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Post by option1 on Jul 9, 2016 15:17:46 GMT -6
One competition we did that I love is a circle tug of war. You cut a chuck of rope into pieces long enough to be about 18" once you tie knots in both ends. You circe up six to eight guys around a trash can and the have a section of rope in each hand which they share with their neighbor. Guys fight until someone touches the trash can or loses grip on their rope. That guy is eliminated and you go until you have a winner. 18 foot? The rope is tied in a circle?
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Post by orion320 on Jul 10, 2016 9:28:54 GMT -6
At my old school last season about once a week we did our WAR Drill. The offense goes in from the 20 and has 4 plays to score. They run either our offense or plays from the scout binder. Offense gets 1 point for 1st Down, 2 Points for TD. Defense gets 1 point for TFL, 2 for Turnover on downs, and 3 for Interception or Fumble. Kids choose the wager which is typically some type of conditioner or who goes first at Thursday Team Meal. A different variation of the WAR drill: This is exactly where we got the drill from. The coach in the video is a friend of mine. We just did our own variation on the drill but have done it this way as well. Kids love it.
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Post by coachguy83 on Jul 12, 2016 3:02:59 GMT -6
One competition we did that I love is a circle tug of war. You cut a chuck of rope into pieces long enough to be about 18" once you tie knots in both ends. You circe up six to eight guys around a trash can and the have a section of rope in each hand which they share with their neighbor. Guys fight until someone touches the trash can or loses grip on their rope. That guy is eliminated and you go until you have a winner. 18 foot? The rope is tied in a circle? That's 18 inches coach, you can probably go as long as 2 foot.
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Post by coachcb on Jul 12, 2016 8:31:44 GMT -6
We utilize some of the drills described above but to be blunt, we turn almost every single drill into a competition, just through how we set up practice and coaching with intensity. We start out every practice with either blocking and tackling stations/drills and really get after the kids during this time. The kids know that everyone from our best athlete to the third strong QB will be a proficient blocker and tackler if they want to play ball for us. The physical nature of these drills and the mentality that we bring to tells the kids that they need to be aggressive, competitive and consistently finish. We will run the same kid through a drill two-three times if he's not getting it right or practicing hard enough. It can be a waste of practice sometimes but it sets the tone for the boys: play hard, play fast or get the hell out of our drills.
Plus we have one hard rule at practice: bust your butt and condition yourselves during practice or we'll do it for you at the end of practice. And the conditioning at the end of practice isn't sprints: it's time spent working on blocking/tackling form on the sleds or on bags. The staff pays attention to who is dogging it at practice and we only remind them of this rule at during the first few days of practice. After those first few reminder days, the coaches will stop barking at the kids about it and just call out the lazy-azzes at the end of practice. We don't call it conditioning, we call it "make-up" time. We'll have about 10-15 kids that get to spend an extra 15 minutes after practice driving sleds around during the first week of practice but that number drops to almost zero later on.
So,I suppose the gist of this long-winded response is this: the kids will learn to be competitive and to finish if you impress the importance upon them with your mentality in practice.
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Post by td4tc on Jul 13, 2016 8:06:43 GMT -6
I think I read something that Pete Carroll said about practice and having assistant coaches actively involved, excited, yelling and screaming during drills. I wasn't totally convinced of this till I saw it in practice at a ND coaching spring clinic where Brian kelly had the assistants fired up even during warmups. I even wanted to get out there (not really, too old)......We started to focus on this with our kids and they really responded. You sometimes feel like a bit of a goof but if you can set that aside it actually makes practice more fun for u too
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Post by coachcb on Jul 13, 2016 9:43:16 GMT -6
I think I read something that Pete Carroll said about practice and having assistant coaches actively involved, excited, yelling and screaming during drills. I wasn't totally convinced of this till I saw it in practice at a ND coaching spring clinic where Brian kelly had the assistants fired up even during warmups. I even wanted to get out there (not really, too old)......We started to focus on this with our kids and they really responded. You sometimes feel like a bit of a goof but if you can set that aside it actually makes practice more fun for u too Yup. You can't expect the kids to practice with intensity if the staff isn't coaching with it... It always p-sses me off when I see coaches standing around and shooting the chit while the kids are warming up or doing other combined drills. It's draining and sometimes we all need to dig deep to find that enthusiasm on certain days, but you need to do it. I have never demanded that my assistants jump around like a bunch of monkeys during practice but, at the very least, they need to be actively engaged with the players throughout practice. But, I can be a pretty obnoxious SOB at practice when it comes to this: no one will ever question whether I'm at practice or not because the volleyball girls will hear me in the gym. Also, a little humor goes a long way during practice. The kids know I'm getting upset with their effort when I tell them to wipe their mascara off and start popping people.
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Post by 3rdandlong on Jul 13, 2016 13:38:10 GMT -6
I'm trying to train with something called "Victory Rocks" I have found various sized boulders between 50-100 pounds. I painted them the colors of the teams on our regular season schedule. Painted the other teams name and the date we play them. The toughest team we play is the biggest rock. We carry them in relays, lift them, throw them. In-season we will have a victory rock run with teams rock who we play that week. At our team dinner I will select a "Victory Rock" captain or two. They will carry that rock out to the field on game day. Trying this idea out this year. Only thing I am unsure about is what to do with the rocks after the games. If we win I am going to put the score of the game and place the rocks under our home scoreboard. But what do I do with the rock if we lose? This is great effin chit! Consider it stolen!!!
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Post by coachpech on Jul 13, 2016 16:24:41 GMT -6
I'm trying to train with something called "Victory Rocks" I have found various sized boulders between 50-100 pounds. I painted them the colors of the teams on our regular season schedule. Painted the other teams name and the date we play them. The toughest team we play is the biggest rock. We carry them in relays, lift them, throw them. In-season we will have a victory rock run with teams rock who we play that week. At our team dinner I will select a "Victory Rock" captain or two. They will carry that rock out to the field on game day. Trying this idea out this year. Only thing I am unsure about is what to do with the rocks after the games. If we win I am going to put the score of the game and place the rocks under our home scoreboard. But what do I do with the rock if we lose? This is great effin chit! Consider it stolen!!! Better yet, have the kids each take a swing of said rock upon exit of locker room. Solves your, what do I do with the rock problem.
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Post by blitzology on Jul 13, 2016 17:17:12 GMT -6
Hey does anybody have any drills you do to help instill toughness, competitiveness, and a finishing mentality? If you don't mind sharing i'd appreciate it. If it is something you do with a spercific group please note that. Drills i have picked up over the years: We do pride match ups at the end of practice. We usually do a 1 on 1 tug of war in a 10 yard area with guys, we also do a sumo wrestling event in our dl hoop, and a few other things (Like Power ball from American Gladiators hands down our favorite thing!) Like everyone weve done board drills, oklahoma, circle drill (similar to a board drill), goalline peiods, 2 minute drills, situations (3rd downs etc.), conditioning stuff, relays, assembly line drills for block defeat And tackling, dog fight drills (fades and 1 on 1s), ol/dl and route running 1 on 1s, etc. Does anybody have anything new or a twist that you'd care to share? Thanks in dvance. In terms of coaching Finish we use a checkered flag in team periods. When the whistle blows the guy holding the flag waves it. We can't hear the whistle on the film but we can see the checkered flag. If a player on O or D didn't finish everyone sees it in film and there is no "the whistle blew" safety net.
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Post by coachjo14 on Jul 21, 2016 20:54:36 GMT -6
Hey does anybody have any drills you do to help instill toughness, competitiveness, and a finishing mentality? If you don't mind sharing i'd appreciate it. If it is something you do with a spercific group please note that. Drills i have picked up over the years: We do pride match ups at the end of practice. We usually do a 1 on 1 tug of war in a 10 yard area with guys, we also do a sumo wrestling event in our dl hoop, and a few other things (Like Power ball from American Gladiators hands down our favorite thing!) Like everyone weve done board drills, oklahoma, circle drill (similar to a board drill), goalline peiods, 2 minute drills, situations (3rd downs etc.), conditioning stuff, relays, assembly line drills for block defeat And tackling, dog fight drills (fades and 1 on 1s), ol/dl and route running 1 on 1s, etc. Does anybody have anything new or a twist that you'd care to share? BThanks in dvance. In terms of coaching Finish we use a checkered flag in team periods. When the whistle blows the guy holding the flag waves it. We can't hear the whistle on the film but we can see the checkered flag. If a player on O or D didn't finish everyone sees it in film and there is no "the whistle blew" safety net. I like that.
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Post by nltdiego on Nov 12, 2016 17:39:58 GMT -6
When do you do Matt drills?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2016 19:11:16 GMT -6
The most physical team I've ever been a part of used to make the entire team, including our All-State QB, do board drills for 5 minutes in the middle of practice. We'd do it every day in the preseason and at least once a week during the season. Each coach would get a group with a board and we'd all go crazy cheering on the action. It really helped to get the testosterone going and teach kids how to handle and deliver contact in a safe environment. I still do this with all my linemen and even make it into a tournament. The kids love it and it helps get us going.
Beyond that, for finishing, we work a fist and finish drill with the OL once a week.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 12, 2016 20:20:06 GMT -6
The most physical team I've ever been a part of used to make the entire team, including our All-State QB, do board drills for 5 minutes in the middle of practice. We'd do it every day in the preseason and at least once a week during the season. Each coach would get a group with a board and we'd all go crazy cheering on the action. It really helped to get the testosterone going and teach kids how to handle and deliver contact in a safe environment. I still do this with all my linemen and even make it into a tournament. The kids love it and it helps get us going. Beyond that, for finishing, we work a fist and finish drill with the OL once a week. I get yelled at by the HC if we don't do this every day from summer to the end of the season. It's a fundamental part of our program, although we don't really do it with all the emotion and hooplah unless a particular match up brings it out.
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