Red 12 Week Skills Focus

	Week One	Week Seven
Skills:	Stops - R stops Blocking – Hips Checks
Revise:	Fitness Stops (Plow, TATS) Pack work (Spoke Drill), Falls Agility & Footwork	Scrimmage Scenarios Hip Checks
Suggested Drills:	Fitness - sit ups, push ups, body bridge Stops - Speed Control, sprint starts Falls - Falling in a pack, torture drill Pack work (Spoke Drill) Speed, communication, awareness Hip Checks – Stationary, Timing, hitting over the line, between cones. Paceline Agility – 30 secs/ 1 foot. One foot glide. Stepping. Grapevine Scrimmage scenarios – Starts, penalty box, calling off the Jam First RED Friday – SOCK SCRIMBO	Fitness – Additional reps. Stops – shorter distance Falls – Recovering before stopping Hip Checks – In a pack. Agility – One foot weaving. Nutbush Scrimmage scenarios – Powerjams. Hit & quit. First RED Sunday – Scrimmage scenarios
	Week Two	Week Eight
Skills:	Surge Blocking	Speed control – re-engaging, engagement zone & out of play, ref discussion Agility – pack skating, breaking through/around walls Lateral motion –  body blocks and surging in a pack, directional play, ref discussion Blocking – man up vs wall up, big hits vs smalls hits, surging walls, finding the threat
Revise:	Endurance, Stops (Plow, TATS, T-Stop), Pack Awareness (Pack & Paceline) Weaving Paceline Hip Checks	Pace lines, pack skating, surging
Suggested Drills:	Endurance – Sprints, push-pull Stops - Speed Control, sprint starts Pack Awareness (Pack & Packine) – (hip check contact only), walls, zig-zagging, hide the sausage. Weaving Paceline - Low weaving, backwards weaving, stepping, double paceline (walls), hip checks Hip Checks – hip checks recap Surge Blocking - Timing, hitting over line,	Endurance – Partnered endurance Stops - stopping between cones (shorter distance. R-stops. Pack Awareness (Pack & Packine) – Pack & Paceline – 2 teams. Hips checks Weaving Paceline – Blocking. Orbiting. Hip Checks – Timing, hitting over the line, between cones Surge Blocking – Paceline. Strength of hits. Quick recovery to track.
	Week Three	Week Nine
Skills:	Body Block	Walls – splitting and reforming, protecting walls (buffer) Blocking – blocking between cones, timing of hits and recovery, effective hits on inside and outside Strategy – wolves & gazelles, focus changes in game play Communication – verbal and non verbal vs on and off track
Revise:	Fitness Stops Pack Work (Spoke Drill) Weaving Paceline Agility & Footwork Surge Blocking
Suggested Drills:	Fitness - sit ups, push ups, body bridge Stops - Speed Control, sprint starts Pack work (Spoke Drill) Speed, communication, awareness Weaving Paceline - Low weaving, backwards weaving, stepping, orbiting, double paceline (walls) Agility – Reverse Crossover. Surge Blocking recap - Timing, hitting over the line, between cones Body Blocking - Timing, hitting over the line, between cones	Fitness – Additional reps Stops – shorter distance Pack work (Spoke Drill) Reforming, recovery Weaving Paceline - stepping, surge blocking, hip checks Agility – Reverse direction Surge Blocking - Timing, hitting over the line, recovery, in a pack Body Blocking - Timing, hitting over the line, recovery, in a pack
	Week Four	Week Ten
Skills:
Revise:	Endurance Pack Awareness (Pack & Paceline) Weaving Paceline Body Block Scrimmage scenarios
Suggested Drills:	Endurance Pack Awareness (Pack & Paceline) –walls, hide the sausage. Weaving Paceline - stepping, orbiting, double paceline (walls), surge blocking Body Blocking - Timing, hitting over the line, between cones Scrimmage scenarios – Starts, penalty box, calling off the Jam	Endurance – Sprints, push-pull Pack Awareness (Pack & Paceline) – All blocks Weaving Paceline – All blocks Body Blocking - Timing, hitting over the line, recovery, in a pack Scrimmage scenarios - Powerjams. Hit & quit.
	Week Five	Week Eleven
Skills:
Revise:	Fitness Stops Agility Pack Work (Spoke Drill) Pack Awareness (Pack & Paceline) Blocking
Suggested Drills:	Fitness - sit ups, push ups, body bridge Stops - Recovery, sprint starts Agility – Jump/step/leap. Pack work (Spoke Drill) - walls, reforming/ recovery, communication Pack Awareness (Pack & Paceline) blocking , 2 teams, hide the sausage. Blocking – Timing, recovery, strength	Fitness – Additional reps Stops - shorter distance, faster speed Agility – Jump/step over obstacles. Pack work (Spoke Drill) – Speed, recovery Pack Awareness (Pack & Paceline) All blocks Blocking – Blood & Thunder
	Week Six	Week Twelve
Skills:	Further consolidate intensity of drills	Further consolidate intensity of drills
Revise:	Recap previous 5 weeks	Recap previous 11 weeks
Suggested Drills: