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Post by TreyGun on Nov 19, 2015 9:50:28 GMT -6
Hey guys just wondering how you guys play music at practice? We have a speaker system in our stadium (on campus) we practice on our game field (turf). Do yall just plug in your phone and play what is on your iTunes or do you use Pandora? I saw a company advertise on football scoop a month or so ago but cant find it. They had a speaker system where the music could be controlled on the field. When I played in college our video coordinator was in charge of the music, we do not have one of them so just trying to find a solution.
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Post by coachphillip on Nov 19, 2015 9:58:44 GMT -6
I'm messing with an idea for next year. I want to put together an audio file that we start at the beginning of practice. It'll act as our segment timer with reminders as to what segment we move to, five minute reminders, and one minute to move times. Into that audio file, I could put in music during parts of practice that I want. So team walk can be silent and team live can have some hardcore stuff. I'll update on here if I get it all worked out. I just don't want to buy a segment timer for $500 online.
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Post by coachhart on Nov 19, 2015 10:11:51 GMT -6
We are in a situation like you where we're practicing on the game field. We play music all the time through Pandora on the stadium's PA system. Mostly listening to more contemporary music, and hearing Drake every day makes my ears bleed, but sometimes we'll get some good stuff going.
I do like the idea of having the music timed with practice segments. We have a segment timer on the field level but it would be cool to have the music flow with the practice segments.
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Post by fballcoachg on Nov 19, 2015 10:14:53 GMT -6
Pandora CLEAN setting (which can still get dicey depending on the playlist)
I've always liked the idea of doubling it up as a timer but not tech savvy enough
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Post by keysersoze on Nov 19, 2015 10:35:54 GMT -6
Pandora CLEAN setting (which can still get dicey depending on the playlist) I've always liked the idea of doubling it up as a timer but not tech savvy enough We used Spotify this past season and it worked pretty well. I searched for college football practice playlists (I think) and found some from Oregon and UCLA and another college. I went through and found clean versions of songs that were on the lists and created a playlist that had a ton of different music. I added a bunch of music that I like and a lot of Motown, etc.. Next season I plan on having "themed" playlists that I can rotate so I don't have to hear a song over and over during the course of the season. I would love to be able to figure out how to incorporate a segment timer into the music. |
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Post by Wingtman on Nov 19, 2015 10:36:27 GMT -6
I'd love to be able to time it out to use music as segment timer. Not smart enough. Mostly I just hook up my IPOD and let it go with a play list I've made.
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Post by abkillen on Nov 19, 2015 10:56:48 GMT -6
We play music at every practice. Our seniors come up with a Playlist and play it from one of their phones. Kids love it, has worked well for us
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Post by dubber on Nov 19, 2015 12:16:09 GMT -6
Sounds like the ole "Power Hour" from my college days.
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Post by gibbs72 on Nov 19, 2015 13:13:29 GMT -6
We're not real tech-friendly: we just plug in an iPod or have a CD with practice music. We always seem to practice better with music. We let our captains pick the music and the "low coach on the totem poll" listen to the list to make sure the music's clean.
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Post by dubber on Nov 19, 2015 13:49:10 GMT -6
Does anyone else not bother to make sure the music is clean?
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Post by wolverine55 on Nov 19, 2015 13:53:30 GMT -6
Maybe it isn't that hard, but our HC put the playlists together himself, but it was instrumental versions of the songs so we didn't have to worry about language.
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Post by fbs on Nov 19, 2015 15:20:37 GMT -6
spotify is the only way to go... you can pick your own playlists, it's free and after you've created your own clean playlist (from any song, ever.) it will shuffle them like pandora. it's really worked perfectly for us.
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Post by Coach Bennett on Nov 20, 2015 5:58:31 GMT -6
Anyone recommend a good portable system?
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Post by coachfloyd on Nov 20, 2015 6:22:57 GMT -6
We did it this year and I hated it. I ended up having to yell every coaching point for 2 hours. Its very exhausting.
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Post by blb on Nov 20, 2015 7:09:44 GMT -6
Does playing music at practice help you win?
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Post by rsmith627 on Nov 20, 2015 7:14:47 GMT -6
Does playing music at practice help you win? Yes! All of the cool colleges like Oregon and probably Baylor do it, so it must be the secret to long sustained success. Just the other day I was unveiling some new plays in our facemelter package to our staff. I decided to blast music really really loud over the presentation. The coaches were so hyped to install these plays with our kids over this offseason that I know the hype is going to carry over to the kids, and it's all because I blasted music over my talking. I don't even know why other teams will bother getting off of the bus to play us, that's the level of hype I am talking about here. I'll add that the coaches in this meaning really got rowdy when I passed out this year's new visors. |
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Post by gibbs72 on Nov 20, 2015 8:02:43 GMT -6
I think it helps us practice better and with more intensity which I think helps us win more.
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Post by PSS on Nov 20, 2015 8:24:36 GMT -6
It has been my experience that practicing with music does pick up not only the tempo of the practice but also the intensity. Yes, I am constantly yelling over the music but my position players have better practices with music than without.
We play a lot of the 80's and 90's rock with a few of the newer songs mixed in. Very little if any screening has to be done on the music because most of it is clean. Played a couple of teams this year where they did not filter any of their pre-game music and every other word was a curse word.
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Post by fballcoachg on Nov 20, 2015 8:33:07 GMT -6
Does playing music at practice help you win? For us the kids looked forward to those two days and it definitely didn't hurt us. It picked up our tempo and allowed the kids to have some fun, broke up monotony and was another change we made coming in to a rebuild. It also fits our staff and the way we go about things. There were other factors that lead to us having a better record than the past regime and while I can't say for certain it help us win I can say he kids like it (as do most of the coaches), it has benefits, and it isn't a distraction so we are going to keep doing it. |
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Post by fballcoachg on Nov 20, 2015 8:38:47 GMT -6
Does playing music at practice help you win? Yes! All of the cool colleges like Oregon and probably Baylor do it, so it must be the secret to long sustained success. Just the other day I was unveiling some new plays in our facemelter package to our staff. I decided to blast music really really loud over the presentation. The coaches were so hyped to install these plays with our kids over this offseason that I know the hype is going to carry over to the kids, and it's all because I blasted music over my talking. I don't even know why other teams will bother getting off of the bus to play us, that's the level of hype I am talking about here. I'll add that the coaches in this meaning really got rowdy when I passed out this year's new visors. I always love the "it's done bc cool colleges do it" argument, as if HS coaches that follow suit are incapable of their own thought or it makes them less of a coach than those that do what has always been done. I think you'll find most of those colleges do it for the same reason most of the high schools do it, because they have found benefit in it. I suppose what ever helps you feel superior though |
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Post by fballcoachg on Nov 20, 2015 8:40:33 GMT -6
Does anyone else not bother to make sure the music is clean? In the summer weight room I wasn't as stringent about it everywhere else im on it...that being said its so easy to have clean music it's not worth not having clean versions. We will be clean from here on out. |
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Post by coachphillip on Nov 20, 2015 8:47:56 GMT -6
I play music during workouts. Don't know if it helps me lift more, but it does help me get in the zone a little bit. My girlfriend plays music when she washes dishes, I don't think she does it because all the cool wives on the block do it. A little music might just help the monotony of the task at hand go by a little faster.
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Post by rsmith627 on Nov 20, 2015 10:19:00 GMT -6
Yes! All of the cool colleges like Oregon and probably Baylor do it, so it must be the secret to long sustained success. Just the other day I was unveiling some new plays in our facemelter package to our staff. I decided to blast music really really loud over the presentation. The coaches were so hyped to install these plays with our kids over this offseason that I know the hype is going to carry over to the kids, and it's all because I blasted music over my talking. I don't even know why other teams will bother getting off of the bus to play us, that's the level of hype I am talking about here. I'll add that the coaches in this meaning really got rowdy when I passed out this year's new visors. I always love the "it's done bc cool colleges do it" argument, as if HS coaches that follow suit are incapable of their own thought or it makes them less of a coach than those that do what has always been done. I think you'll find most of those colleges do it for the same reason most of the high schools do it, because they have found benefit in it. I suppose what ever helps you feel superior though I was only kidding around. I have been at schools that have played music and I like it because our kids were more upbeat and we just seemed to have a better practice tempo, and I have been at schools that haven't. If you really find benefit in doing it, then go for it. If you don't see a benefit or just don't like it, don't do it. It's as simple as that. The school we are at now really can't do it because we border a neighborhood and get noise complaints. |
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Post by windigo on Nov 20, 2015 10:37:50 GMT -6
Does playing music at practice help you win? We use it as a tool. The idea is not to let it distract you. |
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Post by wolverine55 on Nov 20, 2015 10:51:58 GMT -6
I'm a music person. Always have to have it when working out or doing school work. There were days where it helped me get up a little bit for practice more than I might have after some rough school days...
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Post by 3rdandlong on Nov 20, 2015 13:52:32 GMT -6
Play the opposing teams' fight song over and over again all week at practice. When game time comes the last thing they want to do is allow their band to play it!
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Post by PIGSKIN11 on Nov 20, 2015 14:11:48 GMT -6
Play the opposing teams' fight song over and over again all week at practice. When game time comes the last thing they want to do is allow their band to play it! A guy I know played all of the famous college fight songs all summer in the weight room... |
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Post by CoachHess on Nov 20, 2015 20:20:15 GMT -6
Anyone recommend a good portable system? Pyle Pro Portable Speaker. $200 on amazon. Had ours for 3 years, started having battery issues toward the end of the season. Ipod hook up, Aux cord, portable wireless microphone if needed. Great for practices. Plenty loud. |
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Post by Coach Bennett on Nov 21, 2015 7:23:19 GMT -6
Anyone recommend a good portable system? Pyle Pro Portable Speaker. $200 on amazon. Had ours for 3 years, started having battery issues toward the end of the season. Ipod hook up, Aux cord, portable wireless microphone if needed. Great for practices. Plenty loud. Can you purchase a replaceable battery? |
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Post by canesfan on Nov 21, 2015 11:43:59 GMT -6
We let the kids pick and we also have coaches picks for variety. Listening to the same stuff is supposed to be unbeneficial.
Make it loud. It helps practice a ton. Tempo is muc better. Coaches coach faster and don't waste time talking. Kids learn by doing, and this helps us get out if the way and let them do.
We don't care about the language (within reason) at practice. Games are a different story obviously.
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