Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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I have 10 minutes of Team running work at the very beginning of our practice. I have a team pursuit and a team sprint drill that we do, but i was wondering if anyone else had any ideas for different drill i could use.
Coach D
Philly suburb HS
"The only players I have hurt with my words are ones who have an inflated opinion on their ability" - Bill Parcells
Get the running by: #1 TEAM PERIOD – 40 PLAY SCRIPT – THROWING - line sprints 15 yds. downfield on each pass to cover (like covering punts). #2 “RIGGO DRILL” = 15 plays (40/50 GUT) & RB/Line sprints 30 yds. on each snap. “SELL THE RANCH” during these two drills!!!
We used a good one this year--had a coach and a 4 "rabbits" on the offensive side of a firehose set up on the 20 yard line. Had defense line up and on the "snap" defense hit the ground (up-down style). coach pitches the ball to one of the rabbits as on a sweep he gets outside and tears up the sideline full out. Defense has to take an angle and get to the sidline the rabbit is running down at an angle where they cut him--off otherwise they're chasing him all the way to the endzone. Kids did a pretty good job of realizing the angles they needed to take according to thier athletic abilities.
Ryan Kelly
Offensive Coordinator
Austin High School
Austin, MN
There is nothing that will show a man's true character like the 2 yard line.
I RAN A SIMILAR DRILL TO WHAT JR DESCRIBES, BUT WITH THE STIPULATION THAT IT IS A STRAIGHT TAKE OFF WITH NOTHING BUT OUT RIGHT SPEED FROM THE RB WHO RUNS A SWEEP ACTION PLAY, MAKING ANY CUTS HE FEELS HE CAN MAKE. MY KICKER WAS THAT EVERY PLAYER (ALL 11) ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL HAD TO TAG THE RB BEFORE HE GOT TO THE ENDZONE. WE ALWAYS STARTED THE DRILL ON OUR 20 GOING OUT AND THE ONLY OFFENSIVE PLAYERS WERE THE CENTER AND QB. 15 REPS OF THE DRILL.
Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
I've ran one similar to jr and tigerone. we started at the goalline with the 1st team D on the field. 4 rabbits two on each side at the numbers and the coach in the middle. Coach would call out signals, once the ball is snapped then the D drops to the ground and the ball is thrown to one of the rabbits. Each defender gets a hand on the rabbit or chases to the endzone. As the chase is on the 2nd team D gets out there and its their turn.
We always did all our sprining at the end of practice though.
Mondays were 40 40's or 60 40's and game film
Tuesdays were ladders(touching every 5 yds and back to goaline up tp 40 yds with being timed)
Wednsedays were start at the goaline sprint the width, up 5 yds then jog the width back, alternating the two all the way up to 40yds, also being timed and having to beat the previous time set)
Thurdays were the pursuit
Fridays off
We worked in a little competition and split the kids into groups of 3 and ran relays. We change up distances and sometimes add in things other than running like burpees or body squats etc. For example, we would race 15 yards down and back, first team to get everyone done and sitting in line wins. Losers do 15 sit-ups, winners count for them. The kids run MUCH harder than if we just line them up and run them. Another thing the kids like is punt cover. We get them all lined up like a kickoff and punt the ball, they have to down it between the 10 yard line and the goal line. First person to touch gets a point for his team. If it doesn't go inside the 10 it doesn't count, if it's a touchback it doesn't count. Your team is done when you get 5 points. We find too many kids dog it when we just run sprints, adding in the competition really seems to help