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Post by carookie on Oct 16, 2015 16:43:29 GMT -6
The longer I coach the more I begin to feel this is just a cliche- the idea that how you practice in any single given week, relative to how you normally practice, will be a perfect indicator of in game performance.
Maybe I am off base here but I feel that your success in a game is a build up of the events (weeks of practice) that built up to that given game, as opposed to just a mirror of the last couple practice immediately before hand. The above notion appears to be a self fulfilling prophecy, if you have a bad week of practice and lose you blame it on the bad week and remember it, if you have a bad week of practice and win you seem to forget about the previous week.
However, I know there are alot of coaches that ascribe to the idea of the individual week predicting in game performance; thoughts?
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Post by newt21 on Oct 16, 2015 21:41:35 GMT -6
I absolutely believe in it. If you have a bad week, especially during a scout period it will directly correlate to what will happen in the game, odds are even worse because the actual team is running it against you. Momentum from a good practice or a few good practices carries over because it shows the athletes are motivated to work hard, execute, and get better which in itself translates to better performance on the field.
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Post by buckeye7525 on Oct 16, 2015 22:06:38 GMT -6
As a general rule I believe that the week of practice will have a direct correlation in what happens on game night.
However, I've been in my fair share of games that have proved the opposite. For our week 5 opponent we had maybe the worst 3 days we had all year. Poor execution, poor effort, etc. We went out and beat a 4-0 team 41-20. So...
But I know I'd feel a whole lot better if we have 3 days where we are sharp and on the ball.
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coachpsl
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Post by coachpsl on Oct 18, 2015 7:20:24 GMT -6
I feel like it certainly matters.
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Post by spos21ram on Oct 18, 2015 10:51:54 GMT -6
I would think most coaches feel it matters....the question is does it matter? A lot of variables. I would think it would vary from team to team.
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Post by coachbdud on Oct 18, 2015 14:38:53 GMT -6
Some of our best game performances have come after our worst weeks of practice
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Post by Coach Bennett on Oct 18, 2015 18:27:53 GMT -6
I can see having a bad week but performing great on game day once in awhile.
If you have 5 straight bad practice weeks and are winning, you have better athletes than everyone else.
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Post by mc140 on Oct 18, 2015 22:26:50 GMT -6
Of course I prefer to have good weeks over bad weeks but I have been surprised so many times at both ends I never really know what to expect on Friday night.
One of the best weeks of practice my team ever had we went out and got running clocked in the first half of our first game a few years back. Two years ago we were down to 13 healthy kids the last week of the season, had to bring up a half dozen freshman who had to prepare for their game also. The entire week lasted of one hour practices on air. We went out and won by 40 over a team with a similar record to us.
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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 19, 2015 6:38:19 GMT -6
I was debating this exact question this weekend... We had the best week of practice in the 2 years that our staff has been here, coming off of a bye week. We looked fresh and hungry and I thought we were going to roll. And then we came out and promptly turned it over 4 times in the first half and have never looked for more flat. Not sure if it was because of the overnight trip/5 hour bus ride or what...
But I agree with everyone else, you want a good practice, and you feel better going into it, but I'm not sure if it truly matters
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Post by coachphillip on Oct 19, 2015 7:45:50 GMT -6
Overnight trip AND 5 hour bus ride?! Definitely didn't help.
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