killer football practice

[helms83]

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

I disagree. You know you're body better than anyone else; even better than your coach. "Sack-up" by being honest with yourself; if you know you're not at risk, than keep pushing, giving 110%. But if you "don't feel right," be sure to take a rest, cool down your body, get fluid, and let someone know. Don't "sack-up" by pushing past the limit if you don't feel normal.

Signs to watch for:

Coolness feeling: like a cold chill or cold sweat

Lack of sweating: meaning you're dehydrated

Headache, dizziness, confusion: possible start of heat exhaustion, stress, or stroke

Dark urine: dehydration

I agree with a previous post, cut out soda, drink water often, and gatorade for electrolytes. And be sure to eat good meals, and rest.

[sambrochill]

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.

yeah we used to do indian runs all the time at lacrosse practice. it sucked because we'd do them around the entire school campus and that was a total of a mile and a half or so. they kill

[Root beer]

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.

We did that in baseball, but we did it with one player from back ran to front and when he made it to front then guy at back ran to front, etc. It was fun. lol. We did lot of running for baseball, according to coaches we was the fastest team in the conference.

[Gone_Phishin]

I remember one incident during cross-country practice in HS.  We were supposed to have a weight training day, so I pigged out at lunch.  I ate a double Cajun burger, a grilled polish sausage, and a Cincinnati chili dog.

Well, someone must have ticked off our coach, because we ended up doing a seven mile run that day.  Needles to say, I was puking and dry heaving for about 3/4 of that run.   

[helms83]

I remember one incident during cross-country practice in HS. We were supposed to have a weight training day, so I pigged out at lunch. I ate a double Cajun burger, a grilled polish sausage, and a Cincinnati chili dog.

Well, someone must have ticked off our coach, because we ended up doing a seven mile run that day. Needles to say, I was puking and dry heaving for about 3/4 of that run.

when I ran XC, I could rarely eat anything at lunch without it affecting my run, lol.

[Gone_Phishin]

I remember one incident during cross-country practice in HS. We were supposed to have a weight training day, so I pigged out at lunch. I ate a double Cajun burger, a grilled polish sausage, and a Cincinnati chili dog.

Well, someone must have ticked off our coach, because we ended up doing a seven mile run that day. Needles to say, I was puking and dry heaving for about 3/4 of that run.

when I ran XC, I could rarely eat anything at lunch without it affecting my run, lol.

No doubt.  Race days were even worse; I grew quite tired of dry toast and water for breakfast.  LOL.

One year at state, our fifth runner screwed-up his ankle during warm-ups.  Unfortunately our sub had eaten a huge stack of strawberry pancakes that morning...he didn't run so well.  LOL.

[Tin]

It's why you should start training and prepare months in advance. Our coach would just bring out the garbage cans for us to puke in. You guys can complain about heat all you want, try an ice rink that is 20* and its 4am, you have practice until 7am, go to school, then a 3 hour practice after school.

[Catt]

Oh suck it up already! 

Portland, ME; highs are just reaching 80 with lows over night still in the low 60s

Dude try working construction outside with highs of 95-100 & heat indexes of 125+

[Bassn Blvd]

1.drink plenty of water/gatorade 2 hours BEFORE practice and then during practice.

2. Take off the skirt and suck it up. If you can't do that then play 2nd string.

[basser223]

Oh suck it up already!

Portland, ME; highs are just reaching 80 with lows over night still in the low 60s

Dude try working construction outside with highs of 95-100 & heat indexes of 125+

thanks for being nice about it. like I said in the begining in need to stop being a panzee I dont like other people telling me it.

[Sam]

Basser, other than in youth leagues football practice is tough.

You need to build muscle; increase stamina; improve your speed; and be mentally ready to play against tough opponents; while at the same time react without thinking.

At Alabama in the 60s Coach Bryant would stand in the tower and watch over the practice. You never, never, never wanted him to climb down and seek you out. If he did it you had a big problem on your hands.

Now practices are hard as the speed and power has increased in all levels of football and you have to be ready once the ball is snapped no matter what position you play.

So suck it up and remember those old words of wisdom from the 60's - the pain is all in your mind.        

[Catt]

Oh suck it up already!

Portland, ME; highs are just reaching 80 with lows over night still in the low 60s

Dude try working construction outside with highs of 95-100 & heat indexes of 125+

thanks for being nice about it. like I said in the begining in need to stop being a panzee I dont like other people telling me it.

Like your coach? 

[Sam]

Basser, one other thought on the lines of Catt's post above:

When you are on the field in the 4th quarter and your opponent is eating your lunch; you are tired; the straps of your shoulder pads burn; your helmet is too tight; sweat dripping in your eyes; you are dirty and sweaty; you hurt all over; I want you to think about you being called a Pansie and knock the crap out of the guy on the other side of the line.

Suck it up and go to war.

Think of us on this site who think you are a wimp for complaining and that you should play chess or golf.  Get mean. Think about your English teacher and class and how much you hate it and go hit someone.

You will have the weekend to heal and get ready for the next game.

Have fun. 

[Grey Wolf]

Oh suck it up already!

Portland, ME; highs are just reaching 80 with lows over night still in the low 60s

Dude try working construction outside with highs of 95-100 & heat indexes of 125+

thanks for being nice about it. like I said in the begining in need to stop being a panzee I dont like other people telling me it.

It sounds to me that you do not have a football mentality.

[Nine Miler]

Think of us on this site who think you are a wimp for complaining and that you should play chess or golf. 

Have fun. 

I used to have two-a-days all the time in college...when I was on the golf team. 

Meet at 6 am on the soccer field for 2 mile run followed by a nice assortment of sprints, up-downs, crawls, etc. to get us warmed up. 

Then, it was into the gym for the squats, jump squats, and lunges down those never-ending hallways, wall-sits- the whole deal.  After the legs we would hit the abs with all kinds of fun things.

We did more core work, mostly abs, back and shoulders right after our trainer was done with our spinning sessions in the afternoons after class.  When we were done with that we went to the course to practice.

I never thought it would be hard to go down some stairs, or sit on the toilet until I experienced some of those workouts.

I understand why we did it.  36 hole days, hoofing your own stuff in the heat of the southeast requires you to be in shape. 

Being ok to make it is not good enough either, you have to be prime physically because once you notice you are physically tired, it is likely you have been mentally tired for some time.

[FordNFishinLover]

An i thought golf was suppost to be a relaxing sport! Ha!