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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I learned something from a coach that is now coaching at the college level.
When I was a younger coach, like most coaches I was a bit obsessed with drills, working on footwork, doing the cones, that bags, working on rips and swims for example.
But he pointed out two things that I later found were utterly brilliant.
If you run a lot of drills your players become exceptional at doing drills but they don't become exceptional players.
Its all in the stance stupid.
Seriously, those two things are huge in every sport.
You need to find a way to translate your drills into a game situation and it has to be unpredictable for the players.
If your footwork drills are on the ladder for example, find a way to incorporate change of directions into it, get them to turn on the ladder.
IF its linebackers and you use cones for footwork, add a ball carrier to the drill so that they get used to their footwork incorporated into game play.
In fact right now the only time I do pure footwork drills are in game warmups.
As for the Stance, he pointed out if your players don't know how to stand up, whether its on skates or cleats or whatever if they don't have a good starting position that allows explosive play they're always going to be a second behind the play.
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And if the kids done do the drills correctly then they become very good at doing them wrong! So lesson #1 with drills - ensure they are being done correctly or the way you want them to be done otherwise it's pointless.
Second point, in general I always try to end my practice with a few minutes of scrimmage/game with the idea that the kids can take what we worked on in the drills and use them in a game situation.