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Post by coachklee on Sept 16, 2014 20:10:36 GMT -6
We've modified it to be a variation of our opponents POA for their top 2 plays the last 2 weeks.
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Post by chebington on Sept 16, 2014 23:10:41 GMT -6
We don't do it. There are more efficient uses of practice time than everyone standing around watching two or three guys beat each other up.
If a situation won't happen on Friday, why practice it during the week?
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Post by pvogel on Sept 21, 2014 15:54:35 GMT -6
We have moved away from it the last few years but have replaced it with the vortex drill, dl vs ol lb vs rb db vs wr staggered at 5 yards with cones going out getting wider and one ball carrier. We can get more position specific work done I feel rather than just mashing them all in there and creating a giant cluster. We do it wed of camp after a few days of hitting and blocking fundamentals. I love this drill. Call it alley drill. We have a physical period everyday. On defensive days its a tackling circuit. On offensive days it is this drill up until the season starts. Now we do a stretch drill in space. Maybe i'm old school but I like having a physical period every day. Gets kids used to hitting and it cranks up practice and makes it more live. The bigger deal is that it helps enforce the culture of toughness and physicality that we want. The kids start to take pride and have more confidence in their physical play. That's a big deal to me. The teams i've been a part of that do a physical period and rep it in practice are always more physical and better than those that have not.
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Post by coacht2210 on Sept 21, 2014 21:06:52 GMT -6
Where I coached a few years ago, we started every Tuesday with Oklahomas. Right after stretch. 5 mins. We would stop around mid October when we started to shorten practices. Kids go live to the whistle. We'd line up barrels during stretch and run 4 or 5 at once. Coaches spread out.
We were a 2 platoon team and I liked this b/c it got the practice going. The ball carrier rarely gets tackled anyways. It ends up being more of a OL vs DL/ LB drill and it was competitive. I wish we still did this where I am now. We would also have 1 "live" period of 1st O vs 1st D every day (tues and wed). It was only 5 min and had a theme (situation generally). We would blow the whistle quick but it was live to the ground. I always felt these competitive periods made us better.
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Post by gammelgaard on Sept 22, 2014 6:03:17 GMT -6
We do it a bit different. Here in Denmark, we have two weekly practices. We've found that after pre-prac, warmups and SPT, 5 minutes of 2v2 Oklahoma gets the players physically and mentally fired up and ready for the rest of prac. They love it, and we rarely see injuries happen from this drill. Here is the setup:
| LB | | | | DL | | OL | | | | RB |
LB can be any defender, RB can be any ballcarrier. Sometimes we put in a skill player and a DB or LB in at OL/DL. For the younger teams, we like to rotate everyone through every spot. U12, U14 and occasionally U16.
Our guys love it, and it seems to lift up the spirit during prac, so why the H not do it 5 minutes?
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Post by tigerpride on Sept 25, 2014 16:51:00 GMT -6
We do this once a week for about 5-10 mins. We do a varsity and JV group. We want everyone to get 3-4 reps.
I cringed when my DC first wanted to do this three years ago once a week. I quickly bought in as I saw our physicality increase each year. I remember the first year........ kids would hide in the back of the lines and avoid the drill. NOW they get pumped and sprint to the drill and take a lot of pride in being physical. If we have a LB vs an OL, we move the LB up so we have less of a physical impact upon collision.
It creates energy in practice and i have seen our toughness and competiveness increase over the last three seasons.
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Post by spindy on Oct 10, 2014 12:07:21 GMT -6
I practice a lot of one gap Oklahoma Drill. The offensive lineman puts his foot next to the bag. The defensive player lines up in his shade position. I give a drive or hook block for the defender to read. On drive the defender must jam the offensive player in the hole, and force the back to bounce. If the offensive player hooks you must establish the edge and not let the back get to the hole. I may also, add a fullback and down block and kick out. We have both bags a little wider and run the drill like Oklahoma.
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Post by morris on Oct 10, 2014 20:41:58 GMT -6
We've modified it to be a variation of our opponents POA for their top 2 plays the last 2 weeks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I really like that idea. How has it worked for you?
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Post by 33coach on Oct 11, 2014 12:04:32 GMT -6
We use it as a block shedding drill more then anything. We run it as 2-on-1.
Shed the block, make the tackle. We only go thud. NEVER to the ground.
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Post by rbcrusaders on Oct 11, 2014 18:52:32 GMT -6
What do you guys think of this drill?..
You hype it up all off season as a big drill between the linebackers and running backs, to see who comes out with the "bigger balls". On the very first day of practice, you do this.
10 minutes-stretch 15 minutes-walk through tackling Then, you get into THE DRILL!
a running back lines up 10 yards away from a linebacker with nobody in between. Bags give a lane about 6 feet across, so the two must meet head on. The whistle is blown, and the two sprint at each other full speed. They collide, and who ever lives come out on top, A MAN!
You don't teach anything, and encourage everyone-including the hurt players-to show up and hoot and holler, record it on their phones, and smack talk to each other. The players all yell and scream and jump around, and the only thing you say to anyone in the drill is to back up. Absolutely no teaching. If someone breaks their back, you just move the drill as the ambulance drives on the field.
So, what do ya think?
(by the way, YES..I have witnessed this.)
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Post by fantom on Oct 11, 2014 19:23:51 GMT -6
What do you guys think of this drill?.. You hype it up all off season as a big drill between the linebackers and running backs, to see who comes out with the "bigger balls". On the very first day of practice, you do this. 10 minutes-stretch 15 minutes-walk through tackling Then, you get into THE DRILL! a running back lines up 10 yards away from a linebacker with nobody in between. Bags give a lane about 6 feet across, so the two must meet head on. The whistle is blown, and the two sprint at each other full speed. They collide, and who ever lives come out on top, A MAN! You don't teach anything, and encourage everyone-including the hurt players-to show up and hoot and holler, record it on their phones, and smack talk to each other. The players all yell and scream and jump around, and the only thing you say to anyone in the drill is to back up. Absolutely no teaching. If someone breaks their back, you just move the drill as the ambulance drives on the field. So, what do ya think? (by the way, YES..I have witnessed this.) C'mon, you know the answer. You have to get out of there.
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Post by rbcrusaders on Oct 11, 2014 19:34:07 GMT -6
this was actually a team that i played for. its a big reason why i am interested in coaching, actually
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