Mike Lalor and the Stillman Valley Cardinals have won 4 Illinois State titles since 1999. Their most recent being in 2009. Coach Lalor has created several DVD's offering insight into their great public school program and this one covering in depth how they practice is a must see.
In this video, see the introduction by Head Coach Mike Lalor, an overview of their daily practice plan including the philosophies behind it, their pre-practice routine (includes cut-ups), their stretching, and their opening defensive drill (includes cut-ups). Coach Lalor then covers their defensive position breakdown. He lists the drills each position does in their individual time and shows practice clips of each. Next, Coach dives into the specifics of their interior run and defensive pass skeleton segments. Includes practice clips of all segments discussed. After this, get ready to look at Stillman Valley on the offensive side of the ball. See the overview of their offensive practice and drills and video clips of their first segment. You will then see the middle section of their offensive practice. What they call segments B and C. This of course includes detail breakdown of each segment and cut ups from practice. And finally, see the final offensive breakdown segment and get into team time the Stillman Valley way. This video offers detailed breakdown and descriptions of all segments as well as video from practice. Take a deep look into practice in Stillman Valley, IL.