Saturday am practice

We haven't. We haven't done it because we want to give the kids and coaches time off plus the fact that we want to have time to watch the film before we watch with the players. Staying up and watching that night after the game ain't happening. I'm old and need my sleep to preserve my youthful visage.

A new coach on staff told us about a place where they stayed after the game and graded the film as a staff all night. If the boss said that we're going to do that the answer will be "We, Kimo-Sabe?".

We currently do the following:
9:30am--Treatment in the training room (our trainer brings food for them every week)
10am--Warm-up and lifting in the weight room
10:30am--Running.
11am--Break

We used to watch film of the game from the night before but, with HUDL we find that they all watch on their own. I know we could do more with the film but we spend time on Monday going over major stuff as a team and by position groups for smaller stuff.

We expect everyone to be there unless they get it excused and they have to make up the conditioning and lifting with a coach.

I met with our seniors and had them vote on whether we would lift on Saturdays the past two years and each time they vote yes. The biggest reason we do it is for our trainer to assess and start rehabbing our kids. That is the difference between players practicing on Monday or losing a day or two to injury.

We practice on Saturday after a game. Kids must be in building at 8:30. They go through an hour of lifting or get treatment if needed. After that, anyone who got in for a play Friday night watches video of game(we break team into o-line, skill players, entire defense). Kids are out by 10:30 or 11; coaches are out by 11:30. We like it because it keeps our kids from doing some stupid things after a game and it helps them get ready for Monday. Very rarely do have a kid come in on Monday and say that he is still sore/injured from last game. Parents really love it,always ask us if we can make football an all-year sport.

We watch film Saturday morning at 7 then run a mile lift and stretch done by 8:30-9

We tend to change it up year to year, it really depends on the type of kids we have. If we have 'good' kids we don't bring them in and monitor if they have watched film on HUDL (hopefully they are watching the right film). If we have the so called 'bad kids' we will bring them in at 8 or 9 AM in order to attempt to curb their Friday festivities. Form Run, Team Run, Film, and Ice Baths. While the OC is watching film with the players the DC breaks down film for upcoming opponent and vice versa.

This one seriously depends on your team and type of kids you have. I didn't bring them up at the last school I was HC at but we will bring these kids up this year. My kids need structure and it gives me a chance to feed them two more meals.

Nothing on Saturdays

Injured players? Trainer is available in the AM at the physical therapy joint.

Film? HATE watching film Saturday. Never have time to watch it ourselves as coaches and watching the entire tape is generally worthless. You can find at least 3 things wrong on every play but they might not be the most important things that need correcting. Film takes 20 minutes on Monday, no big deal.

Lifting? Why? I have yet to see anything that suggests it helps with recovery.

Keep kids out of trouble Friday night? Really? Does your job keep you from drinking beer or staying up til 2 AM? Didn't think so.

I have zero problem if y'all don't do anything on Saturdays.  It isn't my favorite but it helps us and isn't overkill for us.  If it was, we wouldn't do it.

But I do have some questions to your responses.

1) Never have time to watch yourselves as coaches.  Saturday will fix that.  We will watch it the first time as coaches and players.  Not saying you said this, but it seems to be that coaches feel they have to watch the film as a staff before they can with the players.  Why?  That is wasting time in my book.

2) You can find at least 3 things wrong on every play.  Yep, and we point them all out.  Isn't that the point? Have no idea how 20 minutes of film review of your game with the team works.  Actually would love to know.  I am always looking better ways and time saving. 

3) Others said they lift on Saturdays.  We don't.  I am in agreement with you here.

4) Don't understand what you are trying to say about keeping kids out of trouble and me drinking beer or staying up until 2am.  If I can help give kids a reason to go home earlier and not party on Friday nights after a game, then I believe that is a good thing for our team. Keeps them healthier, more rested, out of fights, from drinking and driving, etc.  I am not the police and don't try to be the police of their lives, but if I can give them a reason to make good choices, well, I think that is a good thing.


Lastly, I just really believe in film.  We will spend 30 minutes of many practices watching yesterday's practice.  You better believe I am going to make sure we review the game film.  I correct everything.  First steps, eyes, techniques, everything on every kid. 

my thoughts

we do not do it 
we have tried it in the past but i hate it for several reasons 

1. kids and coaches have lives... some have weekend jobs... families go out of town or do things so you are always missing kids anyway 

2. quick turnaround doesnt give the kids or coaches much time to rest/recover from the night before 

3. Such a quick turnaround means I havent had the chance to watch the film yet... or if i have it is skimming it, no time to analyze and make notes for the kids 

i hate leading film sessions like this, there isnt much focus, becomes more about oooh and ahhh on big plays/hits and less on praising effort, fixing mistakes, and moving on to the next opponent

another thing to consider is we (you and me, being in the same section)
have an 18 hour limit for the week 

your game counts as 3 hours 

so for the rest of the week you get 15 hours max to practice... 
weights, chalk talk, film, meetings all count as part of that practice 

i also do not like watching entire games (whether ourselves or an opponent) with the kids 
it is way too long for their attention span, they need it broken up into chunks

i look at film like eating 
you can't eat a steak in one bite

you have to cut it up into smaller pieces

i know there are guys out there who believe in it, and if so then awesome that is great for you
i personally look at it as an example where technology has moved faster than us coaches can adapt with it 

saturday morning film is a thing that "coaches have always done" so they think it is still necessary 

even though I am not that old (28... going on year 11 coaching)
i can still remember the days of making VHS copies, and then DVD copies prior to HUDL taking over... i have always done the film work 

my first 4 years (at previous school) i had a system of VCRs connected together, i made my own duplicating tower, i would make 4 copies of our game film.  1 to me, 1 to HC, 1 to DC, and one for trade
i would meet the next opponent early saturday, trade the film
go back to school and make copies of it 

we dont do this anymore 
"back then" you HAD to meet saturday morning with your kids/staff because only a handful of copies EXISTED... you needed to get together to watch it together

even when DVDs took over for a few years... unless you had a 10x1 tower, you were probably just burning a few copies 

the information was less readily available, and harder to share, so coming together to see it/show it was a necessity 

with HUDL, all of OUR film becomes viewable for everyone in the program that night

scout film is usually up for them by 9:00 AM saturday morning 

i have the weekend (usually saturday) 
to go through both, add the notes i want , the text i want, and i can separate specific things down into a game planning playlist to "cut it up smaller" for them 

the need to meet together saturday is gone 
i can GIVE my players/coaches the information when I HAVE TIME
and they can access it WHEN THEY HAVE TIME 

then i can text all my guys saturday/sunday night to make sure they have watched it 

we then go over the film (playlists, not whole game) monday after the weight room, before we go to the field 

by this point most of the team has seen what i want them to see AT LEAST once 

this has worked better for me 

usually once or twice a year, after an emotional big win, our HC (more "old school" than I) gets that rush from the win and announces to everyone we will watch film in the morning 
he shows up with donuts, and immediately tells me he regrets calling for film lol 
he is good for one of those per year after a BIG win 

I do not condone the kids drinking two beers or whatever. But heck, if that is all it was, then you are right, what am I stopping?

I do bet that getting up to go to work on a Thursday prevents you from getting plow-faced on Wednesday, staying out until 4am, and getting into a fight.I am not saying that our kids are doing that. We have great kids. But kids are still teenage boys and of course that stuff happens, especially when we live in Tuscaloosa and they all have friends in fraternities and Alabama is playing LSU the next day!!!

The better question is who the heck is going to plan the Bonfire or after dinner tailgate? Ain't gonna be me. And all the games aren't at home. And the bars in T-town don't really get going until after 12am. All I would do is get them cleaned up and to an event so they can then go to the frat house when the bonfire is over.

Yes I do, I want to finish the week we just played before starting on the new one. We finish the week by watching our own film (come Monday we are already showing films of upcoming opponent to the kids). In addition we get an extra day lifting (which pushes us to 3 during the season) also we get to check on injuries and hurts.

Coaches usually show up at about 8:00 to 8:30, players show up at 9:00 but report to weight room to meet with S&C coach, they will either lift or go see trainer then hopefully lift. At 10:00 they show up for films, this gives coaches plenty of time to grade out players or at least have a list of plays they want to show and go over. Usually by 11:00 players are done and free, this means coaches are free to work on upcoming opponent (film breakdown, scouting packet, any bit of game planning). If we are efficient, and we darn sure better be efficient, we will have films broken down a scouting report ready, and the outline for the gameplan set (at least for the defense) by 4:30 pm on Saturday.

I know this isnt everyone's cup of tea, but I always believe in the work first play later mentality, and that if there are others who can't do their work until you do yours then get yours done ASAP. We are done by Saturday afternoon and don't need to meet or work on anything on Sunday.

We watch film but on Monday before practice.  Our players watch gamefilm and practice film by position during the week.  Also, we create playlists and notes for the players to watch over the weekend that we quiz them on.

We lift and run on Saturdays because we feel it helps with recovery and it also allows our trainer to see our kids two days earlier than she would otherwise.  Especially with concussions and soft tissue injuries, we feel it makes a big difference.  

We have saturday monring films. We invite the kids to come watch last nights game, we bring donuts, but it isnt mandatory. Then the kids leave, and we gameplan for the next week.

Starts at 9, we're gone by noon.

We only go full pads one day a week on Tuesdays and usually only go full out live for about 5-10 minutes.