When I played football, we had this conditioning drill called Burma Road. It was BRUTAL. It was the one drill that, up to this day, first comes to mind when I think about the crazy conditioning we went through.
However, I would do it 10 times over right now if it meant our military would do what the Burmese military did.
As a conditioning drill, it's done in the first two weeks of football season only and towards the end of 3rd practice of the 3-a-day practice days. So when we run the drill, we've already done 2 2.5-hour sessions and about 1.5 hours into our 3rd session.
A tackling dummy is posted every 5 yards on alternating sideline. For example, a tackling dummy is posted on the left sideline at yard 0, then one at the 5 yd line on the right sideline, then at 10 on the left, at 15 on the right, etc. The player starts from the goalpost and sprints to the first dummy at yd 0 and tackles it, and then gets up and sprints to the next one at yd 5 across the field, etc.. To add a twist, the coaches holding the tackling dummies move them around so you sometimes miss. If you miss a dummy, you start all over again.
When I played football, we had this conditioning drill called Burma Road. It was BRUTAL. It was the one drill that, up to this day, first comes to mind when I think about the crazy conditioning we went through.
However, I would do it 10 times over right now if it meant our military would do what the Burmese military did.
Is it where the whole team runs over you in cleats?
No.
It's supposed to copy the windy part of the Burma Road. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/85/a3/9b/85a39b6457669f18f986c5982c01b9a4.jpg
As a conditioning drill, it's done in the first two weeks of football season only and towards the end of 3rd practice of the 3-a-day practice days. So when we run the drill, we've already done 2 2.5-hour sessions and about 1.5 hours into our 3rd session.
A tackling dummy is posted every 5 yards on alternating sideline. For example, a tackling dummy is posted on the left sideline at yard 0, then one at the 5 yd line on the right sideline, then at 10 on the left, at 15 on the right, etc. The player starts from the goalpost and sprints to the first dummy at yd 0 and tackles it, and then gets up and sprints to the next one at yd 5 across the field, etc.. To add a twist, the coaches holding the tackling dummies move them around so you sometimes miss. If you miss a dummy, you start all over again.
Cool! Very specific drill to the sport. Ace that and you're the player in the best condition on the field.