Alternative practice approach? Hybrid script/redo approach

The script is a tool, not something you're locked into.  The map is not the actual territory.

If you have a scripted practice and want to redo a play to correct something, by all means do it.  That's good coaching.  Just yell out "OK, we're going to run #7 again" so everyone else is on the same page, coach what you need to coach, and run the play or drill.

If that means there are a few things on the script at the end, that's fine.  You do those the next practice or not at all.  The stuff you really need to emphasize should be at the top of the script, IMO, so you make sure you get the most important things in.

Instead of an "expansion slot" for each play (you shouldn't need to do everything twice to fix a mistake), set aside a block of time and then under-script the period.  So if you have 15 minutes and are able to knock out 3 reps per minute when thing are clicking, script 30 reps so you have time at the end.  If you don't need it, you just get done with practice quicker so the kids can either get a water break, move on to the next drill, or just start going back through the script a second time until the period's up.

What's wrong with just saying "Run it again"?

You can’t give a clinic talk on it

We've done the corrections period from time to time, but that is mostly Monday fix Friday team/scheme issues.  

My HC is rather old school.  We just run it again.  If the 15 minutes team period takes 20, then so be it.  If we finish in 10-12 we move on.

 It is not uncommon for the HC to just send the clock coach to reset the scoreboard clock and start the whole period over if it is horrible.  We've even started the whole practice over.

Wait, you guys have scripts?

Coach, generally speaking, the idea for a script in practice (at least speaking for myself) is to make sure you get to everything that needs to get repped. Now, to your point on unpredictably, especially for team period, one could combine that with the script approach, and just have a checklist of plays you work through during team period, you jump around the list rather than going in a strict 1, 2, 3, etc order, and check each one off, and just try to hit them all by the end of team period.

I am completely over spending 10-15 minutes doing team warm-ups, but alas, I'm not the HC so it's not my call. I've heard of teams blowing a whistle to start practice and on that mark everyone goes to a position group/coach and does a warm-up specific for that group, such as O-line stepping for base plays, grouping DB/WR's together and doing stance and get-offs. I got the idea from some of the old Air Raid circles. I'd much rather be doing that.

I am all about scripting practice, but again, it's a guideline, not a hard and fast rule. If you have to break from the script, you gotta break. When I script my practice time as an OC, I always try to add as much "error" time as I can. If it's a 1-hour offensive session, I only script for maybe 45-50 minutes. That way there's time to go back over things, or spend a little more time on something hopefully without cutting into Special Teams or Defense time.  We're an adult women's team (not a school)...We rent our practice space in the winter for about 2 hours at a time, so we have pretty much no error room over 2 hours.  When we get outside in the spring (where we have our own space), we're more loose and free with the scripts.

Actually, as a DC that's what I did because I agree with you that there's no point running a play that the D knows is coming. I was thinking of offensive group and team periods. 

Our coaches just watch the signal

I'm not saying the other way is wrong, or ours is better, I'm just saying our assistant coaches just look for the signal.

we post cut ups of the scripts

We script just about everything. And we go good on good as much as possible, especially for team segments.  Skelly/Perimeter we'll slip in the JVs a bit more.  We have a rotation for 1's & 2's of the emphasis side usually 1's for 5, 2's for 3.  We try to match the 1's up as much as we can, and let the 3/4's rotate with the 2's on emphasis.

Inside it just depends on the look we need for each side of the ball whether or not we are good on good or use the JV/scouts.  I know about the defensive side of the ball than offense, as well as the back end as opposed to the front end b/c that is what I coach-- DBs.  

The other thing I'm not sure for offense is the inside daily priority.  Our OC has 1 day looks versus his zone schemes and another day versus what he want to do with his gap schemes..... one is Monday, the other Tuesday.

Monday is install/1st and 10/drive starters, for both offense and defense....  This is a day that is most less 'scriptish' b/c we are doing a lot of teaching.  BUT even then we are mostly 1st down stuff.  Early in the season, yeah, it's a lot of favorite plays/looks.  

Tuesday is all red zone, both O & D.  We do 2 point plays off the cuff, so no script but are working on 'us' and what we do well-- it's good on good.  We also work WR/DB 1 on 1s, as well as a O blitz periods -- since you usually see that in the red zone.  We also do Defense 2 minute drill to end the day.

Wednesday is 3rd down day (and 4th down mixed into the script).  We start 3rd and long on every script and work to 3rd/4th and short.  We also do some goal line 3rd/4thshort for the D since teams tend to go for it more when the D is backed up.   We finish with Offense 2 minute drill.

We have a couple of specific type periods that we sprinkle in to work specific techniques -- like WR/DB 1 on 1's, we also work a period about 1 a week or so of Skelly where we double cover WRs to make the offense beat double coverage.  We also have a Skelly period for the offense to beat roll coverage (Sky/Cloug/flooding the underneath zones) where they O cannot throw the ball deep.  

Do you mean after practice? or before hand?  And if before hand, where do you get the cut ups from?

OIC... ur talking about defensive script... yes we show the kids cut ups as well... I was confused as to how you would get the cut ups of the offensive script before you run it lol