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Post by coachpcr on Jan 4, 2008 14:46:19 GMT -6
Our district is considering year round school with a 45-15 calendar. nobody has been able to answer my questions regarding practice time for 2-a-days. We would start school in early August and be in school when the state (MN) says we can start practice. Traditionally we would have 2 practices a day for 2 weeks and another week before school starts.
I am interested if you coach in a year-round school and how you deal with 2-a-days.
Another issue might be the 3 week break at the end of the season and parents taking their players on vacation with games left (especially on the lower level)
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Jan 4, 2008 15:09:11 GMT -6
We are not year-round, but we do start in early August. Recently we have had as many as 4 days of practice before school, but some years we would start school and football on the same day. What we do is have 1 long practice. We go from about 4:00-7:30 with a few breaks (2 5 min. breaks, 1 20 min break). We've done this for years (15 years or so) and it has worked out very well for us. We are a large district (geographically)- we have some players who drive in over 40 miles, so it helps us a lot to only have them come in to town once a day (especially with gas prices as they are).
The 3 weeks off could be a problem (I remember a huge problem with "hunting vacation" in Wyoming when I started coaching... and that was right before playoffs).
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Post by coachwoodall on Jan 5, 2008 21:53:50 GMT -6
I used to work in a district that started early. We went 2adays until school started if we could, but on the times we couldn't, we went 4:00-dark and took a 45 minute break in between where the kids could take in sports drink, shower, lay down, etc...
You just need to plan out your practices well, and spend some time in the summer implementing changes/installments so that your practice time is spent on reps and refining your system.
You may need to spend some of the summer doing film work, chalk talks, or mini camps to have you kids going into the season mentally ready.
I had a coach come in one time with a new offense and new defense and we did 2 overnight camps. We brought the kids in after supper ( so we wouldn't have to feed them) and practice some of the basics, do some bonding in the evening with ice cream/watermelons, get up the next morning and have some parents feed them breakfast, then go back out and do another practice rehersing what we taught the night before and then send them home before lunch.
If you do this, make sure you take up the cell phones or they will never go to sleep.
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Post by stackboy on Jan 10, 2008 18:53:51 GMT -6
Our system is 9 weeks on and 2 weeks off. It puts 2 games in the football season right in the middle of fall break. This can be a pain if your kids aren't disciplined well. Parents will want to vacation and take some kids with them. Address your practice schedule for the entire year so the parents will plan on it. 2 a days are pretty much a wash now. We practice once at 3:00 and then go out again around 5:30 or so. We get in two but the conditioning is nowhere near the same. Your ticket gates will shrink as well. Make sure you only schedule 1 home game and 1 away per year so it doesn't kill you financially. The home gate will be very disappointing. Good Luck  |
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