Thoughts on full contact practice starting tomorrow

[Headhunter15]

The start of fall practice. Any thoughts?

[adaptedtigerfan]

I think football should become two had touch. 

[macadoshis]

Wish it would cool down for boys.

[macadoshis]

Remember parents to make sure your athletes hydrate properly at home before they get to practice.  Mak sure they eat a good breakfast. 

[HorseFeathers]

I think football should become two had touch. 

Flags should be used instead of touch... wouldn't want to risk someone making a hit.n

[macadoshis]

Betcha there's plenty of hits to go around.

[OLDSCHOOL82]

Wish it would cool down for boys.

The heat and humidity isn't to bad today.  Nice cool morning to kick it off.  Looks like the humidity could be back by the time they go full pads.

[Dayton Kitchens]

In my opinion the first few days they should focus very heavily on conditioning and flexibility plus understanding practice procedures and safety.    A thorough briefing on the helmet use and misuse starting out of course.

If I were developing my own practices,  they wouldn't even see a football for the first three or four days.

[nastynice]

Dayton that's what offseason is for. You better have all that covered and working on X's and O's. If not, then you're already behind. Make the most of the time AAA gives you. 

[Jimbo Morphis]

Dayton that's what offseason is for. You better have all that covered and working on X's and O's. If not, then you're already behind. Make the most of the time AAA gives you. 

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[OLDSCHOOL82]

In my opinion the first few days they should focus very heavily on conditioning and flexibility plus understanding practice procedures and safety.    A thorough briefing on the helmet use and misuse starting out of course.

If I were developing my own practices,  they wouldn't even see a football for the first three or four days.

Mr Kitchens, This would be ideal if it was a first ever practice for a group of exchange students!  You ever been around off season, or heard of it?  I will agree with the conditioning and flexibilty getting turned up a notch.

[macadoshis]

With the new heat acclamation regulations.  They are only in helmets this first few days.  Conditioning should be turned up a notch at this time.  But the boys should have already been running plays in off season and 7on7.  So you have to get straight into X's and O's day one.  If not, then i agree, you are going to be way behind every other team in the state. 

[Wonderdog]

In my opinion the first few days they should focus very heavily on conditioning and flexibility plus understanding practice procedures and safety.    A thorough briefing on the helmet use and misuse starting out of course.

If I were developing my own practices,  they wouldn't even see a football for the first three or four days.

Mr Kitchens, This would be ideal if it was a first ever practice for a group of exchange students!  You ever been around off season, or heard of it?  I will agree with the conditioning and flexibilty getting turned up a notch.

I agree with your point, if you are heading a Booneville practice. Or any other typically good team. Some schools have kids that you literally HAVE to spend this type of time with in order to move forward. Sad, but happens in more schools than you think. Especially in small schools that go through coaching changes. Sometimes you can't even get in touch with kids or their families until the first of August.

[macadoshis]

we're still having a few kids filtering in this week.  And a couple on vacation this week.  Who takes vacation the first week of football practice??? Come on parents.  Its football season. 

[adaptedtigerfan]

We missed a week of summer workouts the last 2 years...  I don't think it out the boy behind tho.

[OLDSCHOOL82]

We missed a week of summer workouts the last 2 years...  I don't think it out the boy behind tho.

Summer workouts or football practice after the AAA allows the season to start?  Looks like you missed those two weeks in keyboarding class.

[Bias]

I think unless the kids have been setting up playing x box all summer they should be ready. The summer should have consisted of 7 on 7 team camps individual skills camps swimming biking hicking work etc. If not then their parents are part of the reason we even have this talk. Did anyone question whether kids were ready back in the old two a days?

[nastynice]

I think unless the kids have been setting up playing x box all summer they should be ready. The summer should have consisted of 7 on 7 team camps individual skills camps swimming biking hicking work etc. If not then their parents are part of the reason we even have this talk. Did anyone question whether kids were ready back in the old two a days?

Never. We were glad to go to 2 a days. Kept us out of the hayfields and chicken houses. Starting 2 a days was a much needed break.

[adaptedtigerfan]

It was keyboarding class...   I musta mislooked it

[Lineman]

I think unless the kids have been setting up playing x box all summer they should be ready. The summer should have consisted of 7 on 7 team camps individual skills camps swimming biking hicking work etc. If not then their parents are part of the reason we even have this talk. Did anyone question whether kids were ready back in the old two a days?

Never. We were glad to go to 2 a days. Kept us out of the hayfields and chicken houses. Starting 2 a days was a much needed break.

Some of us used to haul hay in between the morning and afternoon practice.

[OLDSCHOOL82]

I think unless the kids have been setting up playing x box all summer they should be ready. The summer should have consisted of 7 on 7 team camps individual skills camps swimming biking hicking work etc. If not then their parents are part of the reason we even have this talk. Did anyone question whether kids were ready back in the old two a days?

Never. We were glad to go to 2 a days. Kept us out of the hayfields and chicken houses. Starting 2 a days was a much needed break.

Some of us used to haul hay in between the morning and afternoon practice.

That was freakin awesome wasn't it!  You remember when your dad let you stop when the heat index got above 103?................Me neither!

[Dayton Kitchens]

I think unless the kids have been setting up playing x box all summer they should be ready. The summer should have consisted of 7 on 7 team camps individual skills camps swimming biking hicking work etc. If not then their parents are part of the reason we even have this talk. Did anyone question whether kids were ready back in the old two a days?

Never. We were glad to go to 2 a days. Kept us out of the hayfields and chicken houses. Starting 2 a days was a much needed break.

Some of us used to haul hay in between the morning and afternoon practice.

I did that before.    And we're not talking about round bales on the forks of a tractors lift either.

That said I was jogging four miles a day and doing 250 situps a day in the off season to get ready.     This being in addition to the summer weightlifting schedule.

Needless to say lots of teenage boys spend too much time inside and off their feet in July these days.   

And as said,  at most of the schools I've coached at,  at most you get only about two thirds of your players reliably to off season workouts.    Say 16 out of 24.

[Dayton Kitchens]

I think unless the kids have been setting up playing x box all summer they should be ready. The summer should have consisted of 7 on 7 team camps individual skills camps swimming biking hicking work etc. If not then their parents are part of the reason we even have this talk. Did anyone question whether kids were ready back in the old two a days?

Never. We were glad to go to 2 a days. Kept us out of the hayfields and chicken houses. Starting 2 a days was a much needed break.

Some of us used to haul hay in between the morning and afternoon practice.

That was freakin awesome wasn't it!  You remember when your dad let you stop when the heat index got above 103?................Me neither!

My dad let me stop loading when there were 100 bales on the trailer.

[Okieback]

Almost 3 and a half ton ?
That's what we did for pasture to barn on site
If it was further we might go ahead and but 4 ton or try 4 and half if that's all that was left.

[Coltfan2005]

and then you guys had to walk to school 3 miles uphill, both ways.

[Dayton Kitchens]

and then you guys had to walk to school 3 miles uphill, both ways.

Next to hauling hay walking three miles uphill would be paradise.   

Because where I worked,   most of the hay fields were hilly anyway.   

[Lineman]

and then you guys had to walk to school 3 miles uphill, both ways.

Nope. I drove the truck I bought with my own money.

[macadoshis]

I tried hauling hay once. Never did it again.

[Dayton Kitchens]

I tried hauling hay once. Never did it again.
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Smart man.

Though to be fair that was the only paying job I had each year for several years. 

[Coltfan2005]

Happened to drive through Piggott last evening and saw their team out on the practice field. Looked to be about 27 of them.

[macadoshis]

I'd guess by looking that Lamar had around 30 or so. 

[Proud Buckaroo]

Smackover has close to 50 this year.

[Longfellow]

Hard to tell this early, but TR my stay over the 20 kid mark this year

[Coltfan2005]

I've been informed that Piggott has 31 now. And they can hit really hard!

And Rivercrest has 34 as of now.

[ReddieKnightTrojan]

It doesn't seem like it was very long ago

[Paperman]

3 and a half months fly by pretty quickly! It has been a wild ride!

[redandgray]

Very quick!