Situational Practice Planning

Mine may be different because I don't technically two platoon because I am a middle school coach; but this is how I do it. I have an "offensive warm-up" period, it lasts 10 minutes. This period consists of different things for each position. QBs throw and pitch (I run triple option), Oline shotgun snaps (I want to be able to put any Olineman at center), and all other positions work on strictly blocking. My next period is an Offensive Skill period, it lasts 10 minutes. It is an "option period" for QBs, RBs, and TEs; WRs work on catching in traffic and cutting immediately after catch; OL works on block technique. Next is my "offensive indy" period, it lasts 10 minutes. This is where we install new plays/schemes to the offense. It is also where we put in our blocking schemes versus the front we will face that week. Next we have an "offensive team" period, also lasting 10 minutes. This period varies depending on which day of the week it is. We either do inside run (all positions minus WRs), outside run/skelly (all positions minus OL), or a true team period where we run versus a scout defense (the one we will face that week).

During our "offensive team" period, we treat it like a game situation. Always start with 1st down and try to get a new first. The only modified situation we will do is we will occasionally do a red-zone team period where we put our defense versus our offense and let them battle it out. Winners get bragging rights and losers get updowns called out by the winners. It doesn't make sense at my level to break it down into strictly a 1st and 10 period because the only time you'll get back to back first and 10's is when you get a first down. The way I do it, everything plays out like in a real game, 4 downs and the situations present themselves like they do in games (we penalize our team for holding, false starts, etc. so we can still get the game-like environment and simulated long distance downs). As I said, I'm not sure how much this will help you, but this is how we do it.