Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
This manual provides you with the full offensive line, receiver, and quarterback mechanics for installing each offensive play presented. Coach Campbell has left no stone unturned for implementing today’s Pistol Offense into your program.
Post by frmrgriffinsafety on Aug 15, 2009 12:09:19 GMT
Hi guys. I was moved up to Varsity this season and just the other day I was placed in charge of our preseason conditioning program. Like most HS football players, our guys won't come in having busted their asses all summer to get into playing shape. We're looking to avoid muscle pulls and strains by working up to the hardest conditioning. We run an uptempo practice with all sessions thoroughly planned out ahead of time. However, we are using end of practice conditioning as well. I'm thinking about starting off the first day with something like a jog/agility/jog/agility curcuit for a set period of time. Then the second day using position specific drills that move quickly. But, beyond that I'm kind of lost. Can anyone help me out? Thanks.
Defensive Back- Canisius College-4 yrs.
Assistant Coach - Bishop Grimes High School- 2 years
Assistant Coach - Cheektowaga Central High School- 5 years
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail." -John Wooden
"I firmly believe that any many's finest hour is that moment when he has worked his heart out for a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious." - Vince Lombardi
One of my favorite pre-season (and occasional in-season) conditioning drills is what we called "Terrific 20's". It goes something like this...
Separate team into two groups--Rabbits and Turtles ("skill" players and "linemen"). A leader or two is appointed for each group. Start at a goal-line, group on the goal-line (two lines, if needed) with leaders out in front. Start with 20 pushups--leaders calling it out, run down to the opposite end zone, and with the full group, do 19 situps/crunches with leaders counting out. Run back, to 18 pushups, 17 situps, all the way down to 0. The team will end up doing 2000 yds of running, 110 pushups, and 100 situps. We used to put a time to this--14 mins for rabbits, 16 for turtles, for example...whatever you like can be used. The kids honestly don't complain about these too much, because they are doing things as a team. It is not a drill that "mimics" the game, per say, but it will show you who will dig down and work. If you don't think your guys can handle the full 20, have them run 10 or 15. I have yet to find anything that speeds up conditioning like this. After a round of T-20's, suddenly a handful of 20's or 40's don't seem too bad. Before you know it, the kids are running their other conditioning harder and faster because they know they can make it.
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.
Try the "12 Minute Run". Players run (walk if necessary). When they can cover 1 3/4 miles+ in 12 minutes - they ARE conditioned (cardio-vascular). We find HS kids can do this if the work on it 3-4 days a week, from mid-June to mid-August (when practice starts).