New Practice Regulations - Suggestions?

Does collision include using dummies?

If "collision" is just full-contact practice... then we already do that as well. We basically never are full-go unless it is very early in the season.

More indy stuff and less team... just gotta actually coach and not watch them run plays all practice long

Pretty sure he was just trying to help coach. You're strictly limited to just shields? You can't go shells and just wrap in team time?

As far as stuff for the linemen goes, you can absolutely still work their technique against shields. I do this even on full contact days and it works out just fine.

For your full contact, full padded days, I would just make sure those are your heavy team emphasis days.

So, if you aren't 2 platoon:

Monday: Heavy individual emphasis against shields (probably majority of practice) I'd get my heavy conditioning in on these days as well.
Tuesday: Full contact (Strong team O emphasis)
Wednesday: Heavy individual
Thursday: Full contact (Strong team D emphasis)

As I typed this I realized I would probably switch my full contact days with my indy days, just to not go hard on Thursday before a game, but some coaches swear by going heavy on the day before a game to keep from coming out flat. Up to you on how you do it.

Coach, during 2 a days our rules are the same way. We use the non-padded time to get a lot of our special teams stuff installed. As said, if you want full team full contact scrimmage, just make sure you go heavy with that on the days that you can.

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Which is why I was saying you have to replace hitting the running back during a team period, with hitting a dummy in the same situations but within a group/indy period.


If you have 10 OL (2-deep) then setup a drill where you have 2 of your guys holding heavy bags as DL (D), 1 guy with a shield as a LB (L), and then the 3 OL working on a doubleteam and trap/kickout concept (power-o, counter, type plays).


...................L
.......................D....DE
.................1...2...3


Explain that this is working the double team of a DL to the LB inside of him by 2 of them (#2 & #3), along with practicing a kickout by a pulling center/guard/tackle (#1).

Phase 1 - Double and Kickout in ideal world:
1) Have #2 and #3 engage (full-speed) the dummy being held by D. Have D fight hard into it just like a DL is supposed to. Try to drive him into L.
2) Have the #1 do his pull-steps and attack tight off that double team with "head in the hole" and kickout the Dummy being held by DE. Have DE just sit there and give resistance at contact with the dummy.

Phase 2 - Double and Kickout with LB scraping over top and DE squeezing down (probably what most DC's are gonna have their kids do)
1) Everyone does exactly what you did in phase 1...
2) #2 and #3 probably have a call of some kind indicating which one comes off on that LB when he goes over the top. Ours is "High" which tells the #2 to work head to outside of D, and #3 will work vertical to get outside shoulder of the L.
3) Have the DE walk inside with the dummy and close that gap... make #1 "open the hole" by bringing his hips and feet more than he did in phase 1

Phase 3 - Double and Kickout with LB coming underneath and DE screaming inside (aggressive defense trying to get safety to make play on edge by getting your RB to bounce
1) Everyone does exaclty what they did in phase 1...
2) #2 gives "Low" call, making the doubleteam become a down-down "wash 'em down"
3) DE really try to squeeze that hole closed and have the #1 just stop his momentum with huge contact and let the washers inside open the hole for him.

Everything is still 100% full go, simulating game contact/speed (if your guys holding shields and dummies go 100%), but you are not getting the helmet to helmet or helmet to shoulderpad contact the rule is trying to avoid. Doing this drill enough times for all 10 kids to do each position and do all 3 phases is going to triple the indy/group time you need which cuts out that team period that the rule is cutting out.


Not being a smart @$$... I just know that many assistant coaches like team because it is really almost no coaching by anyone except the OC/DC unless VERY structured by the OC/DC with specific jobs for each position coach based on script. While each position coach having to understand, create, design, and coach up specific drills is harder for them to do... I've had assistants ask me "how can we teach tackling without hitting each other?"... my response... "95% of tackling is done before or after contact... how about you work on that 95%" and we can worry about the 5% on the 1 day (or whatever) we are allowed.

Coach-you can have 1 full contact practice every day during preseason right? So during 2 a days (which we dont have). Make sure you get in all the stuff you need to be live for in that one practice. Do all your full contact drills, do all your team scrimmages, and all your live kicking situations you think are necessary. In the other non contact practice focus on installing new plays, walk through, and indy drills that do not require contact. The in season limitations would not be a big deal for us either. He is how we do it. Monday is a big install/game plan/walk through day. We do alot of indy time, and do all our non contact drills. We want the kids to move around, but not bang on each other. So this is the one day we hit sleds, hit dummies, etc... Then we spend alot of time in group putting in our game plan for and against the run, and for and against the pass. Then we run about 10 plays of team on each side of the ball. Then we go inside and watch film of the previous game. This I guess you could not do unless it is against dummies or on air. I know this can get tough, especially for your defense. Tuesdays and Wednesday are heavy full, contact days so those are full go. Thursday is a walk through we only wear helmets to practice, and Fridays we play. I see where this could be a problem though, especially if you play Saturday games. (we do not). Anyway hope you get something that can help and best of luck .