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Post by fantom on Jul 24, 2013 16:19:44 GMT -6
The Redskins have moved their training camp to Richmond, an hour and a half away from here. If anybody has watched an NFL team's summer practice, did you get anything useful out of it?
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Post by coachd5085 on Jul 24, 2013 16:30:01 GMT -6
Fantom.. you might not get that much out of it, but I know many HS coaches who have visited the saints camp and come away noticing the "professionalism" of the coaching for lack of a better term. The organization, the pace, planning behind it, the follow up..etc. Many of those guys had never been exposed to such things, and practice was just line up and scrimmage and oklahoma drills... or one coach installing while 22 players and 3 coaches stood around etc.
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Post by fantom on Jul 24, 2013 16:37:25 GMT -6
Fantom.. you might not get that much out of it, but I know many HS coaches who have visited the saints camp and come away noticing the "professionalism" of the coaching for lack of a better term. The organization, the pace, planning behind it, the follow up..etc. Many of those guys had never been exposed to such things, and practice was just line up and scrimmage and oklahoma drills... or one coach installing while 22 players and 3 coaches stood around etc. Thanks. That's what I thought. I might take a run up to see if I can pick up a drill here and there and to watch NFL athletes in action but practice is practice and I have no doubt that it'll get boring fairly quickly. |
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Post by coachd5085 on Jul 24, 2013 16:39:19 GMT -6
yeah, I know the other coaches were shocked at the concept of scripting. They thought this was the most revolutionary thing ever. "Just think..if we do that, we can know what the next play is and where to look"... Actually overheard a staff saying that.
So basically, I think THAT is a great thing to show a staff.. bring them there and say "see, I am not a nit picking anal SOB. I am a professional"
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Post by mahonz on Jul 24, 2013 17:47:03 GMT -6
The Redskins have moved their training camp to Richmond, an hour and a half away from here. If anybody has watched an NFL team's summer practice, did you get anything useful out of it? Autographs are easier to come by that's for sure. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2013 18:41:51 GMT -6
If you pay to something you will find something use, and maybe once in a great that you will be revolutionary.
I saw russ grim teach the way I now my count system. Didn't understand it, but it peeked my interest.
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Post by orion320 on Jul 26, 2013 8:25:46 GMT -6
I attend the Bears camp a few times each year and haven't really gotten much out of it. One thing that was cool was seeing them do their individual drills and how hard the players that were trying to make the team went in those drills.
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Post by s73 on Jul 26, 2013 8:40:54 GMT -6
Fantom.. you might not get that much out of it, but I know many HS coaches who have visited the saints camp and come away noticing the "professionalism" of the coaching for lack of a better term. The organization, the pace, planning behind it, the follow up..etc. Many of those guys had never been exposed to such things, and practice was just line up and scrimmage and oklahoma drills... or one coach installing while 22 players and 3 coaches stood around etc. I have noticed the same thing at the few D1 practices I have had the good fortune to see. After watching some of them, I thought that I would really like our practices to look something like that. Not sure we'll ever quite get there but just trying has improved how we practice. I found it worthwhile. On a side note, the last time I attended an NFL practice I was not even a coach yet so paid little attention to detail. But, when I see them practice on NFL TV where they only high light the "stars" it seems like the "stars" are never working very hard. Those of you that have attended these practices more recently, is this accurate or skewed b/c I'm only seeing snippets? |
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Post by Sefo on Jul 29, 2013 10:08:59 GMT -6
The Steve Fisher regime with the Rams has been very HS-coach-friendly and (with reservations)allows us on the field during camp. There is a lot to be picked up when you can hear the coaches teaching specific things: route running, pass pro fundamentals, and etc.
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Post by brophy on Jul 29, 2013 10:33:18 GMT -6
you may not get any amazing drill or concept out of it, but visiting practice is always a good idea. The NFL training camp is at least open to the public and the encourage people to visit.
I know you used to be able to get on the field if you have communicated with the GM (or know a college coach). I haven't been to an NFL camp in over a decade, though. I like the organization of the NFL practice format, but the tempo is horrible
I find the DL/OL sessions are the most fascinating things to watch if you pay particular attention to their hand speed/placement.
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Post by ndestefano on Jul 29, 2013 17:43:19 GMT -6
Went to Giants practice on Saturday. Wow, I've seen Pop Warner teams practice a lot harder. This new collective bargaining agreement is a joke.
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Post by aceplace on Jul 30, 2013 7:12:07 GMT -6
Visited the Eagles practice Sunday. Actually this is the first practice above high school level I've ever seen in person. I was pretty far from the action but was trying to take everything in as a whole.
I coach o-line so payed attention to them. I noticed, and this is probably thanks to all those COOL clinic dvds, that their part of the practice pretty much mirrors what my groups practices look like. I did pick up one little new drill to use.
A couple of things I took away from it that were neat...
-The overall efficiency of the practice is something I thought was worth seeing and I think our team should try to strive for. I have scripted my sessions in the past, and so does the head coach, but I think we can push to get things "tighter," and we admittedly don't keep to our schedules the way we feel we need to.
-During a number of teaching periods, they would have each position player line up. The defensive backups would be directly behind the starter stacked up, instead of further in the back out of the play. Then the offense would send different formations and motions. All the players stacked at a position would simultaneously adjust and make their calls. It looked a little hectice and messy, but I think it suited its purpose pretty well.
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