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Post by Luther Van Dam on Nov 11, 2012 22:32:12 GMT -6
Does anyone play music during practice? If so, what type of music do you play? How do you decide your playlist - input from the kids?
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Post by mholst40 on Nov 12, 2012 11:17:31 GMT -6
I know this has been discussed on here before so you may not get a lot of responses. Try to google "Coach Huey Music Practice" to find the old disucssion.
I think the jist of it was that music ranged from oldies to rap to rock to anything in between. A lot of coaches used Pandora to play music and make sure there was no bad language.
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Post by Luther Van Dam on Nov 12, 2012 11:55:47 GMT -6
I know this has been discussed on here before so you may not get a lot of responses. Try to google "Coach Huey Music Practice" to find the old disucssion. I think the jist of it was that music ranged from oldies to rap to rock to anything in between. A lot of coaches used Pandora to play music and make sure there was no bad language. Oops, sorry about that. I searched for it and nothing came up... Must not have done it correctly. |
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Post by fantom on Nov 12, 2012 13:23:45 GMT -6
Does anyone play music during practice? If so, what type of music do you play? How do you decide your playlist - input from the kids? The only thing I'll say is that you need to remember that the music is for the kids. You may like Kenny Chesney or Metallica but that doesn't mean that the kids do. On the other hand that doesn't mean that you have to blare gangsta rap if you can't stand it. |
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Post by John Knight on Nov 12, 2012 14:58:21 GMT -6
We do but not on purpose. We practice behind the game field and when there is a soccer match they play some pretty stupid music! LOL! Like an hour warmup period of Rap to Christian Rock!
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Post by 33coach on Nov 12, 2012 15:33:14 GMT -6
I want to start this year. At least for certain periods of practice (warm up..tackling..etc)
Or use it as a signal to start conditioning
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Post by okie on Nov 12, 2012 19:50:25 GMT -6
We started last spring. Bought speakers and got an iPod from a kid. Our kids and coaches now feel lost without it. Adds a lot to your practice. The more variation in music the better we thought. Justin Bieber, Beach Boys, Lacrae, and Johnny Cash in order doesn't happen anywhere else!
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Post by pvogel on Nov 12, 2012 21:45:53 GMT -6
Havent done it coaching but we did when I played.It amped up our practices a bit. We felt more loose but more intense during the plays. Loved it.
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Post by piratefootball on Dec 30, 2012 10:22:15 GMT -6
I know this is an old topic but we play music the weeks we play for championships... Our conference is very evenly matched so winning it is tough. The last game is always a conference game so we will play music that week if we are in the hunt. The playoffs consist of 3 rounds (4 games to play for state title). 1st round is 2 games, we start music the week of the 2nd game if we make it that far and every week after that as each week is another championship round. We have won at least 1 (usually more) championships each of last 6 years. Seems to focus practice but also loosen kids up so not uptight. Also an easy way to refocus kids but turning off music (no yelling...they just know things aren't right). We leave it on through warmup, and special teams... Whistle to break to individual also ends the music.
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Post by keysersoze on Dec 30, 2012 11:56:36 GMT -6
I bought a portable speaker and stand off of Amazon. I started with an iPod shuffle, but then started using my iPhone to play Pandora. Pandora was great because it's free and you can change the type of music you listen to. I used the Rock Workout station and the Pop Workout station the most. To my surprise, the kids liked the Rock workout station the most which gave us a steady diet of ACDC, Guns and Roses, etc. I think the music has a lot of unintended consequences that are beneficial.
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Post by husky44 on Dec 30, 2012 12:57:19 GMT -6
I bought a portable speaker and stand off of Amazon. I started with an iPod shuffle, but then started using my iPhone to play Pandora. Pandora was great because it's free and you can change the type of music you listen to. I used the Rock Workout station and the Pop Workout station the most. To my surprise, the kids liked the Rock workout station the most which gave us a steady diet of ACDC, Guns and Roses, etc. I think the music has a lot of unintended consequences that are beneficial. [/quote How many speakers and what type do you all think are needed to conduct a sufficient varsity practice? We have about 50 on the varsity who practice primarily on one field. |
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Post by keysersoze on Dec 30, 2012 18:46:34 GMT -6
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Post by iowa on Dec 30, 2012 20:12:09 GMT -6
Did it for the first time this year and will not practice with out music ever again! Could really tell the difference in the practice mood during rain with out the music.
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Post by coachplaa on Dec 31, 2012 15:28:19 GMT -6
Absolutely do it! We just finished our second season of doing it, and we will never go back to the old way. There was one practice this year where our main iPod shuffle, and our backup iPod shuffle both died on us because I forgot to charge them. We spent the last 40 minutes of practice with no music, and it felt like our team was grieving at practice.
Music selection- be careful. If you let the players do it, they will likely get it wrong. Cool songs to them do not usually translate to music that will facilitate up-tempo and positive mood at practice.
I devised my own playlist. Its not perfect, but its clean, fast, and facilitates the improvement of practice. Lots of 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, and even 90s music. Anything with a fast beat to keep the tempo and mood of practice UP. I'm always looking for new songs to add to the list, but they are few and far between right now. One of the new genres that have promise are the "mashups" where they take 2-3 songs with great beats, blend them together into one long song. The kids really like them and they seem to be "cleaner" than other stuff out there.
I always have kids ask me if they can "bring a CD" of "their" music. I tell them yes, and I will listen to it, but the first f-bomb, or negative message I hear, I won't take any more recommendations from them. I've had kids bring me Eminem, that has all of the F-words (blanked) out. Only problem is, everyone knows what rhymes with the f-word and other cuss words, and its not what I want kids in my program to hear. If I'm not stopping it, then I'm endorsing it.
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