The next 25 minute period will be first team on defense against the scrub team, and they will practice defense over the field. The scrub team will run the opposition’s plays and tendencies, and the defense is full speed with the exception of tackling the ball carrier. During this time, on another field our second and third teams will be running our offense versus the opposition’s defenses.
During the next period the first and second teams will exchange and repeat the same drills listed above.
The next period will usually be 20 minutes’ duration with the third team working on defense over the field, and the first and second teams working on special situations such as quick kicks, passes, etc.
The next period will be devoted to our kicking game. We also usually have a few goal line drives on Wednesday.
Our Wednesday’s practice schedule will vary more than the other days because we spend about 20 minutes on group drills and about six minutes full speed on goal line defense, and phases of this nature.
After Wednesday’s schedule is completed and out of the way, the staff will usually go to the projection room and view films of this week’s opponent.
After lunch we will again have a short meeting and inform the squad of any changes we have made or plan on making. We will also discuss the previous day’s practice.
The defensive signal callers and the quarterbacks will meet separately with their respective coaches for about 20 minutes, which is our usual procedure daily during the football season.
After Wednesday evening’s dinner we have a squad meeting and go over the film of the opponent we will be playing on Saturday.