Practice With a Purpose

It is an honor to represent head coach Nick Saban and the LSU football staff in American Football Monthly. As coaches, we constantly stress to our players the importance of knowing what to do, but do not always explain when and how a scheme applies itself in a game situation. Here at LSU, we stress to our players knowing what to do, how to do it and when it applies. Our in-season practice schedule helps our players understand what we will call in the game and the situation where it is appropriate. Each day of the week our players understand what part of the game plan we are working on. We meet as a unit to begin each practice day and explain the installation and practice for that day. We also work against our offense on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to get good-on-good work done. We still script game plan calls to get the execution versus good people. Monday Defense Practice Schedule