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Post by racehorse on Dec 30, 2014 9:15:38 GMT -6
One thing to remember though, is that in many states (Virginia is one) we can't make any offseason stuff mandatory. Same for Ohio.
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Post by coachbdud on Dec 30, 2014 10:23:10 GMT -6
You can't make off season mandatory in probably almost every state Can't in Cali But any team that's any good makes it mandatory without officially saying it There's nobody just showing up in August that has a .500 record
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Post by coachdawhip on Dec 31, 2014 7:06:08 GMT -6
8-11:30 M-T. Weight room/sprints/drills/7on7 Maybe some Friday and Saturday 7on7. Pads in the summer overrated. I actually like shoulder pads in the summer and hit quite a bit. Pretty physical in the summer actually. We do this b/c we want to see who can hang in terms of upcoming juniors as well as maybe some seniors who maybe couldn't cut it the year before but worked in the off season. To me the summer is evaluation time and in our style of play physicality is important. I especially like being a bit more physical in the summer than maybe most b/c our kids have a ton of time to heal up before the season starts. This is where we differ. Where I think we are similar is that once we hit the season and I think it has been established that our kids understand "what it takes" to play varsity football, then we scale back a ton. Usually by about the 3rd to 5th week (old school guys get ready to clutch your chests, lol) we actually rarely go more than shoulder pads and helmets anymore. I think this is about the time that we need to start worrying about being healthy and it also seems to lessen "the grind" of the season for the kids. I find that this has actually helped us be more physical on Friday nights b/c our kids seem to feel better. Not as banged up through the week. Different strokes I guess. I can see it both ways. We are a smaller school so I would rather get the physical work in early so we can evaluate early on and then stay healthy during game weeks. WE can't hit in our state so it doesn't make a difference. You can only wear shoulder pads a state approved camp. We a large classification school, but we don't do the team camp with pads, a lot of my friends at other schools do, and we don't tackle to the ground during the season once it starts. But like you said, it depends on your philosophy.
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Post by coachdawhip on Dec 31, 2014 7:07:32 GMT -6
You can't make off season mandatory in probably almost every state Can't in DLS But any team that's any good makes it mandatory without officially saying it There's nobody just showing up in August that has a .500 record EXACTLY! I agree nothing is mandatory, but I have never worked at a school Semifinal team or 0-10, where the kids didn't show up in the summer.
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Post by irishdog on Dec 31, 2014 15:00:59 GMT -6
The word "expectation" trumps the word "mandatory". In 15+ years as a HC, and in each state (5) where I have worked "mandatory" has always been used by the state associations to mandate off-season and summer rules, but...it has always been my "expectation" that the athletes take part in our off-season and summer activities that aren't "mandatory".
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Post by coachdlo on Jan 24, 2015 0:01:01 GMT -6
In Oklahoma we did the following:
M-T-W-TH: Weights 6am-715am conditioning outside 730am-820am
tuesday/thursday nights 7 on 7 league (roughly 7-8 schools involved) round robin season 2 games / night
1 7on7 tournament wherever we choose to go 1 qb/wr/te camp wherever we choose to go (optional) 1 linemen camp wherever we choose to go (optional) 1 team camp full pads wherever we choose to go
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