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Post by airraider on Jul 4, 2011 8:33:53 GMT -6
I know there was a thread about this WAYYYY back.... but hopefully some of you have come up with new things since then.
What are some little things you do that are inventive that other coaches can benefit from?
A couple that I just started using this past spring.
I have always been one of those file folder scout team kind of guys who comes out with 10 of them a practice with all kinds of plays drawn up for the scout team.
Now I started just drawing formations on them, and stapling a piece of transparency material over it and will draw the plays up with dry erase markers in between plays.
Also.. if you look at some of Dana Holgreregsggeteggdson's (sp) 7 on 7 periods you will see guys on the line who hold up blocking shields to give the QB lanes to throw through.
What I have done is bring over two L screens from the baseball field and set my center up between them.
With the high parts facing out and the center standing up after snapping.. it creates 3 obstructions for the Qb to have to throw through.
We dont have a practice field.. so we have to use our baseball field to practice on. Well we have a nice high crows nest behind our backstop.. so this year we will set up our offense right behind the pitchers mound and film practice from there...
What are some things you do?
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Post by blackknight on Jul 4, 2011 11:12:32 GMT -6
We never punish players, we do "MED's" or "Memory Enhancement Drills".
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Post by tbran1996 on Jul 4, 2011 16:37:16 GMT -6
We use transparency pens to draw the formations on the board for chalk talks/ or on the sideline during games. Then we put the blocks/ assignments with a regular white board maker. When I erase it doesn't erase the offense and defense only the assignments. It is a real time saver especially on Friday night when we may get a defense we haven't seen and want to go thru our base offense rather quickly on the board.
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Post by coachweav88 on Jul 4, 2011 18:30:42 GMT -6
We never punish players, we do "MED's" or "Memory Enhancement Drills". could you explain a little more? |
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Post by pvogel on Jul 5, 2011 3:04:10 GMT -6
i put on my shorts both legs at a time.
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Post by blackknight on Jul 5, 2011 16:10:23 GMT -6
We do down-ups like most everyone else. The difference is in how what we call them. Instead of saying "you are being punished for bieng late" we say you are doing a memory-enhancement drill so that you will remember to be on time. It gets a chuckle from the parents at our parent meeting!
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Post by coachguy83 on Jul 5, 2011 17:06:41 GMT -6
The program I worked for last season called them Reminders.
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Post by eghscoach on Jul 5, 2011 21:32:32 GMT -6
Program I inherited last year called them (it) "Rehab".
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Post by captainpp on Jul 6, 2011 0:17:05 GMT -6
Years ago I did what I call a pop up drill... Place receivers in given places on the field as to where there route would have ended if they received the ball during a normal play. Have them posistion with hands and body and all, in correct fashion. Use the game approach style to controll, correct deceision on the qb. part... It can change his choice... Have a defender on one knee in posistion to pop up and blanket the receiver... point to the player who you don't want to pop up . Don't let qb to see.... Pass the ball to the un-covered receiver ... In youth ball or any, interceptions happen when qb. try's to force... This drill was design for the purpose to throw the ball away, if all receiver's are covered .... Understanding to live for another down... And myself teaching this and having to live by it myself, which could be hard in itself to comply... Parent helped out at times with this drill by waving those noddles that they use in swimming pools to float with... I also use them in gauntlet drills to punch at the football and to trip up running backs...
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Post by tango on Jul 6, 2011 6:43:15 GMT -6
opportunity to improve OTI's
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Post by coachplaa on Jul 6, 2011 8:17:55 GMT -6
We use a Speckman idea. We have a wheel called the PIE Wheel (personal improvement exercise). It has 8 spaces we painted on a spinner board. One space is a Free space. The other 7 are 120 yard drills of everything you can imagine. Bear crawls, crab walk, etc. If a kid needs a reminder, they spin the wheel after practice. Coaches root for the free space, and the wheel ends up dispursing the punishment (exercise), rather than the coach. The kids love it, and they make sure the wheel gets spun by rule breakers. We use it for everything from tardy to practice, to tardy to class that day, to behavior issues, to forgetting chin straps or mouthpieces. Works well...
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Post by scoresomemore on Jul 6, 2011 9:39:12 GMT -6
We use a Speckman idea. We have a wheel called the PIE Wheel (personal improvement exercise). It has 8 spaces we painted on a spinner board. One space is a Free space. The other 7 are 120 yard drills of everything you can imagine. Bear crawls, crab walk, etc. If a kid needs a reminder, they spin the wheel after practice. Coaches root for the free space, and the wheel ends up dispursing the punishment (exercise), rather than the coach. The kids love it, and they make sure the wheel gets spun by rule breakers. We use it for everything from tardy to practice, to tardy to class that day, to behavior issues, to forgetting chin straps or mouthpieces. Works well... My HS Coach used something similar, it was a dice that resembled something you'd win at a carnival haha, nothin worse than rollin' the dice....good memories of everyone hooting and hollering around the kid rolling haha |
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Post by fantom on Jul 6, 2011 9:43:23 GMT -6
We use a Speckman idea. We have a wheel called the PIE Wheel (personal improvement exercise). It has 8 spaces we painted on a spinner board. One space is a Free space. The other 7 are 120 yard drills of everything you can imagine. Bear crawls, crab walk, etc. If a kid needs a reminder, they spin the wheel after practice. Coaches root for the free space, and the wheel ends up dispursing the punishment (exercise), rather than the coach. The kids love it, and they make sure the wheel gets spun by rule breakers. We use it for everything from tardy to practice, to tardy to class that day, to behavior issues, to forgetting chin straps or mouthpieces. Works well... That's funny. I'm going to mention that one to the boss. |
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Post by TMGPG on Jul 6, 2011 10:02:51 GMT -6
We also have a 120 yard drill that seems to work really well. We will have them do push-ups, abs, squat jumps, up-downs, jumping jacks, and body rolls and that usually takes care of any problems that we have with kids not showing up.
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Post by blb on Jul 6, 2011 10:06:36 GMT -6
Kids that don't show up consistently in the summer suffer greatly, have difficulty making it through Two-a-days without us having to do anything "inventive" for them.
If they do, well, we always need Scout Team players.
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 7, 2011 13:28:41 GMT -6
one thing i got from this board that EVERYONE can benefit from, but I havent seen a ton of teams do is to practice Defense without a ball
This is great against option and misdirection teams because it forces players to read their keys and do THEIR job
It has made a huge difference in practicing against option teams especially
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Post by airman on Jul 7, 2011 14:05:07 GMT -6
we have a drill called beat the unblocked blitzer. so the qb takes his drop. as he is doing this an unblocked defender from the inside comes on a blitz. the qb has to get rid of the ball before he get hit into a high jump pit. it teaches the qb to be looking down field and to take a hit. the blitzer uses a hand shield.
another drill we do for qb is hit from behind. I will take a hand shield and his the qb from behind just as he is passing the ball. we also uses a student support staff member with a bag coming off the edge.
we have a mud field which we flood. it really is a old hockey rink that they flood for outdoor skating. so we flood it to teach how to run when it is wet and muddy for rec.
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Post by fasterthanthefly on Jul 7, 2011 15:16:55 GMT -6
For scout team offense vs our defense we use an old flattened ball for the center and have the QB hold the ball to be used in his hands. The center just snaps the flattened ball and drops it. Gives the look of a ball in the centers hand, it's flat so kids won't trip on it, we can use anyone at center, and we don't have to waste time on dropped or bad snaps during scout team.
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Post by jturner on Jul 7, 2011 17:57:57 GMT -6
fasterthanthefly that is genius. Scout team centers are the bane of my existence.
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Post by fasterthanthefly on Jul 7, 2011 18:36:39 GMT -6
fasterthanthefly that is genius. Scout team centers are the bane of my existence. jturner, that is exactly why we went to using the flat football. Drove me nuts wasting time chasing down a bad snap. We are gun on offense all the time now so we do this for under center teams as well when running scout offense because our QB's are never under center and I don't want to waste time teaching how to take a snap under center. |
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Post by tcbxxvi on Jul 7, 2011 21:43:01 GMT -6
Instead of a flattened ball, we use a nerf ball. No sprained ankles if anyone steps on it.
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Post by jlenwood on Jul 8, 2011 11:19:51 GMT -6
We started using the "no ball" approach last year (picked it up from here) and we were tremendously improved against option.
Also, kick off, special teams.....kick to one end of the field and then kick back the other way. No wasted time going back to the other end to start over.
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Post by dacoachmo on Jul 9, 2011 6:46:55 GMT -6
What I have done is bring over two L screens from the baseball field and set my center up between them. I got this idea from a coach I saw at a clinic...pretty cheap... highspeedspreadfootball.blogspot.com/2011/06/scarecrow.htmlWe used the Speckman wheel too. A player never moaned about conditioning, but rooted for the tiny FREE slice!! |
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Post by fantom on Jul 10, 2011 16:55:25 GMT -6
During every defensive practice we have a 10 minute Adjustment period. We huddle the 1st defense on one yard line and the 2nd 10 yds away. The scout offense huddles in the middle. By "scout offense" I mean any warm body available. They're going to break the huddle and stand there. They don't need to be good players. I send in a defense to both huddles while the offense huddles to get their formation. The offense aligns against the 1sts then when I'm satisfied with their alignments, calls, and adjustments the O turns around and aligns for the 2nds. Then they huddle again.
The gadget that's helped us there is our Adjustment Book. We've drawn up just about every formation that we could think of and put them in a binder protected by plastic sheet protectors. Each formation is numbered. Before practice I'll write up a list of formations that I want the scout coach to use. Saves a lot of time lining up the scout O.
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Post by Defcord on Jul 10, 2011 17:52:09 GMT -6
We have what we call the "Four Quarters of Football" that we do everyday. The first is speed enhancement, the second is blocking, the third is tackling, and the last is conditioning. They are all circuits. During two-a-days we do them for 12 minutes but during the season we will cut them down a little bit. Our kids really appreciate that every coach and every player is involved in doing these drills. They are virtually always circuits with the exception of conditioning sometimes coming in different forms. I think it is great for us because it emphasizes the importance of each of these segments of the game but I also think it allows our skill guys to appreciate how vital blocking is on offense and everyone appreciates the importance of tackling on defense.
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Post by fballcoachg on Jul 10, 2011 18:17:54 GMT -6
we have a drill called beat the unblocked blitzer. so the qb takes his drop. as he is doing this an unblocked defender from the inside comes on a blitz. the qb has to get rid of the ball before he get hit into a high jump pit. it teaches the qb to be looking down field and to take a hit. the blitzer uses a hand shield. another drill we do for qb is hit from behind. I will take a hand shield and his the qb from behind just as he is passing the ball. we also uses a student support staff member with a bag coming off the edge. we have a mud field which we flood. it really is a old hockey rink that they flood for outdoor skating. so we flood it to teach how to run when it is wet and muddy for rec. Glad I read this coach as I was about to post something about teaching the QB to stand in the pocket while an impending hit is coming. HAve you found that your qbs hold up well to this? How have you lessened any possibility of injury to the qb whether on the hit or follow through? It sounds like a great idea just want to make sure I don't rush into it and find ourselves onto our 3rd or 4th qb! |
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Post by tcbxxvi on Jul 10, 2011 18:18:38 GMT -6
We do the "4th Quarter" after conditioning, as well. As soon as our running is done, we hold up the 4 fingers for the 4th Quarter. We do 4 different activities (we start with 10 each on the first day of 2-a-days, and work up to 20 reps of each, and stay there (20 reps) the rest of the season. I got the drills from the "Insanity" workout series.
1) Push-up Jacks
2) In-n-Out Abs
3) "V" Push-ups
4) Power Jumps
Now when we hold up our 4 fingers at the start of the 4th quarter on Friday nights....we have a reason.....we don't do it because everyone else in America does it....
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 10, 2011 21:33:12 GMT -6
We do the "4th Quarter" after conditioning, as well. As soon as our running is done, we hold up the 4 fingers for the 4th Quarter. We do 4 different activities (we start with 10 each on the first day of 2-a-days, and work up to 20 reps of each, and stay there (20 reps) the rest of the season. I got the drills from the "Insanity" workout series. 1) Push-up Jacks 2) In-n-Out Abs 3) "V" Push-ups 4) Power Jumps Now when we hold up our 4 fingers at the start of the 4th quarter on Friday nights....we have a reason.....we don't do it because everyone else in America does it.... Im on week 4 of the insanity DVDs... i love em they are great! |
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Post by tcbxxvi on Jul 10, 2011 21:36:39 GMT -6
Yes they are! I made it through the first month, but then the school I was at hosted the district track meet and I got pretty busy with that and never got back on. It's been a while now, and I need to re-start it....but the memory of how sore I was is keeping me lazy....I need to get fired up again....
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 11, 2011 0:15:24 GMT -6
Yes they are! I made it through the first month, but then the school I was at hosted the district track meet and I got pretty busy with that and never got back on. It's been a while now, and I need to re-start it....but the memory of how sore I was is keeping me lazy....I need to get fired up again.... the first week was H.ELL my legs have never been so sore in my life |
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