Post by 50slantstrong on May 13, 2017 14:36:25 GMT -6
We have a 2 man sled that when both sides are hit simultaneously it'll be very obvious which side used more force. We have other things that we use to judge who gets off the ball fastest using the same sled.
We have a 2 man sled that when both sides are hit simultaneously it'll be very obvious which side used more force. We have other things that we use to judge who gets off the ball fastest using the same sled.
We've done a similar drill on the 7 man sled where we have 2 guys double team the sled on one end and 2 guys double team the pad on the opposite end... Which ever side turns wins the other does up downs...
I like competition in Indy's. So even if it is LB'er on LB'er. One has to play the Guard the other has to be the LB'er. If one loses or gets blocked, make them do 5 up downs/push ups/what ever. It can be short, and not that taxing but enough "extra work" where they do not want to lose.
You get slower reps, but where be surprised by the quality of reps you will get as they do not want to lose.
Post by blackknight on May 15, 2017 13:01:05 GMT -6
Wednesdays
We put one of our chutes boards in the middle of the field on the logo. Players were grouped into four groups by position/size. Pairs were called out on at a time from the groups. 3 or 4 point stance, one on one, must maintain both feet on separate sides of the board, must drive the opponent off the board, no throwing. Losers take a knee until only one man is standing in each group.
"Well done is better than well said." Ben Franklin
I love the board drill. They start on the middle of the board fit up. The winner is the one who drives the loser off the board. Not only is this competitive, it forces them to have inside hands, get their feet in the ground, and stay under their pads. If a guy doesn't want to go or hides, he will be definitely called. If a guy doesn't compete, he will go again and again. The whole team is watching, so guys tend to want to be physical. We do this drill Monday and Tuesday during the season. We usually go 5 to 7 reps, and guys go against their corresponding position group.
I love the board drill. They start on the middle of the board fit up. The winner is the one who drives the loser off the board. Not only is this competitive, it forces them to have inside hands, get their feet in the ground, and stay under their pads. If a guy doesn't want to go or hides, he will be definitely called. If a guy doesn't compete, he will go again and again. The whole team is watching, so guys tend to want to be physical. We do this drill Monday and Tuesday during the season. We usually go 5 to 7 reps, and guys go against their corresponding position group.
This is A&M doing the drill.
This is more or less a daily drill for our whole program. I'm a big believer.
We do perfect play as a competition where two huddles are running the same plays and whoever executes bests wins, whoever makes a mistake does down ups. I like it for a start of practice warm up and I like to think it helps us learn to execute right from the start.
What is to give light must endure burning. -- Viktor Frankl
I've coached receivers for a good part of my career, and about 4 years ago I had a kid who held all the time. In 3 preseason scrimmages he had 5 holding penalties. I racked my brain for a solution and I found a bunch of my wife's old oven mitts. No more holding penalties after that. After that we came up with the idea of "Winning the fist fight in a phone booth". Basically, two receiver, both with mitts on, pair up inside a square painted on the practice field, the whistle blows, and they stalk block each other until one is pushed out of the box, with the loser doing up downs.
I love the board drill. They start on the middle of the board fit up. The winner is the one who drives the loser off the board. Not only is this competitive, it forces them to have inside hands, get their feet in the ground, and stay under their pads. If a guy doesn't want to go or hides, he will be definitely called. If a guy doesn't compete, he will go again and again. The whole team is watching, so guys tend to want to be physical. We do this drill Monday and Tuesday during the season. We usually go 5 to 7 reps, and guys go against their corresponding position group.
This is A&M doing the drill.
This is more or less a daily drill for our whole program. I'm a big believer.
We do perfect play as a competition where two huddles are running the same plays and whoever executes bests wins, whoever makes a mistake does down ups. I like it for a start of practice warm up and I like to think it helps us learn to execute right from the start.
This may be your favorite drill. But when my kids do it it looks like a pillow fight.
Let the opposing defensive coordinator call your offensive plays. Not an Air Raid Guy, Not a Option Guy. I run what works best, and thats what I will always do.
This is more or less a daily drill for our whole program. I'm a big believer.
We do perfect play as a competition where two huddles are running the same plays and whoever executes bests wins, whoever makes a mistake does down ups. I like it for a start of practice warm up and I like to think it helps us learn to execute right from the start.
This may be your favorite drill. But when my kids do it it looks like a pillow fight.
Baby steps! They'll get there.
What is to give light must endure burning. -- Viktor Frankl
I love the board drill. They start on the middle of the board fit up. The winner is the one who drives the loser off the board. Not only is this competitive, it forces them to have inside hands, get their feet in the ground, and stay under their pads. If a guy doesn't want to go or hides, he will be definitely called. If a guy doesn't compete, he will go again and again. The whole team is watching, so guys tend to want to be physical. We do this drill Monday and Tuesday during the season. We usually go 5 to 7 reps, and guys go against their corresponding position group.
This is A&M doing the drill.
This is more or less a daily drill for our whole program. I'm a big believer.
We do perfect play as a competition where two huddles are running the same plays and whoever executes bests wins, whoever makes a mistake does down ups. I like it for a start of practice warm up and I like to think it helps us learn to execute right from the start.
When you do the perfect play do you do this on air, with a defense holding bags, or a thud situation?
This is more or less a daily drill for our whole program. I'm a big believer.
We do perfect play as a competition where two huddles are running the same plays and whoever executes bests wins, whoever makes a mistake does down ups. I like it for a start of practice warm up and I like to think it helps us learn to execute right from the start.
When you do the perfect play do you do this on air, with a defense holding bags, or a thud situation?
On air. Bags could be an option at the POA, too.
What is to give light must endure burning. -- Viktor Frankl
Escape from Saigon/Baghdad is my personal favorite.
Please explain this.
Basically, you have a perimeter set up with cones. There are two blockers, one rabbit (ball carrier) and one defender that is trying to shed blocks and touch the ball carrier.
Rules: 1. No Holding 2. No double teams 3. When defender is knocked down, the blocker must let him up and the other blocker has to be the next to block him.
Usually the drill is a lot more physical than what is shown on this drill tape. Our kids love it.
"The Frenzy Offense"- underconstruction E.T.A. 2012
Basically, you have a perimeter set up with cones. There are two blockers, one rabbit (ball carrier) and one defender that is trying to shed blocks and touch the ball carrier.
Rules: 1. No Holding 2. No double teams 3. When defender is knocked down, the blocker must let him up and the other blocker has to be the next to block him.
Usually the drill is a lot more physical than what is shown on this drill tape. Our kids love it.
Love this drill, we make each round a wager, loser does push ups
Not necessarily a drill but I like to have kids compete in conditioning. Anytime we do any kind of conditioning we pair them with someone similar to them and they tally the winners. Some days we will have popsicles waiting for the winners, some days we will have the losers pick up field afterward instead of position groups, one time dads came out and grilled hotdogs after a practice and the winners got to be first in the line, just little things to motivate them. It makes conditioning less of a grind.
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
"The only proof he needed for the existence of God was football"
Few I have done....during football season we do a determination drill
Kids in line on the Side line, with a cone on the hash, you have to make it to the cone. Between you and the cone are three guys staggered. Their rules, can only hit man one at a time, you can hit him and wrap back around and hit him as many times as you can. Don't let him get to the cone. Each kid only does this drill once, and we always schedule a break afterwards.
Other one is an off season drill we have done similar to American Gladiator jousting. We would give two guys a Round dummy that had handles on both sides. We used the O in our end zone as the boundary.(have also used the lane in a gym). put a helmet on each kid and the only rule was hold on to the dummy and get the other guy out of the circle.
Another off season.....Saw a video one time of 1 on 1 tug of war, so I made ropes for 1 on 1 and 2 on 2 tug of war, kids really liked it, did it in the gym starting at the middle of the court had to pull the other side into your 3 point line.
Escape from Saigon/Baghdad is my personal favorite.
Please explain this.
As long as we're doing the same Escape from Baghdad, we also did it. you can make the area as big as you want. For the sake of explanation I'll say you have a total perimeter that is 10 yds by 5 yds. Cut it in half so that you have box A which is 5 yds by 5 yds and box B which is 5X5. You have teams of 3. 2 offensive blockers and a ball carrier and then three defensive players. Only one defensive player is involved in the drill at a time. Your offensive blockers are designated to just one area, so one is blocking in Box A and one is blocking only in Box B. The ball carrier can run back and forth between the two boxes. The defensive player starts outside the perimeter. You tell him he has 10 seconds, for instance, to get a wrap on the ball carrier (we quick whistle on ball carrier for fear of twisting knees etc, with all the mayhem this drill creates). on the first whistle the defensive player gets in the perimeter and goes for the ball carrier. in box A he can only be blocked by one blocker and in box b by the other blocker. He does whatever he needs to do to get off blocks etc and get to the ball carrier. Rules can include no low blocks, if defender is down you allow him to get to his feet, etc. Basically if defender gets to the ball carrier, that's 1 point for the defense, if he doesn't it's a point for the offense.
We find it gets guys acting more aggressive. It's good for guys who try to "over-technicalize" some of their technique to the point that it cuts down on their aggression. I hope I helped. I could try to draw something up if I didn't help with this explanation.