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Post by boblucy on Oct 28, 2005 15:04:20 GMT -6
Ok, here is what I know. Tom Osborne scrimmaged his teams hard in the weeks leading up to his 3 National Title games in '94, '95 and '97, all victories. Bobby Bowden always scrimmaged in the week up until the bowl game(for 14 years it was always the Sugar, Orange or Fiesta). Ty Law said Parcells had the Patriots in full pads in Jan. 1997 heading to the Super Bowl vs. Green Bay. Jimmy Johnson has talked about hitting and working on tackling in the weeks before his two Super Bowl wins. BUT......We all know about Bill Walsh and Mike Holmgren and Mike Shanahan's theory of almost no hitting or pads in practice from the beginning of December on. What seems to work best late in the season?  There is obviously two different but successful ways of doing this. |
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Post by phantom on Oct 28, 2005 22:29:56 GMT -6
Keep doing what you've been doing.
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Post by mitch on Oct 29, 2005 20:23:04 GMT -6
What have you been doing? I think as the season gets into the playoffs, if you have been practicing and playing physically during the season, you can start to scale back on the contact a little bit. That is if you have been playing in a physical way, and don't have to many concerns about your kids getting after it come friday night. On the flip side, I also don't think keeping practice physical is bad either! Joe Bugel says to keep hitting all season and your team will get though and caloused. I kind of like the sound of that.
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Post by tog on Oct 29, 2005 20:26:55 GMT -6
tough and callused {censored} is still a {censored}
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Post by mitch on Oct 30, 2005 20:09:31 GMT -6
If that is what your team is composed of, you probably wouldn't be worried about a title run!!!
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Post by tog on Oct 30, 2005 20:16:41 GMT -6
If that is what your team is composed of, you probably wouldn't be worried about a title run!!! that is the truth |
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Post by Coach Huey on Oct 30, 2005 22:36:00 GMT -6
as the season progresses (around weeks 8, 9, 10) we usually cut back practice a period or 2. by then, how much more individual work can a player get that will really make them that much better. we spend a little more time in group (hull) settings repping the plays vs the various defenses and repping the tweaks that we feel are needed as we try to alter (ever so slightly) the tendencies we've established at this point. we still practice pretty much the same as far as contact goes, just cut back 10 to 15 minutes later in the year. for one, we are almost forced to do this due to daylight savings time and darkness. but, we feel like we've pretty much "got what we've got" as far as skill level goes, so it's more about maintaining and repping the group execution part of it.
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Post by radar97 on Oct 31, 2005 8:53:41 GMT -6
In the season tuesday is our long hard hitting practice day. When we get to week ten we change that day to monday and make tuesday and wednesday shorter. Gives them more time to recover before the game and we feel by week ten we have got then to their maxium shape, and now we try to maintain through the playoff run.
We still get after it, we just make it a day earlier in the week.
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Post by los on Oct 31, 2005 9:13:49 GMT -6
We hit Mon. thru Wed, more talk than hitting on thurs, all last season and actually made it to the first round of the state playoffs in our first year of varsity football at this school. This season they tried a kinder/gentler approach during the reg. season and only managed two wins the entire year! As a player, once I got an edge, I wanted to keep it and you can't do that standing around talking on the football field. I always despised walk thru days!!!! We always learned more about playing football, by playing football. Your body gets used to the contact/conditioning and you need to keep it up to stay sharp!
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Post by bulldog on Oct 31, 2005 11:49:59 GMT -6
Like most major colleges, we hit every day, but we don't tackle to the ground. We teach tackling up and using the feet to drive the pile. We also are trying to make the playoffs and we'll keep the same basic routine. Like Coach Huey, we also limit individual work and concentrate on team. We will limit the amount of hitting that we do so our players can have fresh legs come gametime. Better to have good energy and pursue the football.
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Post by boblucy on Oct 31, 2005 20:55:08 GMT -6
I agree that teams that hit a lot are more physical. A great coach once told me that "hitting is not a natural thing, you have to desensitize the kids". And, you can improve tackling skills without full punishment, the old Gilman tackling stick is great for that. Coaches can teach kids good tackling technique at full speed without anyone getting smashed. But I agree with most of you, you gotta be physical all year long in practice. Marv Levy once said about coaches that go full contact all season, "It's easy to be hard on someone else's body". That's funny. Buffalo often hit like 6th graders in all 4 Super Bowl losses.........
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Post by hoptions on Nov 1, 2005 9:03:38 GMT -6
I agree with the physical practices all year. I also believe that as the season goes on practice can be scaled back some, less position break down time. I also believe that there needs to be some thinking time. I believe that a smart football team that learns to become physical by being physical will always beat a plain physical team. So we do a little of both but are still physical.
Each day has a different emphasis
We hit during individuals on Monday, all day Tuesday, and only during team on Wednesday.
Monday:
Individual D
Formation recognition and alignment
2 special teams
Individual O
Team O
Tuesday:
Individual D
Team D
2 Special Teams
Individual O
Team O
Wednesday:
Individual D
Team D
Special Teams
Individual O
Team O
Thursday
Walk Thru
Friday
Out Think, Out physical, and Out Play the Opponent
As the season rolls on we will cut back the time of practice but not the contact for example we may take a 30 min individual down to 20 at the end of the season. We only change from this if it is a long week (saturday game) then monday becomes a bag day and we bump the rest of the days back 1.
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There is obviously two different but successful ways of doing this.
