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Post by blackfly73 on May 14, 2007 18:42:24 GMT -6
I'm trying to better organize our weekly practice routine. We're responsible for both the JV and Varsity teams - about 5-6 coaches max - we don't two platoon, so we need to have a specific defensive & offensive days.
Gamedays are typically Fridays (with the odd Thursday)
I know most of us organize our practices and weeks with Special Teams mixed in during each practice. I'm pretty familiar with that and know it might be best to do a special in the middle or beginning of practice.
What I'd like to know is: Does anyone do a specific special teams practice?
Doing specific group or individual drills to teach coverage, blocking in space, etc?
I was thinking of structuring the week like this:
Monday: Special Teams (Punt, Punt Ret, Kick-off, Kick Return, PAT/FG, & FG Defense).
Tuesday: Defense (with Punt mixed in)
Wednesday: Offense (with Punt Return mixed in)
Thursday: Game Simulation (start with K.O.R., run offense for 5 plays, Punt, get the Defense on for 5 plays, Punt Return, Offense, etc)
Friday: GAME DAY!
Anyone do anything like this?
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Post by looney on May 15, 2007 1:26:25 GMT -6
So are you limiting your offensive practice to 1 day a week?
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Post by fbdoc on May 15, 2007 6:26:08 GMT -6
We will do 2 special teams on Monday (Punt and KO in shells) and then 1 each on Tuesday and Wednesday (Punt Ret. and PAT) in full gear. We will then review and also work Kick Ret. on Thursday - assuming a Friday game. All sessions are 25-30 minutes except PAT/FG which is 20. We generally go in 3 skill/group periods, finishing with a team look at full speed.
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Post by mitch on May 15, 2007 8:36:39 GMT -6
We do special teams every day, always in a team format. We don't do any individual type stuff, unless we single out a kid who isn't getting the job done. Here is our generic schedule.
Monday - All special teams, Defense- set recogniton/stunts, Offense - Base Runs/Goalline/1 Special Play Tuesday - Defense - All Phases, Special Teams - Punt/Kickoff, Offense - Base Runs/Goalline Wednesday - Offense - All Phases, Special Teams - Kick Return/Extra Point, Team D Thursday - Special Plays, All Special Teams, Team D, Offense - Openers (usually 8 runs, 4 passes), Goalline, Coming Out (including Quick Kick), 2 minute O (end with quick field goal AND Hail Mary)
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Post by spartancoach on May 15, 2007 9:35:42 GMT -6
I would not work offense only 1 day per week. Also, how do you teach any fundamentals (O-line tech. for example) without individual or group period.
We 2 platoon (mostly) and have offensive and defensive practice going on at the same time. However, not long ago, we had offensive days and defensive days. On O days, we did 15 minutes team D; on D days, we did 15 min. team O. Most games on Saturday (occasionally Friday night). The schedule was:
Monday: film, lifting, conditioning
Tuesday: O-Day - stretching (10 min), punt (10), KR (10), individual drills (15), group - 1/2 inside drill, 1/2 pass skel, then switch (10 each), X-pt (5 min), conditioning (10), team situations (15), team D (15).
Wednesday: D-Day - stretching (10 min), punt return(10), KO (10), individual drills (15), group - 1/2 DL/LB stunts, blitzes, reads, 1/2 pass skel, then switch (10 each), X-pt block (5 min), conditioning (10), team situations (15), team O (15).
Thursday: Mix - stretching (10 min), punt (10), PR (10), KO (10), KR (10), group - O pass skel (10), D pass skel (10), FG (5 min), conditioning (10), O team situations (10), D team situations (10).
Friday: pregame
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Post by phantom on May 15, 2007 11:49:36 GMT -6
We don't 2-platoon either. This is our normal schedule: Monday- Lift, film, scouting report/game plan. Tuesday- Offense: Warmup Kicking game Fundamentals Inside drill Half line (outside run) Pass skeleton Team Conditioning
Wednesday- Defense: Warmup Kicking game Adjustments Tackling Pursuit Fundamentals Inside/Perimeter drill Pass skeleton Team
Thursday: Lift, walk-throughs.
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Post by coachschro on May 15, 2007 14:51:11 GMT -6
Does anyone out there 2 platoon? How does their schedule look?
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Post by CVBears on May 17, 2007 8:48:51 GMT -6
We practice specials everyday, but a little different. Each day after warmups, we break up into special groups. starting and backup punter are punting, starting and backup kickers are taking turns between PAT's and kickoffs (If punter is kicker, we find a third guy that is usually younger to throw in the rotation), returners are returning, starting longsnapper and backup are trading between PAT and Punt. The leftovers are getting an "extra" period. the OL and DL are the majority of who's left over, so we utilize this period for blitz pickup/protection for OL and getting stunts in for DL. This is also a good time for position coaches to get one on one time with a player that needs extra help rather than having to stay after practice. From there, whether it is an offensive or defensive day, we still get both in. For example, if it is an offensive day, we still have a short defensive individual period of 5 minutes and finish practice with a group period (either skelly or inside run depending on what DC/HC want) and a team period with a defensive emphasis. Day before the game, we put all specials together and go on air and do normal walkthrough stuff on offense and defense.
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Post by spartancoach on May 17, 2007 12:43:59 GMT -6
We now 2 platoon. Typical practice day for offense is:
15 min dynamic stretch (everyone) 20 min special teams (anyone not on special teams with position coach getting extra work) 20 min individual drills 20 min group - pass skel and inside drill at same time - QBs and RBs switch after 10 min 20 min situational team (air, bags or scout) 10 min competitive team (1s vs. 1s)
No idea what our defense does.
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Post by SetHut on May 17, 2007 19:26:44 GMT -6
blackfly73, we, too, have a lot of players that go both ways at the HS level. You must play JV games on Saturday morning, huh? To cover all specials on Monday would be impossible for us because some of the JV'ers play on special teams and in WV we play JV games on Monday nights. Saturday, the HC/OC and DC will breakdown the next opponents last two games and prepare a preliminary game plan while trying to get in some family time and, maybe, enjoy a college game on TV. Our practice schedule is a cross between Phantom's and ignorantrookie's (he doesn't sound like one). Monday: after watching Friday night's video to point out mistakes, we'll watch a little bit of the next opponent's video. Then we'll lift and later go outside and go over the offensive and defensive game plan. We finish Monday's practice with at least 20 minutes of conditioning drills (2 hrs 15 min). The time spent on the game video and opponent's video is flexible. Because offense is more complex than defense, I'd designate Tuesday as an Offensive practice day. Save 15 minutes at the end of Tuesday's practice for the DC to introduce his defensive game play. He can go over formations and tendencies. At the end of Wednesday's Defensive practice save 15 minutes for the OC to review his offensive game plan. He can work on plays that didn't look good (if any) on Monday or polish his base plan. Thursday looks okay except at some point you may want you offense to stay on the field more than 5 plays to develop a rhythm. You want to do O and D each day. Just my thoughts.
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Post by Coach Huey on May 17, 2007 20:50:15 GMT -6
how about something like this? work both o/d/sp each day.
4 periods - special teams 10 periods - offense 10 periods - defense
when varsity is on offense, jv is on defense ... vice-versa
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Post by midlineqb on May 17, 2007 22:51:49 GMT -6
I've always coached in smaller schools with anywhere from 25 to 55 players. We could never accomplish a lot on Mondays because the was when we played our JV games. This left us with just a few players and we would lift, look at game tape, put in what new plays we felt we needed for the next opponent, and condition. Tuesday was primarily an offense day. Wednesday was a mix of offense and defense. Thursday was a review day. Friday was game day. Everyday except Monday were worked all special teams.
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