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Post by saintrad on Nov 23, 2005 0:19:22 GMT -6
how do you teach your players to be aggressive on the field? I spend time with my DBs talking about hitting a fraction of an inch before the ball carrie does and to play to the end of the whistle ( learned that one from Terry Bowden).
What do you do?
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Post by coachcalande on Nov 23, 2005 0:25:50 GMT -6
I really like "king of the boards" and "sumo" type drills for that stuff...we actually like to do some of these type drills in the spring, no pads...let each kid hold a shield and try to drive the other out of a ring.....we do challenges, winner remains...makes kids tough...separates men from boys and really makes it easy to know who your core is....
...but i think being physical comes from being confident. really have to teach how to make contact...with jr high kids most have never played....i teach all contact from teh knees first. slows the impact and shortens fall to ground....but pads still make that pop, helmets still get crooked, kids still fumble etc...do angle tackling from knees. works great.
...we also do alot of "bermuda triangle" which is a great drill...oklahomas and all that too. one thing we stress is taking three steps running thru the man after contact...run thru him as if hes not even there. hat to football.
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Post by saintrad on Nov 23, 2005 0:27:20 GMT -6
i am unfamiliar with the bermuda triangle drill ...could you PM me that description please
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Post by coachcalande on Nov 23, 2005 0:28:59 GMT -6
I can do better than that....click this link, scroll way down to bottom of the page... |
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Post by saintrad on Nov 23, 2005 0:31:41 GMT -6
ty i appreciate that
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Post by vtjapes on Nov 23, 2005 7:17:28 GMT -6
I love that one. Outstanding. This is benefitial to both offense and Defense. Can help teach lead blocking and TB to read their blockers as well as the obvious Defensive skills.
Once again outstanding. Thanks coach.
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Post by brophy on Nov 23, 2005 14:47:05 GMT -6
doesn't this go under "being physical" post? Dunno....lot of ideas in that one.
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Post by mitch on Nov 23, 2005 23:26:49 GMT -6
We hit full speed every day but thursday.
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Post by saintrad on Nov 23, 2005 23:29:16 GMT -6
physical isnt always aggressive... always looking for different ways to key people's interests
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Post by tog on Nov 23, 2005 23:32:55 GMT -6
Had a mom from the rival of one of our "feeder" middle schools call up and complain that we were teaching the "break the neck" technique.
Is that aggressive enough?
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Post by los on Nov 24, 2005 10:01:27 GMT -6
Thats pretty dang aggressive, sounds like the same technique they teach drivers in the Atlanta area!
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Post by brophy on Mar 8, 2006 8:23:35 GMT -6
build confidence - kids will naturally be aggressive if they are confident. Hype up your practices by shouting and yelling and hollerin' (HAVE FUN)
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Post by scoresomemore on Mar 8, 2006 9:10:15 GMT -6
you want to make kids tough, aggressive, and competitive? then take a look at this piece of equipment called "THE TUG". Check out the video here, ESPN did an article on Syracuse strength workouts and this is one of their mainstays, as well as Mack Brown's at Texas program, this thing is one of the best things i've seen yet, www.thetug.net-scoresomemore |
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Post by airman on Mar 8, 2006 20:44:06 GMT -6
I prefer the wall drill.
you pick out a school wall and you tell the kids to run into the wall going full speed.
those who will do it, are your most aggressive and most coachable players.
those who have to think about it first might be better off on the cross country team.
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Post by oguru on Mar 8, 2006 20:54:52 GMT -6
Airman,
That wall drill sounds like n lawsuit waiting to happen. Where exactly in Wisconsin do you coach. If I ever have kids I will make sure I send them there, so i can have the privelage of suing the panmts off you for running a extremely dangerous and stupid drill
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Post by airman on Mar 8, 2006 21:00:09 GMT -6
Airman, That wall drill sounds like n lawsuit waiting to happen. Where exactly in Wisconsin do you coach. If I ever have kids I will make sure I send them there, so i can have the privelage of suing the panmts off you for running a extremely dangerous and stupid drill ' i knew some one would bite. here's your sign. |
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Post by cc on Mar 8, 2006 22:13:08 GMT -6
Mahahahaah...Yes Airman!!!
Anyways...we do bag wrestle and ball wrestle. Bill Williams stuff.
Bag Wrestle - 2 players wrap their arms around one bag. Then they try to wrestle it from the other guy. Gets pretty wild. 6 seconds to win it. Most of the time its a draw. Had one little WR getting swung around by an olinemen. It was like a lap dog holding onto a chew toy when you swing him around the yard. HAHAHAH laughed so hard!!! At the end we had a team cheer for that guy for being so dang TOUGH!!!
Ball wrestle same idea. One guy has ball. Other guy is fitted on his ball side. On whistle BC has to drive forward carrying man until he crosses 5 yards. Defender tries to rip it out. If BC cannot advance anymore he should go down. Teaches them ball security and creating turnovers. Plus fun as hell.
Anyways, those are some toughness drills (call them INTENSITY DRILLS) we do without having to risk banging it up. Though the bags get pretty bent outta shape!
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Post by aztec on Mar 8, 2006 22:43:57 GMT -6
Some years we don't have to do much to make kids aggressive and other year we do more. We do a lot of towel wrestling. 2 guys have a towel and they wrestle and throw each other around until one guy quits or is thown off the towel. It is something you have to instill as a coach as well. There is a fine line between aggressive and getting personal fouls. I want our guys to have a bit of a mean streak in them but also have enough composure and self control to play with in the rules and be a competitor. Many times we challenge kids during practice or push their buttons to get them to react or "prove me wrong" and the aggressiveness comes out. Other times their peer group rides them and it comes out. One of the best things for us is we are very physical with our without pad when we practice (spring and summer vs season) in turn I think this makes us tougher and more physical in the long run.
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Post by airman on Mar 8, 2006 22:58:10 GMT -6
i have often thought of doing what the marine corps does.
they put two guys in the ring, with sand and with football helmets and pugy sticks and they joust(sp). first one knocked onthe groung is the loser.
you find out quickly who your warriors are there.
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Post by cc on Mar 8, 2006 23:20:50 GMT -6
I just try to make it football related. They dont let us use jousting sticks on the field. So the bag wrestle teaches to hold onto your tackles esp vs spin. Ball wrestle ...obvious... I guess the QB could towel wrestle the center but not sure we want that  |
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Post by bigdaddyd on Mar 8, 2006 23:31:41 GMT -6
Anyone use a stick with 2 players holding it, one holds it close grip the other holds it wider; on cadence they try and push each other back toward the cone behind them.
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Post by brophy on Mar 9, 2006 5:52:47 GMT -6
"if they don't bite when they're puppies....they ain't gonna bite when they're grown...."
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Post by JMC on Mar 9, 2006 9:29:29 GMT -6
I agree with that quote in a sense, but i also disagree. I do drill i call machine gun. It does not sound like a machine gun more like a .22 but it has been effective. I put the players in a line of about 6 -10 players five yards apart all facing the same direction. Then on player lines up facing all 6-10 players five yards away. The player must then run through all 10 players. After he makes a collision with the first player, the player steps aside when he starts running at the second one only then can the second one start running to make the collision. I used this to get my kids to be more physical and bring that kind of play out in others. When i picked the groups i'd put the head bangers in one group and add a couple that I thought showed potential but had not brought it out in themselves. Also it shows the kids that it is better to hit than be hit, my coach used a form of this when i played, i was not aggressive as i could have been but this drill taught me that first, it is better to hit than be hit. Second it teaches kids to stay low at contact and explode.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2006 9:50:35 GMT -6
I have one sort of like that-use it with my DBs. I have the guys between bags. They have to step into one "chute" and as soon as they're in the guy comes at him and can hit him, grab him, throw him down. The object is to get away from that guy and into the next "chute" with the next guy. We have 4 chutes. Once he gets through the last chute he has a bag to tackle about 6 yards away that he has to run through and tackle on the run. It's one of those drills where you're really in there trying to survive for a few seconds.
Some guys figure out that if they get knocked backwards the other guy has to stop so they let themselves get beat bad to avoid fighting back. The guys coming at them though don't want them to get an easy way out so they quit doing it, make them fight off a hold or something.
Other guys thrive because it makes everything happen at a quick pace and pretty close to game speed. I always see improvements when I do this drill.
I've been doing it for about 12 years and aside from a some bumps and bruises, no injuries. The kids know when a guy is beat and they let him go.
It actually ends up a good position group bond too. When we're done with it I make everyone shake hands, slap on the back, etc.
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Post by phantom on Mar 9, 2006 10:35:15 GMT -6
We don't do any particular drills to create aggressiveness. We just practice physical. Inside Drill is full speed with the only restriction being that the ball carrier must be tackled high (stay off the legs). Defensive 7-on-7 is live. Team periods are thud tackling but blocking is full and cut blocking is allowed (the QB may wear a red shirt and may not be tackled). We rarely block bags when in full gear in team periods. In defensive group and team drills we also "clap it off". That is, the whistle does not end the play until every defender has reached the ball carrier. The last man in calls "Ready, ready, ready" then everybody claps 3 times.
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