Work Outs

[They Call Me Coach]

Does it look like the works outs for high school sports are not as physical as they were 10-15 years ago?

 

[They Call Me Coach]

What are some of the work outs that any of y'all coaches out there do during two a day work outs?

 

[coachsatcher]

I see this question a lot and get asked it often for articles. It's tough, for me, to compare 10 years ago, as I was in 11-man football. In 11-man, we run mny of the same drills, but with three, sometimes four, times as many kids. So there is way more recovery time for 11-man. I tried to run it the same way last season for my team, and realized they had no time to catch a breath. I didn't let up much, but found ways to maintain the reps, while giving them a chance to breathe. Anyone who played us saw that our team was always in it until the last whistle blew.

 

[techster2000]

They are weaker...but only because coaches are hamstrung by uil rules and requirements. It's made a big difference on how well kids are conditioned those first few games.

 

[They Call Me Coach]

They are weaker...but only because coaches are hamstrung by uil rules and requirements. It's made a big difference on how well kids are conditioned those first few games.

That's very true. The concern for player safety has in some cases gone over board and affected school work outs I think in negative way. However I do think that the athletes safety is important.

 

[Dogface]

...how well kids are conditioned those first few games.

Do you really think a kid
can get into playing shape by 2-a-days alone?
There are no rules that says
he can't take Creatine all summer
and workout like a monster!
(Not that I'm advocating Creatine or not)
Summertime is get-in-shape-time
and that's based on a players self-discipline
and intrinsic drive to be great.

 

[westexasflats]

If you worked kids now like they did in the 60s you would face charges. Salt tablets the size of vanilla wafers and 1 maybe 2 water breaks..warm water..

 

[They Call Me Coach]

If you worked kids now like they did in the 60s you would face charges. Salt tablets the size of vanilla wafers and 1 maybe 2 water breaks..warm water..

We had a coach like that my senior year that used to tell us that he was going to put oats in the water if we kept going to get water.