"bull in the ring"

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I'm saying bull in the ring is where you call a player out, oklahoma is where you're on your back and they blow the whistle.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
that was how we did it. Coach would send 5.
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Yep.

We had some frosh hot shot my junior year, talented, but head wasn't where it needed to be yet. Prior to practice coach takes 5 of us, all LBs and DL, and says, "when you hear the whistle blow twice, knock his damn head off".

We did, he cried, and his mom threatened to sue the school. 8 games later he's all state, and probably one of the toughest on the team.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
that's not how most do Oklahoma. Some even have linemen with a back and tackler on each side.
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Yeah that variant is fun. Getup, blow through the blocker and tackle that back in behind the line. :) That drill will put hair on your chest.
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volconomist said:
Yeah, because they should go out there and just bust themselves ragged all week before the FLORIDA game. Fact is, what happened in that second half was mental, and no amount of drills in practice will change that.

Too many fans expect 100% practices, 200% games, which are just not possible.
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^this^
 
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SamRebel35 said:
I remember bull in the ring from when I was a Maryville Southerner. Players make a ring and two players enter the circle and lay down on their backs. The whistle is blown and you get up as fast as you can and start shoving the other guy out of the circle.
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Yep, that sounds like what UT's doing. When I was in Jr High, we did it a little different. One guy's in the middle of the circle and everyone around the circle has a number. Coach calls out random numbers and when your number's called, you unload on him. If he's lookin the other way or just gettin off the ground, oh well...lol.

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Yeah, when we did oklahomas, it was 2 on 3 I think
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Nashvol2 said:
We did something similiar in High School called bull in the ring. The whole team lined up in a circle. A volunteer (player w/ most ego) went to the center. That player chopped his feet and turned in a cicle while the coach yelled out a players number. That player would run as fast as possible to hit the one in the center. The guy in the center's goal was to move his feet, find the oncoming player, and step out to meet the player to deliver a blow of his own.

Very fun and rowdy.
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That's the way we did it. Pretty sure that is illegal in MS now.
 
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volconomist said:
No kidding. My first recollection of "bull in the ring" is when I was 7, and playing pee wee football. Back then I was bigger than everybody so it was cool. Fastfoward to high school, and "oklahoma" at the very end of practice was just rough.
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The worst was any morning two-a-day practice after camp in the summer. With the dew still on the ground. Seemed like every hit hurt worse in the morning
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Yankee_Vol said:
"Practice has been kind of dry after the loss, so I think (the coaches) did that to spice up practice a little bit."

That pisses me off right there.....I don't see how that can be.
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Ever been on the wrong end of a score like that? Many teams never get back up.

Our version of "bull in the ring" was different. One guy stood in the middle of a ring created by all the players. A coach would call out someone's name who then charged the guy in the middle. The guy in the middle had to find whoever it was, get turned around, and take him on. You did that for 5 or 6 turns then put someone new in the middle. It was usually punishment for playing poorly. The other one was called "pursuit drill" or "kill drill". It was even less fun.
 
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BTW, I think Fulmer had a policy against hitting full speed after camp ended. He thought keeping guys "healthy" was more important. I think you have to hit in practice to stay sharp.
 
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volconomist said:
Yeah, because they should go out there and just bust themselves ragged all week before the FLORIDA game. Fact is, what happened in that second half was mental, and no amount of drills in practice will change that.

Too many fans expect 100% practices, 200% games, which are just not possible.
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It's Tuesday...they have plenty of time to recover and after the 2nd half of Saturday's game they deserve a little beat down to see if they will quit at that too.
 
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I think you guys read too much into some of Dooley's comments. I'm sure the "dry practice" quote just ment that it needed a change of pace or something thrown in to spice it up. Not referring to effort or intensity not being there.

Doing anything over and over again the same way gets old no matter who you are, every adult should know that!
 
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kohlrums said:
Practice has been dry after that game? Are you effing kidding me?! You get called out for quitting-which they did-and practice is dry-heading into the Florida game?....sigh.
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Dry??? Do the drill at the end of practice when everyone is tired. Then make the loser run gushers, and come back and try it again. Gets the sissy boy out of them. If yu don't wanna work, go join the debate team, or be a Pom Pom Tom.
 
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my question is....did Jackson learn to keep his head up when he dives at someones knees
 
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this drill is great on a Thursday(high school obviously) practice. Gets ya fired up for sure.
 
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rmsmith said:
this drill is great on a Thursday(high school obviously) practice. Gets ya fired up for sure.
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I don't know about you, but we only did walk through on Thursdays. I guess that is why Newnan has such a good program.
 
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winchestervol63 said:
Yep, that sounds like what UT's doing. When I was in Jr High, we did it a little different. One guy's in the middle of the circle and everyone around the circle has a number. Coach calls out random numbers and when your number's called, you unload on him. If he's lookin the other way or just gettin off the ground, oh well...lol.

Edit: See that others did the same...
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Definitely taught you how to keep your head on a swivel. Of course, there was nothing cooler than being in the center, quickly locating the guy that was coming to get you, and blowing him up.

I'd always laugh at the guys who were clearly being punished for whatever reason. Either coach left them in the center longer than usual or they'd keep calling their number over & over.
 
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volconomist said:
Yeah, because they should go out there and just bust themselves ragged all week before the FLORIDA game. Fact is, what happened in that second half was mental, and no amount of drills in practice will change that.
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Uhhh... yes they will. This is a toughness drill. It is as much mental as physical. I can guarantee you that the most capable guy will not always win this drill. They guy with the right mental approach will win.

Have you ever played?

It has been awhile for me but I played for a coach who won 6 state titles in 18 years. He had one losing season. During my career we lost 5 games... 4 to teams that won state championships. We had an undefeated state title season.

Why does that matter? I'm not tooting my horn. I was just a cog in the machine.

It matters because we seldom had better athletes than anyone we played and most of the time weren't as good. We almost never faster. We often weren't bigger. We won because we just flat out out hit the other team. We were absolutely convinced in our minds that they could not block us or keep us from blocking them. They couldn't tackle our backs or prevent our smallest guy from wey laying their best guy.

We developed this by hitting each other in practice more and harder than we ever got hit in a game.

The more of these "little" things I see this staff doing, the more my opinion that he will be gone in 3 erodes. I am down to about 60% now.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
that's not how most do Oklahoma. Some even have linemen with a back and tackler on each side.
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When I played we had two linemen (offense/defense) and a running back. Coach would point which direction the ball carrier had to run and it was the linemens' job to either block the guy or tackle the ball carrier. One of my favorite drills in my playing days. I had the chance to be the ball carrier one time since no volunteered and the coach pulled me out saying I'd kill the d-linemen. I was about 280 or so and the d-linemen I'm guessing was 250-260 range.

I was pissed to say the least.
 
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Man I opened this post just knowing it had something to do with Layla K.
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