Practice Plan - Varsity Football
The following practice plan is an outline to be followed on a daily basis. Specific elements in each category could be altered on a daily basis to fulfill the weekly game-plan requirements.Since this plan is intended for use with High School athletes, the plan begins with the end of the class day. Assuming class is dismissed at 3:00 pm, students will be allowed 10 minutes to find their way to locker room. We will pick up the schedule there.
3:10-3:30 - Locker Room: Athletes change, prepare for practice, see trainer for any special needs, and then report to the practice field.
3:30-3:45 - Team Static Stretching: Lead by team captains, followed by a warm-up run around practice field, approximately 1/4 mile.
3:45-3:50 - Position Units: Upon return from run, break into position units to finish warm-up with dynamic stretching. The purpose of position unit is to ensure that each athlete is warming up the specific muscle groups he is most likely to use. (i.e. QBs focus on arms and shoulders, RBs on legs and hips, etc)
3:50-4:10 - Position Warm-Up: Continue warm-up with position specific simulated action. RBs & WRs run routes, DBs back pedal and break, QBs throw passes, etc.
4:10-4:30 - Run-teach. Walk through running game plan on both offense and defense. (varsity offense against JV defense and vice-versa) Education is the emphasis here, implementing the game plan.This period will also involve direct coaching of players on specific techniques, mechanics, positioning during each play.
4:30-5:00 - Run Test. This is live action practice of the game plan.
5:00-5:20 - Pass-Teach. Same as run teach, for the passing elements. Includes direct coaching of technique, mechanics and positioning.
5:20-5:50 - Pass Test. Same as run test, for the passing game.
5:50-6-10 - Special Teams. Will focus on a different aspect of ST play every day. The entire team will either participate or watch, as special teams are a vital component to game plan. This importance is conveyed by taking a significant period of time to ficus on preparation.
6:10-6:30 - Situational Football. This element will also change form day to day. It includes special situations such as 2-minute drill, goal-line, 3rd and Long, and clock-kill. This will also be done in a varsity-vs-JV format.
6:30-6-45 - Conditioning. This element is too often forgotten (or used as a punishment) and many teams suffer let-downs in the 4th quarter as a result. I put conditioning practice at the end, since that is when to results are most needed in game situations. This period will alternately involve gassers, suicides, ladders, and various other sprint techniques.
6:45-7:00 - Cool-down
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Comments
Great practice plan. I like how you have everyday set-up in the same exact structure. I noticed that you had the JV involved in some of your practice. Are the two teams practicing together or just for certain aspects of the practice?
Is this a 3.5 hours that is longer then college practice. Could you break it up to offense Mon. Wed. Fri. and work with defense the next week so you would have a shorter time with the kids. Seems to long if they have school work but great items to work on.
It is definitly a long practice.... but not every athlete is in full go at every point. Also, this plan is taken directly form the high school where my son plays, this is the actual practice plan they follow.