Situational Pratice

RENO6,

It has been a staple of our practice regimens since I first started coaching. We do it a bit diferently than you plan on doing it perhaps, but that doesn't make any difference. We sometimes devote 1.5 hours of a 2 hour practice to NOTHING BUT SITUATIONAL DRILLS. We always start with our going in drills from 20-15-10-5 yd lines. We incorporate our middle drill wide open and at 100% during these "down close" periods.

We then move back to the 50 yd line and work on that weeks game plan on "going in" from that distance, moving the ball toward the goal line until we reach the 20 yd line.

We then go to the goal line and work on our "coming out" game plan. We also drill on our short yardage
game planned stuff during this segment.

At any rate, we ALWAYS work situational drills EVERY DAY WITHOUT FAIL. I know the way we do things now at our level is not always possible on the HS level, but the PHILOSOPHY can be the same about the mindset necessary to get this all important part of your practice plan accomplished.

You are to be complimented, IMO, for taking this very important step forward to better your program!!!

Coach Easton

Coach, here is a sample practice schedule that we used in the past. I coached in New Jersey (1998-1999) for two years, and I worked with our defensive coordinator named Lew Benfatti, who played DL for the Jets from 1994-1997. His defensive coordinator with the Jets was Bill Belichick, his DL coach was Romeo Crennel, his LB coach was Al Groh, and they had a defensive backs coach named Eric Mangini. His head coach was Bill Parcells. What these coaches did was run practices that 1. created different situations and kept players on their toes; 2. had a fast practice tempo with no wasted motion; 3. had all 11 players run to the football. I hope this helps you. This is a sample practice plan that we use which involves situational football.


Wednesday, September 6

Day 3 Itinerary

2:40-3:30- Team Weightlifting.
3:30-4:00- Dress, Tape, Get on Field.
4:00-6:00- Team Practice.
6:00-6:30- Clean Locker Room.
6:30- Dismissal.

Weightlifting- 2:40-3:30

Team Stretch- 2:40-2:45

All Cores (Bench, Parallel Squat, Dead lift, Power Clean, Box Squat, and Towel Bench) are 3X3

All Auxiliaries are 2X10

Circuit 1- 2:45-3:00
Groups 1 and 2- Bench Press
Groups 3 and 4- Parallel Squat
Groups 5 and 6- Dead Lift
Groups 7 and 8- Power Clean
Groups 9 and 10- Box Squat
Groups 11 and 12- Towel Bench

Circuit 2- 3:00-3:15
Groups 1 and 2- Parallel Squat
Groups 3 and 4- Bench Press
Groups 5 and 6- Power Clean
Groups 7 and 8- Dead Lift
Groups 9 and 10- Towel Bench
Groups 11 and 12- Box Squat

Circuit 3- 3:15-3:30
Groups 9 and 10- Incline Press, Dumbbell Lunges, Leg Press
Groups 11 and 12- Dumbbell Lunges, Leg Press, Incline Press
Groups 1 and 2- Straight Bar Shrugs, Nose Breakers, Straight Leg Dead Lift
Groups 3 and 4- Nose Breakers, Straight Leg Dead Lift, Straight Bar Shrugs
Groups 5 and 6- Military Press, Close Grip Bench Press, Push Press
Groups 7 and 8- Close Grip Bench Press, Push Press, Military Press

Dress, Tape, Get on Field- 3:30-4:00
Team Practice- 4:00-6:00

DATE OPPONENT PRACTICE GEAR PRACTICE NAME
9/6/06 Bishop O’Hara Full Team Week 2

“The Will to Win is USELESS Without the Will to Prepare.”

Period Time Session

Pre-Game
1 4:00-4:05 Team Stretch
2 4:05-4:10 Indy Agilities
3 4:10-4:15 Specialists/Indy Agilities
4 4:15-4:20 Indy Tackling

1st Quarter
5 4:20-4:25 Water Break/Kickoff
6 4:25-4:30 Team Defense 1
7 4:30-4:35 Team Defense 2
8 4:35-4:40 Team Defense 3
9 4:40-4:45 Team Defense 4

2nd Quarter
10 4:45-4:50 Water Break/Punt Block
11 4:50-4:55 Team Offense 1
12 4:55-5:00 Team Offense 2
13 5:00-5:05 Team Offense 3
14 5:05-5:10 Team Offense 4

3rd Quarter
15 5:10-5:15 Water Break/Kick Return
16 5:15-5:20 Team Offense 5
17 5:20-5:25 Team Offense 6
18 5:25-5:30 Team Offense 7
19 5:30-5:35 Team Offense 8

4th Quarter
20 5:35-5:40 Water Break/Punt
21 5:40-5:45 Team Defense 5
22 5:45-5:50 Team Defense 6
23 5:50-5:55 Team Defense 7
24 5:55-6:00 Team Defense 8

Overtime
25 6:00 Field Goal/Field Goal Block/End of Practice

Team Week 2- Notes

Team Defense 1= Defending Down and Distance (1st and 10, 2nd and short, 2nd and medium, 2nd and long, 3rd and short, 3rd and medium, 3rd and long, 4th and short, 4th and medium, 4th and long)
Team Defense 2= Defending Down and Distance (1st and 10, 2nd and short, 2nd and medium, 2nd and long, 3rd and short, 3rd and medium, 3rd and long, 4th and short, 4th and medium, 4th and long)
Team Defense 3= In Overtime, Defending the 2-point Play
Team Defense 4= Defending the Danger Zone Play and Red Zone Play, Goal-line “D”
Team Defense 5= 4-minute Defense
Team Defense 6= 2-minute Defense
Team Defense 7= Defending the Momentum Changer and the Special Plays
Team Defense 8= Defending the Last Two Plays at the End of a Half

Team Offense 1= Down and Distance (1st and 10, 2nd and short, 2nd and medium, 2nd and long, 3rd and short, 3rd and medium, 3rd and long, 4th and short, 4th and medium, 4th and long)
Team Offense 2= Down and Distance (1st and 10, 2nd and short, 2nd and medium, 2nd and long, 3rd and short, 3rd and medium, 3rd and long, 4th and short, 4th and medium, 4th and long)
Team Offense 3= Overtime, 2-point Play
Team Offense 4= Danger Zone Play, Red Zone Play, and Goal-line “O”
Team Offense 5= 4-minute Offense
Team Offense 6= 2-minute Offense
Team Offense 7= Momentum Changer and Special Play
Team Offense 8= 2 Plays before the End of a Half

We reviewed the following on Defense: Huddle, Base, Pinch, Bullets, Whip, Go, Fire, Smash, Crash, Cover 2, Cover 4, Nickel, Goal-line

We reviewed the following on Offense: Huddle, 11/12, 13/14, 13/14 Pass, 27/28, 21/22, 27/28 Waggle, 35/36, 33/34, 35/36 Pass, 87/88 Flat, 87/88 Square, 87/88 Slant, 87/88 Wheel, 80 Streak, 87/88 Fade, 87/88 Flare, 87/88 Streak, 97/98 Out, 97/98 Hook, 97/98 Flood

Locker Room was cleaned and players showered from 6:00-6:30.

All Varsity Players were dismissed at 6:30.

Coach, I hope this helps.

In group and team situations are goal is to run 2 1/2 plays a minute and make our situations as near game like as possible. Coach CAmpbell