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Post by coach1234567 on Jun 17, 2005 11:58:51 GMT -6
How do you get the kids to get into the weightroom and lift when other sport's coaches don't want them to?
Do you just go to the AD? Do the AD's just tell you that you have to let the people in season control their kids when they are in season? Or do some places have year round strength and conditioning programs that work within the structure of an in season sport?
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Post by tog on Jun 17, 2005 14:06:45 GMT -6
Well, our AD is our HFC, so, they know they better lift. The other coaches know this as well.
I would guess to get kids up there, it would have to be more of a "cult" thing or a "we work harder than they do" deal, once some of them start to realize massive gains, the others would want to join in as well.
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Post by phantom on Jun 17, 2005 19:52:23 GMT -6
Our HC is also the AD but the coaches have control of their programs. We're lucky enough to have a basketball coach who likes football and encourages his kids to play the game. They get in the weight room when they can but in-season that's not as often as we'd like. That's just how it goes. Frankly,most guys who play two or more sports are outstanding athletes so I can live with them missing out on weight lifting. Great athletes can get by without it. What bothers me is the marginal guy who could be a player if he works at it but chooses to sit the bench on the basketball team or drop weight to wrestle 167 badly. It's the kids' lives, though. I don't begrudge them doing all the things they want to do.
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cre44
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Post by cre44 on Jun 17, 2005 20:00:51 GMT -6
YOu have to try and sell a system for the whole school...such as BFS. BFS is for all athletes and can be geared for a specifc sport during a season. If you can get this then you'll be in good shape. However, you'll get pushback from those basketball and baseball guys. If they were smart they would buy in but egos get in the way sometimes. You just have to let them do what the coach wants during their season but during late spring, summer and fall it's all football.
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Post by cre44 on Jun 18, 2005 7:24:56 GMT -6
That is a huge problem! These kids needs a dose of reality sometimes. The parents do also! It's really shocking to me sometimes how these kids/parents think how good they are...
It's kind of a catch 22 because you want and try to build them up to think and play better than they are...
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SlipScreen
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Post by SlipScreen on Jun 18, 2005 22:12:23 GMT -6
We deal with this through use of a year round strength and conditioning regimen that everyone participates in. We work the kids in the weightroom/or agility work 3 days a week and the other 2 are sport specific for the sport that is in season. Those not involved in the sport in season get 5 days of strength and conditioning.
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Post by tog on Jun 18, 2005 22:14:59 GMT -6
How would you do that if you didn't have athletics?
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champyun
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Post by champyun on Jun 18, 2005 23:54:28 GMT -6
We do the same thing SlipScreen is talking about. We have our HS athletic period in the middle of the day and every athlete in the program, regardless of sport, is in it. All practices are after school, except for the 2 days of the in-season sport activities.
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