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Post by 33coach on Oct 14, 2014 20:35:40 GMT -6
here is my question.
many coaches i know are leaving the old Team Warmup at the beginning of practice, and going to a modular "Position based" warmup. that incorporates all the dynamic warmups that we would normally do as a team, but also includes position skill type drills.
who else is doing this? have you seen any real benefit?
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Post by groundchuck on Oct 14, 2014 21:13:26 GMT -6
We do it by position group. It allows a unit to bond and position coaches to get to spend 5 more minutes with their guys. It makes taking attendance easy too. I coach running backs and they do all dynamic drills with a football carried high and tight.
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Post by coachdoug on Oct 14, 2014 22:09:38 GMT -6
here is my question. many coaches i know are leaving the old Team Warmup at the beginning of practice, and going to a modular "Position based" warmup. that incorporates all the dynamic warmups that we would normally do as a team, but also includes position skill type drills. who else is doing this? have you seen any real benefit? We do 7 minutes of team dynamics followed by 7 minutes of position specific warm ups - generally Settle-n-Noose for backs & receivers, and agility ladders for linemen. Definitely have seen benefits in terms of overall efficient use of time and getting in more football-related reps vs. the old-school way of lining up in rows for 20 minutes of static stretches. As far as position specific vs. general team, I'm not sure, but if I had to drop one or the other, I would drop the general team dynamic warm-ups. The position specific stuff incorporates real football moves, so it's more efficient in that it addresses two issues at once, but until I see some documentation that says that general dynamic warm ups are not helpful, I'm going to continue doing both.
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Post by scotdaking on Nov 18, 2014 13:43:10 GMT -6
Yes, I wrote about the benefits of this last year. We were having difficulty starting fast. At first, I thought it was due to the early am start time. Later in the year games started at night and we still started slowly. Over the off season I gave this more attention and realized our practices start slowly. Kids come in 5 to 10 minutes late not even dressed. Others need straps adjusted. Some want taped and we are 15 minutes in. Coaches are herding cattle getting lines formed for jumping jacks. We picked up the pace of practice right from the start instead of the middle of practice. I also read an article stating kids at this age don't need to spend time stretching. Their bodies are not matured to that point. So practice begins now with WR's & RBs running go routes and linemen playing chase the rabbit or sharks and minnows to build stamina and cardio. It adds fun to the start of the practices and the late comers would miss out. Kids started arriving on time to practice and the middle and end of practices became more lively. This season we had many more coaches who know their stuff but didn't graduate to position stuff. I am prepared to copy the pre game position warm up done by the High School but we are not there yet.
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