Creating A More Competitive
Practice
Coach Leon Feliciano
2011 8th DWS
Competitive Practice
• (Defined) a scheduled practice routine that
flows with players practicing with a purpose, a
drive to attain measurable rewards at the end
of practice.
Coaching Points
• Posted up that afternoon
• Flexible time segments that are consistent,
regular w/ individual, group and team periods
• Fast tempo/ Teach on the run/reps, reps, and
reps
• Competitive drills
• Compete with teammates
• Compete with stopwatch
Practice Goals With Our Offense
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Core Weights
Agilities/Plyo’s
Special Teams
Sled/Perfect Plays
Individual
Group
Team
Implementation (new plays)
2 PT Scrimmage (Varsity VS JV)
Conditioning (National Champions)
Practice Schedule
Date:
Dress:
Time Segment
Opponent:
Absent:
Activity
Weights
Dress/Tape
Agilities
Sled
Perfect Plays
2PT Play/Goal Line
INDO
Special Teams
Conditioning
Pass Offense
Team
Extra
Backs
OL
TE
Practice Schedule
Date:
Dress:
Time Segment
Opponent:
Absent:
Activity
Dress/Pre-Practice
Running Agilities
Pursuit Drills
Tackle
Fundamentals
Turn Overs
Conditioning
Pass Rush
Special Teams
Blitz Inside Run
Team
TNT
Linemen/DE
Linebackers
DB
Competitive Drills
Defense
• Pursuit Drills
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Rabbit
Cones
Reverse with 2nd Rabbit
Swarm (defense drops to cover areas coach throws a pick on fumble scoop and
score)
• Tough Guy Drills
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Hurricane
Pick Two Teams
Pick Winning Point Total
Drill. In a circle team A has a runner and two blockers. Team B has a tagger. The
tagger must tag the runner while defeating the blockers in a set time. Ex. 12
seconds to get a point.
• Very Physical
• Great Tempo setter for Practice
• Find out quickly who has heart and who can make plays
Defensive Line Drills
• Tag Game
– Player(s) A get in a stance. On ball movement player A
must tag player B who backpedals on ball movement.
Change up player B can face forward and run on
movement.
• Agility Hoops
– Player goes around 1 hoop. Time.
– Player goes around 2 hoops. Figure 8. Time.
– Change up: put one player with a shield in each hoop
and have him stay in hoop and push the runner away
from the hoop. Time them. Very physically
demanding.
Offense
• Sled Drills
– Select sled captian
– Studs/duds/rapid fire tempo
– Time them in 100-yard drive. Post it.
• RB Drills
– Time them: ex. Nebraska Drill
– Once you go thru the right cone go back to run around the
left cone.
• Very physically demanding
• Time them. Post it.
• Any drill that can be timed. Do so! That will creat
competitive goal setting.
Team
• Varsity on the ten-yard line. They have two
plays to score against the entire JV team 18-22
players.
– Mindset: if you can score against twice as many
players you can score against any 11.
Practice Schedule
Date: 9/8 Wed
Dress: Full Pads
Opponent: SV
Absent: Mason/Duran
Time Segment
Activity
Backs
OL
TE
6:15 pm
Weights
3x3
*Bench
*Hip S60
*Cleans
*Squat
6:45
Dress/Tape
Full Pads-------
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7:00
Agilities
Var/JV
Running
Agilities
7:10
Sled
100 yard Fit/Hit
100yd Timed
(best 53 sec)
7:15
Perfect Plays
Unbalanced I Package
Toss/Sweep
X-Toss/Boot Pass
7:30
2PT Play/Goal Line
Unbalanced I
verse
JV Team
7:40
INDO
Nebraska (timed) 2 on 1
Down Block/
Double Team
w/ OL
7:55
Special Teams (w/JV)
kickoff : (deep/ direction / MOB) K.O.R:
8:10
Conditioning
20’s: 12 under 1:13
Pro Shuttle
8:20
Pass Offense
Play Review
Boot/Misdirection
31 Cut Pass
45 X-Toss Church, 45/24 Boot
8:35
Team
w/ JV’s vs
Covered Front
9:00
Extra
Thur. – Helmet THS
Review Day
(sideline/reverse)
W/Backs
Team Dinner
Practice Schedule
Date:
Dress:
9/7 Tue.
Full Pads
Opponent: SV
Absent: No one
Time Segment
Activity
TNT Linemen/DE
Linebackers
DB
3:05
Dress/Pre-Practice
Full Pads-------
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3:15
Running Agilities
w/JV
Running
Agilities
3:20
Pursuit Drills
Rabbit
Swarm--------
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3:30
Tackle
Circuit
Open Field
Goal Line
Form
Angle
3:45
Fundamentals
Tag/Chutes
Arm bar/Sled
Rip Thru
Reads
Back Pedal
Ball Drills
4:00
Turn Overs
Fumble---------
INT-------------
STRIP Drills
4:10
Conditioning
Alabama-------
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4:20
Pass Rush
1 man progression
Hoop agilities (timed
7 on 7 Drills----
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4:35
Special Teams
Punt:
tight/spread/fake
Punt Return
9 Block
4:50
Blitz Inside Run
w/ LB’s
Rollo/Banjo
Fire
Storm
Review coverage
3/4
5:05
Team
Scout “O”
Vs
Defense
Extra (tutoring 315 to 530)
Wed Night
6:15 weights
7 to 9 pm
Pursuit Drill
C
R
•Defense huddles/call “D”/adjust to formation.
•Coach snaps ball
•Coach has “D” go thru up/downs/seat rolls
•Coach tosses ball to rabbit who takes off.
•Defense pursues w/ proper angles to rabbit.
•CHANGE UP: Have rabbit reverse field.
E
Hurricane
R
B
B
T
Must stay in circle
Tagger has a set # of time to make a play (ex. 12 sec). To tag runner.
Team gets 1 pt for each tag
Tag Game
T
T
LOS
3 yards
C
E
Back pedal at snap of ball or face forward and run.
T (DL) must tag runner.
Teaches get off w/ a purpose. Must tag runner.
R
Agility Hoops
1 Hoop
D
D
D
2 Hoop
D
Coach
D
2 Hoop w/ Blocker
D
Coach
Coach
B
B
Time All Marks!
Nebraska Drill
Q
R
5 yards
Bags
5 yards
10 yards
Questions/Comments?