: "We don't get two chances on Friday night." Well why the heck don't I treat practice a little more like the way I would on Friday night? This is definitely somethign I will change.
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z
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Post by z on Apr 14, 2011 3:57:22 GMT -6
Great suggestions. We are going "up tempo" this spring, and will add a correction period into our spring script.
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Post by sportsleader on Apr 15, 2011 9:54:57 GMT -6
Amen to all of the above. Great suggestions. I've been to some practices recently that go so slow with so many players standing around watching it is a miracle they have more than 20 guys on the team. You do need repetition and perfect execution. One thing I see more and more coaches doing is "installing" 100 plays and they only execute 10 well. Why not teach 30 and execute 25 of them well? Less is more. sportsleaderusa.blogspot.com/ |
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Post by holmesbend on Apr 16, 2011 12:14:00 GMT -6
I'm old school. I'd rather do 10 plays great than 20 plays and 5 be great, 10 average and 5 suck. I also hate sacrifing getting better for staying on a damn practice schedule. I think that you should have a schedule, much like you have lesson plans, but you don't let either dictate the betterment of your class or team.
In saying all of this, practice does need to be uptempo, but I think there is a lot of teaching that goes a long way, too. You have to find a happy medium, so to speak. Don't take 10 minutes to explain something to 2 kids while 50 watch, butdon't be afraid to correct and teach them for a couple minutes if you need for worrying about not staying on schedule.
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Post by coachd5085 on Apr 16, 2011 17:03:04 GMT -6
holmesbend
But as Huey astutely pointed out above, stopping practice to "correct/teach" isn't any guarantee that they now get it, or have improved. All that is certain is that you stopped your practice, and told them/showed them something--something that you have probably already "taught" them
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Post by holmesbend on Apr 16, 2011 20:26:31 GMT -6
I completely agree with pushing the play till the end of the script.
I guess my biggest gripe is a I know a ton of coaches out there that are so time and schedule oriented that they are more worried about staying within the exact times of the practice schedule moreso than they are worried about making sure the kids get it right, even if it meant just extending the particular practice period a max of 5 minutes for a couple days.
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Post by dial51 on Apr 17, 2011 19:05:35 GMT -6
Excellent thread w/great suggestions! I believe it is necessary for the coaches to meet each day and discuss PRACTICE. Too often we meet and talk more about the upcoming opponent and not enough about our own team. It is important to focus on our team's improvement and how we as a staff can help them to be better players. So, at the end of each practice the staff should meet for a few minutes to discuss what went right...and wrong for that day.
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Post by lionhart on Apr 18, 2011 18:37:57 GMT -6
dial51..... you are dead on. meeting AFTER practice with all coaches is something we used to do all the time. for a myriad of reasons (including having to SHUTTLE our team off the practice field, due to budget cuts we only have a single bus!), we got away from after practice meetings. i am going to find a way to do it this year, as i feel it can be a great tactic... even if its only 5 min. and i also agree with coachhuey that repeating the play that was just screwed up doesnt equate to the kid "getting" it. as OC i run the scout O for our defense. when we pop a big play, our DC will make us line up, walk thru it so each defender sees what happened, THEN run the exact play again at full speed. it drives me BANANAS!!!! obviously, the results the 2nd time around are our 1st D literally DESTROYING the mostly soph scout team.... and to me that does nothing to help us come FRI night. When we do Offensive practice, especially team period or group run, if we cant block something right or mess up on a read..... i circle it on my script, coach up the player, and run it again at the end.
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