Special Teams – Practice Schedule, Goals, and Critique

Our players understand the importance of special teams because of the amount of time that we put in coaching them. Starting in the spring, we spend a minimum of 10 minutes per day on the “big four” – punt, kickoff, kick return and punt return. We also put in extra point/field goal work in every day. We keep it fresh by changing up drills as much as possible.We run a traditional punt formation and we changed our scheme slightly and spent a lot of time in the spring on punt. It paid off as we went from #12 in the league in net punting to #3 in 2010 with no blocked punts, giving up only 0.5 yards per return. Here is a sample of our schedule.Practice #1PUNT - 4 Minutes - Stance, kick slide vertical depth (2 groups).3 Minutes - Group kick slide (Right/Left side - make call with center snap and PP).3 Minutes - Everyone together - kick slide and release on air.Bullets work