Two-A-Day Recommendations

8 tips to successful Two-a-day training
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The key to a successful two-a-day training regime is full awareness of dangers, appropriate planning and preventive measures. The following tips could help your athletes get the most out of two-a-day practice while remaining safe:

1. Plan every minute of two-a-days carefully and stick to your plan.
2. Be sensitive to varying factors of heat, humidity, tempo of practice, level of conditioning, age level of participants, etc.
3. Allow for helmets off and shirts up at every opportunity.
4. Teach players facts of hydration, diet, salt use, sports drinks and personal responsibility.
5. Allow for outside non-coaching personnel to be responsible for monitoring players, such as athletic trainers, boosters, parents, volunteers, etc.
6. Provide information for parents by letter or mailing to help monitor hydration and injury control at home.
7. Bring in a sports nutritionist to educate the team.
8. Educate athletes about summer workouts, dangers involved and the need for acclimatization.

General High School Two-a-day Practice Plan

Typical weekly schedule during two-a-days: (integrate fluid and cooling breaks throughout)

• Morning Practice: 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
• Evening Practice: 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  - Week 1
• 3 days non-contact, 3 days semi-contact
  - Week 2
• 5 days full contact

Typical daily schedule during two-a-days:

• 8:00 a.m. Team Stretches
• 8:20 a.m. Form Run
• 8:30 a.m. Separate Offensive Units - Individual Skills
• 9:30 a.m. Team Drills
• 10:00 a.m. Team Dummy Scrimmage
• 10:30 a.m. Kicking Game
  
• 5:30 p.m. Team Stretches
• 5:50 p.m. Form Run
• 6:00 p.m. Separate Offensive Units -Individual Skills
• 7:00 p.m. Team Drills
• 8:00 p.m. Team Dummy Scrimmage
• 8:30 p.m. Kicking Game
  

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