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Post by houstonhog on Jan 6, 2008 18:28:08 GMT -6
Coaches-
I'm brainstorming some ideas on practice schedules during the weekly grind of the schedule (excluding two-a-days)
I am hoping to change up some of our routine to increase involvement during special teams sessions and increase hustle throughout the practice....
What do some of you guys use as a generic practice plan? Anyone do anything out of the box or unique?
Thanks in advance!
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Post by arnsparger on Jan 6, 2008 22:59:33 GMT -6
Coach,
We picked this up from South Dakota State University. The very first thing we do in practice is a five minute warm up period. The offense will run plays vs. air, the defense has a block destruction period. Each is done at a crisp (not intense) speed. The goal is to get the blood going. Sometimes we will vary the defensive period with a slower pursuit drill. We all like it a lot.
Another thing they recommended is alternating your periods/sessions from ones of higher intensity to lower, throughout the practice; I guess to simulate the flow of a game. We did this and I think it is pretty accurate.
Arnsparger
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Post by coach11 on Jan 6, 2008 23:08:45 GMT -6
Don't always pound your kids. For example on monday, start out by going over scouting report/film. For high school kids on a monday, the last thing they want to do is go out on the practice field and just beat on each other. just go out in helmets and have a teaching day. A little bit of conditioning and agility, but quite a bit of defensive rec and play polish. Of course don't do this every week, but when you feel it is necessary, give your kids a "physical" day off, but make sure they get plenty of mental preparation.
Another thing is don't let kids get in a "practice routine". Lets say on tuesday, you start practice with defense, and move to agility, then to special teams, then to offense...etc.....then on wednesday, start practice with special teams, move to offense, then defense...
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Post by fbdoc on Jan 7, 2008 21:55:05 GMT -6
I have found varying the practice routine to be a great way to keep the players on their toes. Our 2 a days do follow a pretty consistant schedule, but once we get into our regular season we mix things up quite a bit - reasoning is a game is not "routine" so why should our practice be?
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Post by Yash on Jan 7, 2008 22:34:04 GMT -6
Coach, We picked this up from South Dakota State University. The very first thing we do in practice is a five minute warm up period. The offense will run plays vs. air, the defense has a block destruction period. Each is done at a crisp (not intense) speed. The goal is to get the blood going. Sometimes we will vary the defensive period with a slower pursuit drill. We all like it a lot. Another thing they recommended is alternating your periods/sessions from ones of higher intensity to lower, throughout the practice; I guess to simulate the flow of a game. We did this and I think it is pretty accurate. Arnsparger At the D3 school I helped at this year thats how we started every practice after we did warm ups. We called it Team Takeoff.
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