In-season conditioning

Great topic! I'm a firm believer in exercising (sp?) with the movement at the pace which you should play. Lining up and running sprints is useful for something, but if you can get that usefulness along with work on a football movement, why not incorporate the movement as well? I like my DB's and WR's/TE's to do fades or flag routes as conditioning. It's competitive and fun for them. Since we pull guards and get tackles across the field on speed sweep and buck sweep, I have the OL and RB's do that together. In addition to the getting the movement, it works the timing of the backfield and the duration of the play as we'd like it to happen in the game. Defensively, I believe the pursuit drill is a good one to get all 11 used to going to the ball and teaching their angles. Matt

Coachea;

Yeah, "perfect plays" into the end zone for conditioning, GREAT! Pursuit for the defense, GREAT! What about a high tempo practice that simulates game intensity and teaches your players to perform under pressure? I know we can create practices that are intense and leave players tired and fully conditioned. How much "conditioning do they really need for a game?"

Lifting twice a week is good , it is also minimal.

Coach Vogt

Coaches, I believe in following the weight program verbatim during the season the same way we would in the off-season. However, I believe that you should condition your athletes in the off-season and pre-season, because practice time is too valuable during the season.

Lou Cella

This off-season, I attended five Megaclinics. A lot of high school coaches with whom I spoke are doing their normal off-season routine during the season as well. One coach, who won a few state titles in North Carolina uses the BFS and they lift 4 days/week during the season. I really do believe that this is a trend that will grow throughout the next few years.

Lou Cella