HS Football Coach - question

[one66stang]

What it your practice schedule during school year.

Sample from this last week

Mon 0630-8 film - 4-7 practice
Tue 0630-8 weights 4-7 practice
Wed 0630-8 film 4-0630 practice
Thur 4-0630 practice
Friday game
Sat 9-11 film 11-2 practice

Does this sound about right?

[lakefork]

Sounds like a solid schedule to me.

[.270]

What it your practice schedule during school year.

Sample from this last week

Mon 0630-8 film - 4-7 practice
Tue 0630-8 weights 4-7 practice
Wed 0630-8 film 4-0630 practice
Thur 4-0630 practice
Friday game
Sat 9-11 film 11-2 practice

Does this sound about right?

UIL or Private School? Do they have first period Athletics? Based on simple math it appears to be over the 8 hour rule.

[Javelin]

I have no clue on my schools schedule but I know if that was the schedule and I was a player I would not be playing lol. I don't love the game enough to take that much time

[Diamond07]

Surprised you don't make them practice on Friday..

[RiverRat00]

Practice on Saturday? Wow..

[.270]

Practice on Saturday? Wow..

Not unusual if you have a team that is really dominate in their district (like the way UIL set up some 6A districts). Some districts, your own scout team is better than the team you played Friday night. I was in a district so bad, we could have played doubleheaders and blown out the teams we had to play, my first year.

[one66stang]

Surprised you don't make them practice on Friday..

Oh I'm not a coach just a curious dad

It's a lot I know that.

[Playa]

I don't know the uil regs, but that seems like a schedule that would lend itself to injury just due to the lack of recuperative rest.

[curtintex]

Is it too much? Maybe. If it's a UIL school, and those times are right, then they are over they allowable practice hours. But this is a great example of how coaching, teaching, or basically any other profession involving "little johnny" has changed over the years. I cannot fathom my dad questioning whether or not our coaches were practicing us too much. He'd tell me to "show up early and work hard….and don't forget to cut the grass when I get home".

[Death from Above]

Way to much...

is the 630 to 8 in the morning the kids or just the coaches?

God and grades are way more important in our house and that schedule is pretty unbalanced...and we LOVE our football.

[d_e_smith]

Ours was 2:40-7ish (2:40-3:20 weights/track) Mon-thurs, Fri 3:20-6:00 (Film), 8-12 Sat (weights/Film)... I loved hunting and fishing more than a pigskin so the Saturdays got old fast.

[Cbb1722]

good luck with grades.

[Abcdj]

We allowed 2:30 minutes( mental or physical) 6 days a week MAX with the players. Any more than that and you were wasting your time and theirs. We had everything planned out and always stayed on schedule. Practice at a fast pace and high intensity and it doesn't have to be long. I was always in College though.

Monday -previous game film 45 minutes, watch opponent 45 minutes. Walk thru game plan 45 minutes.
Tuesday and Wednesday film 30 minutes, 2 hour practice.
Thursday film 45 minutes, 1:45 practice.
Friday 1 hour walk through game plan
Saturday - Game day
Sunday - Players day off. Coaches all day