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Post by tothehouse on Nov 30, 2016 11:05:20 GMT -6
This might get pushed into the weightlifting area, but I feel it's general information.
Our football program brought in a nutritionist, a nurse, and doctor in to talk to them about weight gain/loss, what to eat, etc.
Without provocation they stood up and talked about how ridiculous it was for teenagers to play only one sport. How the most injured kids they see are "baseball only" kids or other one sport athletes. They also talked directly about weight training and gaining mass. They also talked about gaining mass compared to sport specific lifting. They mentioned that athletes can get more specific training after high school, but to focus on gaining mass.
I swear...every coach in the school should have been there. Yet again...football coaches lead the way with bringing attention to the benefits of athletes. I'm not sure what goes on at your place, but my perception of the way other sports train (lift) their teams is that they do the minimum, but expect the maximum.
Refreshing to hear all the information this morning.
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Dec 2, 2016 1:01:48 GMT -6
Same exact reason why YOUTHs should not specialize and play in a year round sport but parents do it anyways because Little Johnny is going to turn pro and fall behind his peers if he doesn't
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Post by coachfloyd on Dec 2, 2016 7:34:45 GMT -6
This might get pushed into the weightlifting area, but I feel it's general information. Our football program brought in a nutritionist, a nurse, and doctor in to talk to them about weight gain/loss, what to eat, etc. Without provocation they stood up and talked about how ridiculous it was for teenagers to play only one sport. How the most injured kids they see are "baseball only" kids or other one sport athletes. They also talked directly about weight training and gaining mass. They also talked about gaining mass compared to sport specific lifting. They mentioned that athletes can get more specific training after high school, but to focus on gaining mass. I swear...every coach in the school should have been there. Yet again...football coaches lead the way with bringing attention to the benefits of athletes. I'm not sure what goes on at your place, but my perception of the way other sports train (lift) their teams is that they do the minimum, but expect the maximum. Refreshing to hear all the information this morning. Im more surprised that a doctor, nutritionist, and nurse actually gave a good recommendation. The last nutritionist I talked to told me that my protein shake consisting of blended Milk Protein Isolate, Natural Peanut butter, and Oatmeal was unhealthy while grease dripped out of her quesadilla.
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Post by tothehouse on Dec 2, 2016 10:39:06 GMT -6
I was sitting there thinking this would be an ordinary talk about nutrition etc. And then one of the nurses just decided to go off about specialization. Us coaches didn't stop her. And then we asked about the benefits of weight training. We know them...and the players have heard from us...but having a different voice...an official doctor's voice say exactly what we have told them...was huge.
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Post by silkyice on Dec 2, 2016 11:14:01 GMT -6
This might get pushed into the weightlifting area, but I feel it's general information. Our football program brought in a nutritionist, a nurse, and doctor in to talk to them about weight gain/loss, what to eat, etc. Without provocation they stood up and talked about how ridiculous it was for teenagers to play only one sport. How the most injured kids they see are "baseball only" kids or other one sport athletes. They also talked directly about weight training and gaining mass. They also talked about gaining mass compared to sport specific lifting. They mentioned that athletes can get more specific training after high school, but to focus on gaining mass. I swear...every coach in the school should have been there. Yet again...football coaches lead the way with bringing attention to the benefits of athletes. I'm not sure what goes on at your place, but my perception of the way other sports train (lift) their teams is that they do the minimum, but expect the maximum. Refreshing to hear all the information this morning. This post is in my top 10 of all time coachhuey posts!
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Post by mrjvi on Dec 2, 2016 12:42:01 GMT -6
I've always wanted kids to do more than 1 sport. The only caveat was that progressive strength training should be done all the time and all 4 years. We do during FB-no maintaining. A "talk" I had with a wrestling coach a long time ago went like this. Wrestling coach to me-You should have all your guys wrestle, it will help football. I said-As long as they are getting progressively stronger on basic lifts, I'll even encourage them to. He replied that we don't have time for any lifting we need to spend all the time perfecting moves. I said-then I guess I'd rather have them lifting. He went ballistic. I laughed. OPINIONS?
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Post by silkyice on Dec 2, 2016 13:33:44 GMT -6
I've always wanted kids to do more than 1 sport. The only caveat was that progressive strength training should be done all the time and all 4 years. We do during FB-no maintaining. A "talk" I had with a wrestling coach a long time ago went like this. Wrestling coach to me-You should have all your guys wrestle, it will help football. I said-As long as they are getting progressively stronger on basic lifts, I'll even encourage them to. He replied that we don't have time for any lifting we need to spend all the time perfecting moves. I said-then I guess I'd rather have them lifting. He went ballistic. I laughed. OPINIONS? Beautiful.
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Post by vanden48 on Dec 6, 2016 18:51:00 GMT -6
I've always wanted kids to do more than 1 sport. The only caveat was that progressive strength training should be done all the time and all 4 years. We do during FB-no maintaining. A "talk" I had with a wrestling coach a long time ago went like this. Wrestling coach to me-You should have all your guys wrestle, it will help football. I said-As long as they are getting progressively stronger on basic lifts, I'll even encourage them to. He replied that we don't have time for any lifting we need to spend all the time perfecting moves. I said-then I guess I'd rather have them lifting. He went ballistic. I laughed. OPINIONS? I think that conversation could be said with every other sport. Weight training is for football and takes away the fine motor skills required of all the other sports. Only way to combat this is to have the football coach as the AD and require every sport to have an in-season strength training program.
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Post by mrjvi on Dec 6, 2016 20:52:43 GMT -6
Haven't had AD's that have helped me at all in that respect. One school in our classification has an AD that requires it and done correctly. Most of their sports teams are the best.
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