killer football practice

[basser223]

hey guys im having trouble with football practice and it gets very hot and or coaches seem to love standing there and watching us run till we puke our guts out. and well have any of you ever been thru the same situation. and if you do how did you learn to deal with it, and get over the nervousy of practice? I already tried talking to the coach he just said its for our own good.

[1inStripes]

Dont let the puke hit the ground.  Choke it back down.  You boys are getting a early start.  In reality coaches have to be a lot more careful than they used to.  Im sure it isn't that bad. You just gotta bust your hump till your in playing shape. 

[basser223]

Dont let the puke hit the ground. Choke it back down. You boys are getting a early start. In reality coaches have to be a lot more careful than they used to. Im sure it isn't that bad. You just gotta bust your hump till your in playing shape.

yeah your right I gotta stop being a pansee thanks it kind of helped me out

[Bass_Fanatic]

I never played football, but I was pretty darn good at basketball and I credit all my success to HARD work!  To be good, do as the coaches tell you, but to be great go beyond.  I mean wake up everyday and get yourself in shape and practicing drills.  I practice basketball three hours every morning and evening outside of our regular practices.  Its all about how much you love the game.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Hydrate yourself before practice.  Run in your free time.  Do all the extra things you can for yourself if you really want to succeed.

[fourbizz]

We had a tyrant for a coach when I was a sophomore. Basketball, not football. But we would do 2 a days on school days, for up to 5 hours a day. That wasnt even allowed in Colorado.All we did was condition, and we sucked anyway. Half of the team quit, the rest of us got him fired.

You can get ran hard by a good coach, and you can get ran hard by a bad coach. If yours is a good coach, that wants you in shape, sack up, challenge yourself to get through it and deal with the pain. If hes not a good coach and thinks that screaming, being a ******, and running you into the ground is coaching, then that sucks.

[Nibbles]

Wait till you get to two-a-days and 20 up-downs for every guy that screws something up.  ;D

While it's important to hydrate, be sure not to drink too much water as that can actually CAUSE you to get cramps and the heaves.

[FordNFishinLover]

Wait till you get to two-a-days and 20 up-downs for every guy that screws something up. ;D

While it's important to hydrate, be sure not to drink too much water as that can actually CAUSE you to get cramps and the heaves.

Better than ours, if we did something wrong during practice we had to push the "Tire".

A 800 lb 6 foot tractor tire that could run over quite a few folks. (glad im a bigger fella)

But hey man the only thing you can do is work you *** off. You gotta push yourself and work yourself to the breaking points during and after practices.

[GLADES]

I played HS football in south florida in the 70's. All we had was water, no gatorade.

Just brutal.

[lsufan334]

Dude you live in Maine??? It cant be hot. jk. I just pushed on I knew no matter how hot it got and how tired i got it would be over soon.  It's tough to push yourself past your limit but every person can do it.  It just brings out your character.  Not to mention when the other guys give up you will still be fresh.  We had to have it and it helped us we were 3 sec. and 1 point away from the 5A Alabama State Game with a o-line and d-line averaging 180lbs.  We were small but our coaches pushed us past a point no other teams have been before.  Just keep pushing yourself you WILL be a better player and person for it.  I'm done rambling.  GOOD LUCK MAN 

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

My football conditioning ended wednsday. Ha wasnt hard. But it wasnt practice. We just did play practice and ran a mile everyday.No pads. We got out pads but we dont use them till school starts. Then we're gonna die. We got punished once this summer and it was so bad omg. Our towns football is especialy hard because our town has one of the best highschool football teams. Its one of our towns biggest passions

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

Wait till you get to two-a-days and 20 up-downs for every guy that screws something up. ;D

While it's important to hydrate, be sure not to drink too much water as that can actually CAUSE you to get cramps and the heaves.

Dude. U call that punishment lol. Im starting frosh football these year, and some inelligible kids skrewed around. He made us run a lap and he decided wed just pace ourselves so he made us get in our 3.0 stances and hold it and then wed have to sprint 10 yards and when we got to the 10 yard mark we had to drop and turn around right away and get back in the 3.0 stances and repeat over and over. If one kid was too slow or took too long to get back in the stance, that time didnt count. We had to do 10 of those, but so many kids skrewed up we ended up doing around 20. And after that he made us sprint 100 yards,run backwards 100 yards, and then bearcrawl 100 yards on the hot turf. And one kid took too much rest on his bearcrawls so we had to sprint 100 yards, runbackwards 100 yards, and bear crawl 100 yards AGAIN. And thats at 85 degrees with no pads on and that waas HORRIBLE. And this is freshman ball too. We ran a mile before that too which isnt very bad but it didnt help

[etommy28]

i played in high school here in florida, try doing conditioning and practice when its 110 degrees with 90% humidity, that was pure hell. plus it rains every day and when i say rains i mean pours so it was every thing in a couple inches of mud. so trust me it could be worst. but I do know its never fun till u get to the game.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Wait till you get to two-a-days and 20 up-downs for every guy that screws something up. ;D

While it's important to hydrate, be sure not to drink too much water as that can actually CAUSE you to get cramps and the heaves.

Dude. U call that punishment lol. Im starting frosh football these year, and some inelligible kids skrewed around. He made us run a lap and he decided wed just pace ourselves so he made us get in our 3.0 stances and hold it and then wed have to sprint 10 yards and when we got to the 10 yard mark we had to drop and turn around right away and get back in the 3.0 stances and repeat over and over. If one kid was too slow or took too long to get back in the stance, that time didnt count. We had to do 10 of those, but so many kids skrewed up we ended up doing around 20. And after that he made us sprint 100 yards,run backwards 100 yards, and then bearcrawl 100 yards on the hot turf. And one kid took too much rest on his bearcrawls so we had to sprint 100 yards, runbackwards 100 yards, and bear crawl 100 yards AGAIN. And thats at 85 degrees with no pads on and that waas HORRIBLE. And this is freshman ball too. We ran a mile before that too which isnt very bad but it didnt help

That exercise is a "suicide" around here.  Ah, I remember them well.   ;D

Some of our other memorable running exercises:

Corners: Entire team split up in the four corners of the practice field. You are grouped with your positions (linemen, backs, receivers, etc.). 1/2 of you do pushups while the other 1/2 of you take a lap around the field. Switch and repeat. Next would be situps, squat-thrusts, etc. This is AFTER practice as a conditioning exercise.  So much fun I can almost smell the puke.   ;D

Lines: Entire team lines up across the back of the endzone. You basically run up the sideline 5 yards, turn back across the field, run up 5 yards on the opposite sideline and then back across. You do this for the entire 100 yard field. Again, I can taste the vomit.  ;D

Greyhounds: Again, grouped with your positions. You all stand on one sideline, facing the other side of the field. Each position gets a certain amount of time (never enough) to SPRINT across the field, touch the opposite sideline and SPRINT back to the other side. If one person doesn't make it in time, that one doesn't count. I can remember one glorious day where we were on the field until after dark due to people not making the cut.

Moral of the story: Suck it up.

Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and screw the prom queen.

[Uncle Leo]

Put the time in now, you will not regret it on game day when you kick booty. When I played I was in pain after practice but never on game day. Good conditioning pays off. I wish I could still do it.

[dave]

When you're older like some of us, you'll remember these as the good ole days.

[bweave09]

Put the time in now, you will not regret it on game day when you kick booty. When I played I was in pain after practice but never on game day. Good conditioning pays off. I wish I could still do it.

There's nothing like working your *** off with 50 brothers...its hard to work out by yourself

[K_Mac]

When you're older like some of us, you'll remember these as the good ole days.

Amen. I used to be a runner. Puking is just part of it. As has been said, you will likely find out you're capable of more than you thought you were. 8-)

[1inStripes]

I disagree on the too much water part.  Water is essential in hydrating.  Cut out the soda.  All the water you can get in you is a good thing and hydrating days ahead of time is what pays off.  Just hydrating the day of does much for you.

[Scorcher214]

I've been playing lacrosse for 2 years now and i dunno how i got through the first day of conditioning. Everyday that i got through was another to add to my days completed. Every time i thought i couldn't get through the day, i thought of all the other days i got through, and somehow i manage.

[1inStripes]

I miss it a lot myself. I miss playing baseball a ton as well.  Oddly enough our HS practices were a lot more demanding conditioning wise and physically than my college practices. 

[Nibbles]

I disagree on the too much water part. Water is essential in hydrating. Cut out the soda. All the water you can get in you is a good thing and hydrating days ahead of time is what pays off. Just hydrating the day of does much for you.

Oops! I probably should clarify myself - don't drink too much water at once! You may feel like you're dying, but pace yourself, and take smaller but more frequent drinks if possible.

[FordNFishinLover]

One run i can remember all too well is called "Irish 40's".

This is where there is 5 lines on one end of the field and you must run down the field, touch line, and run back in under 40 seconds. Oh they didnt name is irish 40 for no reason. Because you had to do this 40 times, and of course if you were to slow that one didnt count.

[Scorcher214]

Anyone eve do Indian Runs?

All the players jog in a straight line and the two players at the back have to run too the front. You gotta sprint to the front since everyone is always jogging. Also, 300s. run from the TD to the 50yd line and back, 3 times, sprints. Lacrosse practice sucked.

[fourbizz]

We did those in baseball. We called them Moose Runs.