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Post by coachs058 on Feb 10, 2021 11:14:28 GMT -6
New member here looking for some help. We have a Spring season coming up, and while I am glad we get to play, it looks like we will be relegated to practicing in gyms with very limited space until kickoff. Does anybody have any tips for doing this? So far, it has been difficult to practice much. The kids keep slipping with no grip on the floor, the echoing makes it hard to coach up kids during drills, and the space limitation really hurts lining up in full formations or really working the pass game at all.
Has anyone found any helpful tips for holding effective practices indoors?
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Post by s73 on Feb 10, 2021 14:08:09 GMT -6
New member here looking for some help. We have a Spring season coming up, and while I am glad we get to play, it looks like we will be relegated to practicing in gyms with very limited space until kickoff. Does anybody have any tips for doing this? So far, it has been difficult to practice much. The kids keep slipping with no grip on the floor, the echoing makes it hard to coach up kids during drills, and the space limitation really hurts lining up in full formations or really working the pass game at all. Has anyone found any helpful tips for holding effective practices indoors? We're in the same boat. Don't have many answers. Only thing I will say is we definitely are working on getting good at running the ball b/c like you said, passing is almost impossible. The other thing I'm hounding my district on is trying to clear a partial field so our 1st time in the cold won't be such a shocker. Even if we can only go 30-40 minutes outside that would be helpful. Lastly, AD's in our conference are trying to see if we can find a turf stadium and host all games their for a week or 2. No luck yet. |
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Post by coachlawson on Feb 11, 2021 10:42:54 GMT -6
At my current school, we have incredible gym practices. WORK ON RUNNING THE FOOTBALL AND STOPPING THE RUN. We have no indy time. Quick warmup and then we jump into Inside Run, Perimeter Run, Run Under Pressure.
As a DB coach it took me a while to find my place. On every Run play we have WR's working on a full speed release off the LOS. DBs are working their press or catch man technique. We have improved significantly in the secondary with our footwork because of this. If things get boring we mix in WR stalk blocks/ DB block destruction.
With all of this said, we were not full time in the gym, so I still get fundamental time and skelly outside. But we don't miss a beat when we have to go indoors.
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Post by kcbazooka on Feb 12, 2021 9:01:15 GMT -6
That must be tough. We still do Indy drills when we’re in the gym. Maybe less passing but receivers can still can do blocking and catching - just not as many routes with the limited space. Team passing is limited.
We some times split the team and send a group to weightlifting/conditioning while the others can use the extra space in the gym.
That being said, we didn’t have to work around basketball practices like I imagine you are doing at this time of the year.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Feb 13, 2021 4:53:33 GMT -6
Put your QB off to one corner of the side line and base line and run your passing game one side at a time. Running game place the ball on the side line and face the other sideline. Put the kids in sweats and go out in the parking lot. No contact but you can run your stuff with more space.
We have a turf field and while normally im not a fan its been great this "spring".
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Post by wolverine55 on Feb 13, 2021 12:47:01 GMT -6
Also, special teams can still be done. Our very first day of fall practice (we had a somewhat normal regular season here in Iowa) was moved inside due to lightning. So, for specials that day, we did punt team and repped the heck out of the protection scheme and installed one of our fakes.
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Post by morris on Feb 14, 2021 7:32:16 GMT -6
We used to throw on Friday mornings before school in the gym. Most gyms have the bleachers that push back and volleyball lines. I honestly really like doing pass install in the gym because of those lines. Where you run into problems is the space out of bounds from the baseline to the wall. I’ve been in some large gyms where there is a lot more space.
For example if you put your C on the corner of the volleyball line going the length of the court then your QB will be on the baseline or a little further back. Now the volleyball back line is your LOS. You can get pretty close with half field splits. With the different lines kids have landmarks. Another example is the length of the basketball court there is a spot where the spike line and the three point line cross. This is pretty close to 18 yards and a good post landmark. Even if kids can’t run the route your QB can work on timing of hitting the top of the drop. We’ve worked fade/verticals also though you have to be more careful. The QB learns to get the ball out fast (think arena ball) and has to use less air. It speeds up everything.
OL we just find another spot to work steps/footwork. This is the group you really have to worry about.
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Post by newhope on Mar 16, 2021 8:52:48 GMT -6
We spent most of preseason in the parking lot or the gym this spring season. Passing game suffers. Scheme gets pretty good. As someone says, you can work on perfecting the run game.
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