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Post by mariner42 on Nov 18, 2022 7:46:09 GMT -6
Are ya'll doing the same thing in the central section? Or something similar? similar. everyone has a Base division (ex. we are base division 4) then based on power ranking (Cal Preps) you can move up or down 1 division (we moved up to Div 3 based on record and Strength of Schedule), then top 16 teams in each division based on Cal Preps ranking who won at least 3 season games, go to the playoffs. CCS has combined power points and Max Preps ranking, top 40 teams get divided into 8 team brackets 1-40. Last year we pulled St Francis of Mountain View, almost had the upset as an 8 seed in the top bracket. This year we're the 3 seed in D2, traveling to #2 St Ignatius tonight.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 12, 2022 23:37:19 GMT -6
Amen to that. I will be VERY particular about coaches I bring in, if I am in the position to do so. I have been called a dictator before, so be it. When its my job/kids food on the line I'm gonna be very certain that the people I allow to be a part of the program are gonna do what I tell them to do Absolutely. The biggest mistakes I've ever made staff-wise were bringing in guys just because we had an opening. You're better off having one less coach thing bringing in the wrong guy. When I first took the HC position here I kept all 7 assistants from the previous staff. 5 of them were awesome guys and 4 of the 5 are still here with me. The other 2 were douchebags who were a constant drag on the program until I fired them in week 2 and week 9 of year 1 respectively. They said the right things to get retained and had me fooled. I was 23 years old at the time and these guys were locals who had played and coached at the school, in retrospect it was a really risky move to fire them but I was young and dumb enough not to know it. Never compromise on staff. Ever Amen. That said, some guys need developing before they can really be an asset. I've got a guy who needs a lot of guidance, but he really WANTS to be there and is a good person who will be loyal and dedicated. I'll get him to be an effective coach eventually. Negative presences/influences need to be excised ASAP though. Just can't have it.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 9, 2022 23:03:02 GMT -6
We're a wing t team and carry everything into every game. We do however look at how much we call certain plays and try to ensure our reps reflect that. For example, we often call bucksweep 25+ times in a game but will only run belly sweep 2-3x. We shouldnt practice them equally. If I weren't carrying every concept into every game I'd probably just go for it and only practice the stuff we are going to run. If it's that important that you re-install it later in the year then itll be worth the time to refresh the kids memories and if it's not worth that time investment then it probably isnt worth running This is my love/hate with the Wing-T. I bring the whole damn toolbox into the game and use like... 4 of them. It's also what makes scouting the Wing-T so frustrating some times, there's no tendencies besides 'run what works'.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 8, 2022 23:09:41 GMT -6
1 - I have to learn more about teaching the game because all of a sudden what we've done for a decade isn't working the same. 2 - Character matters. We didn't have much and it showed itself over and over again. I think your #2 is probably the main reason for your #1. Tend to agree. But it's also pretty evident that distance learning/COVID has dramatically shifted how our kids learn.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 7, 2022 0:28:24 GMT -6
1 - I have to learn more about teaching the game because all of a sudden what we've done for a decade isn't working the same.
2 - Character matters. We didn't have much and it showed itself over and over again.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 2, 2022 21:39:13 GMT -6
Better'n most, but not THAT good.
I think I would've ended up a pretty good D3 ILB at Willamette U but I got hurt 3 weeks into fall camp my freshman year and that was that.
Still think I was a better RB than LB, just needed to figure out how to hold onto the ball better. Easy peasy.
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Post by mariner42 on Oct 4, 2022 22:46:16 GMT -6
We got a 15 yarder for F yeah Friday night after a TD...set up a nice return for them. F*** that.
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Post by mariner42 on Sept 28, 2022 22:39:03 GMT -6
Hate to say it but I'm good for maybe a half dozen F-bombs a year.
The most recent one was a kid that I really love hits our QB while he's releasing the ball and hurts the QB's finger, then says, "Oh, sorry..." and I exploded with "F*** being sorry! Don't do it in the first place!" Not great coaching. This group has gotten more blow-ups from me than any other group, which has really highlighted that I need to work on being in control of my emotions at times.
That said, I don't swear conversationally and I correct kids that are needlessly profane, but sometimes it slips and I think that's ok. I'm human and my kids see that. They also see me belt out several dozen "GODDANGIT" a year, I use friggin' plenty, and I'll visibly count to 10 when I need it.
I'm not perfect and I won't ever be, but they see me trying to be my best and that's plenty.
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Post by mariner42 on Sept 18, 2022 8:07:35 GMT -6
Take their pads off for a few days, give them a Monday off, find a way to surprise them with something.
Embracing monotony is important in the long run, but you can do some simple things to give a positive shock to the grind.
I'll also throw this out there: Is it possible you could do less in the months leading up to the season? Something to consider during the off-season.
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Post by mariner42 on Aug 18, 2022 22:26:32 GMT -6
I love the dousing of sarcasm towards the twitter nonsense! But on a side note is there a way to get a compilation of the short drill videos that are posted. I don’t have a twitter but friends send me twitter links of drills and some of them are really good. I don’t want any of the nonsense but I wish there was a drill library with all that stuff compiled and easy to get to. And maybe to spice it up some Mike Leach sound bites but absolutely nothing else. I keep a Google Sheet w/ links and notes on it. I'm sure there's an app for it, but idk what that app is.
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Post by mariner42 on Jul 30, 2022 8:13:48 GMT -6
Most years I get: Home/Away Polo, 1-3 Hats, 1-3 coaching or spirit shirts, some kind of upper body outerwear (California Coast, we don't need much), and HC usually gets me some kind of gear gift as JV HC.
We can't afford to pay even half of our coaches, so it's a big deal to make sure that our coaches are kitted out as best we can manage.
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Post by mariner42 on Jul 25, 2022 8:40:20 GMT -6
Nike shoes have always treated me right, I really liked the Nike Free that looked kinda like a fingertrap.
I coached T&F this year in a pair of On Cloud that were really solid, happy with those.
Had a pair of Under Armour a while back that I grew to dislike pretty quickly, wore No Bull last year and felt those were pretty 'meh' and shan't be a repeat customer for them.
I have a pair of Hoka's that I wear for my weekly 5k, I think coaching in them would be a solid move.
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Post by mariner42 on Jul 18, 2022 10:34:41 GMT -6
As a few others said, they're invaluable for defense I think. One of the biggest defensive headaches I see year in and out at every program I'm at is defensive backs not communicating or not understanding formations and when to do certain things in pass coverage. These 7 on 7s are a great place to slow down and teach the "how" and "why" behind all the communication that is required of them, and as they improve, they can watch their coverage as a team improve without having to focus on all the other aspects of defense. The 7s I did this year drove me crazy because they put a play clock on it as part of the competitive set up, but IDGAF about that when I'm trying to teach kids who are struggling with learning. I eventually yelled at the kid to stop counting and either move the ball back or leave me alone because I was going to operate at my pace. Real old man moment for me as I continue to approach 40.
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Post by mariner42 on Jul 17, 2022 22:49:56 GMT -6
the passes that would normally hit your center in the back of the head OH MY GOD YES. 5'6" QB throwing shoulder level passes on the goal line... SUUUUURRRE.
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Post by mariner42 on Jul 17, 2022 21:51:36 GMT -6
I like it for the defense to see good routes with receivers that run them full speed Pretty much. It's frustrating as f*** for our offense. We saw more 2-high defenses on a single Saturday than we will all year. But our defense got a lot better in a short amount of time.
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Post by mariner42 on Jul 8, 2022 11:02:19 GMT -6
As far as calling plays into your own sideline goes. Sometimes that’s not by design but just happens subconsciously. Drinkell who is at Army now talked about that. One reason people do it is it’s harder for the defense to communicate and sub all the way across the field. Tennessee for example pretty much only runs exotic formations to their sideline. This is something I do pretty consciously. We get way less holding penalties running into our sideline, the defense doesn't always adjust properly to stuff like unbalanced, coaching players between plays is easier for us than them, etc. Some games I will fall into a pretty hilarious rhythm of going into our sideline like 3 plays in a row, then reset it all by running a perimeter play to the wide side of the field, then start the process over.
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 7, 2022 8:27:06 GMT -6
Score. 100% of the time the team that scores more wins. I would be willing to bet a close second to this would be squat/dead/clean/press totals. While not is iron clad an indicator as score, I i’m fairly confident that teams at the high school level with higher squat, deadlift, clean and press numbers when far more often than they don’t. Yes both of our replies are somewhat tongue-in-cheek, however as is always brought up when this thread topic comes up on the board- are those other stats process or outcome related. I love to point out silkyice ‘s Great example of explosives being outcome based. One year fullback trap was his most explosive play I believe, the reason being is fullback was an SEC Signee. I am betting explosive runs (over 10 yards as defined in this thread) occur far more often to teams that have superior squat clean press dead lift numbers. All of the differentials referenced by jstoss above are far more likely to be “outcome related”. Meaning the bigger,stronger,faster, better players created those differentials far more often than they can be manufactured. In other words, those are things you see when better teams play lesser talented teams. There are countless examples of coaches taking turnover circuits during clinic season after leading the league in turnover margin one year only to find themselves quite ordinary the next. “Explosives” are far more often the outcome of superior athleticism/ability - which obviously will vary week to week. I noticed a while back that our best performers in 1v1s were the kids with the better squat maxes, it was as powerful a predictor as I've seen. It's important to understand that things strongly correlated w/ winning are not necessarily predictive, which is what coachd5085 is touching on with the 'outcome related' notion. S&C Example: an athletes ability to do chin ups is VERY strongly correlated w/ a fast 40 time. Do chin ups do anything at all for your 40? Absolutely not. But someone with a great strength:body weight ratio is probably pretty fast. At the end of the day, the stats will show that you'll win a lot of games if you: 1) play great defense, 2) are efficient on offense. The more you can do one of those things, the less you need the other, but it's best that you do both as well as possible. rsmith627: We gave up 1 TD all year when my starting QB was playing OLB for us. Problem was I couldn't afford to play him all the time because I had NOTHING behind him at QB.
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Post by mariner42 on Mar 26, 2022 7:42:44 GMT -6
You're putting together the argument for having a FB or athletics weight training class during the day. IDK if that's in the cards with your situation, but it's definitely a solution that solves most've your problems. Also regarding #5: you can use Teambuildr to have accountability. Have them submit videos via the journal feature and you can review them. Just have them do their working sets of Squat, Bench, etc and trust that they're doing the supplementary stuff, too. Coach I see where your response is coming from but not necessarily. Since such a large majority of our students play sports, we offer a PE waiver if you play a varsity sport. Our school only offers PE 1 hour a day because of it. They have already said no to a zero hour or during school weight training class because of this. I do like your suggestion of using teambuilder journaling feature for them to submit their workouts. Of course we have to trust they re doing the full workouts but agree. Does your program use this feature as well? We don't need to because we've got FB PE, but I have used it as part of an assignment for my gen pop weight training classes where they had to submit videos of their Bench, Squat, Deadlift so I could give technique tips/feedback. There's parochial schools nearby that do the PE waiver, but they still have weight training classes for football regardless. It's just a reality of fielding a competitive program.
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Post by mariner42 on Mar 25, 2022 22:32:50 GMT -6
Coaches, I have question for anyone willing to offer their advice in regards to winter...well now spring off-season weight room strength & conditioning scheduling A little background to my question: Anyway at my current position, a Catholic school (also my alma mater), of 347 kids, we have a pretty successful athletic department overall. State powerhouse in volleyball and not bad in the other girls sports, Football is the face of our school but basketball, baseball, hockey and track are pretty darn good as well. We The pros here= 90% of our football team are 3 sport athletes. The problem? Besides football, and wrestling which is in a major rebuilding mode, none of the male sports have interest in lifting program. We currently offer a morning session at 6:30am-7:30am (1st period starts at 8:00am) and afternoon session at 2:40pm-3:40pm to try to accomodate peoples schedules on Monday-Wednesday-Thursday. Having a rigid schedule resulted in low turnout numbers cause basketball coach We are still battling the same issues as the school prior. We have kids struggling to make it because with spring sports in Michigan, and I am sure for any coach who coaches in a northern state, you are highly unlikely to start your spring season on time because it could be 63* one day then 38* and snowing the next, followed by 3 days of rain then 68* again lol. As result, our kids can't come to lifting because of their coaches policies. So in all this, I have some questions for you 1) Has anyone ever just published a workout calendar for the month based on the dates of your winter / spring sports schedules while being respectful of those coaches seasons? I guess going away from havbing a set M-W-R schedule and it would vary based on the athletic week schedule?2) For those who have 3 sport athletes, how many days did you expect them to attend the weight room?3) Has anyone had a separate workout program for "in sport" athletes vs. athletes without a spring sport?4) Any advice for dealing with those coaches who say "oh doing ____ will hurt their swing" etc. etc. aside from showing them the actual research, or getting admin involved?5) Lastly, We use Teambuidlr app, has anyone trusted their kids who say their "working out at home" (due to their spring sport) and allowed them to use the recording feature on the app? How did it go for you?I would love to hear anyones answers on those questions or your philosophy on your football kids lifting when they are multi sport athletes. I know apart of me thinks "you have to let them just be kids and enjoy their sports season" but our program has won 2 state titles in the last 8 years and that certainly wasn't accomplished by kids showing up in early June to start lifting for the year. Thanks for taking the time to read this. You're putting together the argument for having a FB or athletics weight training class during the day. IDK if that's in the cards with your situation, but it's definitely a solution that solves most've your problems. Also regarding #5: you can use Teambuildr to have accountability. Have them submit videos via the journal feature and you can review them. Just have them do their working sets of Squat, Bench, etc and trust that they're doing the supplementary stuff, too.
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Post by mariner42 on Mar 4, 2022 6:58:13 GMT -6
We play a ton of dodgeball and basketball variations in the off-season. Every now and then we do gonzo workouts where we do like, 25 different arm exercises. In non-COVID times, we'd get into our wrestling room and do tumbling and combatives.
It's a cardinal rule in our program that we don't do anything football until after Spring Break.
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Post by mariner42 on Feb 16, 2022 17:41:10 GMT -6
Mostly in that I never stop teaching in the weight room. In a traditional classroom, there are periods where kids are doing worksheets, tests, projects, group work, etc. There is no down time in the strength training class. I'm constantly demonstrating and/or working with somebody. You never sit. There are also significantly more safety risks in a weight room compared to a traditional classroom. For that reason, you need to be alert at all times. You also need to make sure that kids are progressing properly because a mistake could result in an injury. I understand that you could make an argument for planning and prepping for every subject, but I find managing the weight room more tedious. Repairing and replacing equipment, ordering new equipment, setting up & putting away equipment for workouts, inputting and tracking fitness testing data in to spreadsheets, creating strength club boards and updating them after each round of testing, creating and reviewing workout tracking sheets, etc. Don't get me wrong, I love teaching strength training, but it requires way more time & energy than the classroom subjects I teach. Word. There's no Friday vocab quiz and silent reading in the weight room like there was when I was an English teacher. When people learn I teach weights, I always hear some version of "Must be great getting to work out all day" and it couldn't be further from the truth. It's a rare period where I have the freedom to do something as simple as stretch my hammy. It's an awesome job, but it's WORK. It's not busting sod or doing demo, but if you're doing it right, you're always 'on'.
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Post by mariner42 on Feb 5, 2022 13:02:26 GMT -6
I've learned practically nothing from Twitter. There's some neat ideas out there and I love people that actually have video of stuff, but it's not structured in a way that my brain absorbs anything. I can't do those #chats, it's the wrong format for me. Discord is better, but still not great. I rather like the message board format, tbh.
Dan Casey and James Light both share cool clips of neat plays, schemes, etc., that I find pretty neat, but I'm not writing any of those down or anything.
Much rather read a book than just about anything else, but that's just me and my dorky brain.
But yeah, FB Coach Twitter is... not it. Especially the weird virtue signaling shizz you see every so often.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 24, 2022 23:15:52 GMT -6
CARs = Controlled Articular Rotations = moving joint by joint to increase ROM A lot of folks think of improving mobility as stretching your muscles, but you also need to improve your ability to move in your joints. CARs expands your ROM bit by bit as part of a daily routine, takes anywhere from 2-5m to complete depending on the level of intensity you want to bring to it. You can make completing the CARs routine a very intense, maximal effort session or a light warm-up, it's pretty neat that way. There's a lot more to the FRC certification, but CARs are the base starting point. From there you move on to what're called PAILS/RAILS - Progressive Angular Isometric Loading/Regressive AIL. PAILs/RAILs are the 'stretches' for your joint, but it's really about improving and capturing ROM. PAILs/RAILs are crazy, you can improve ROM by like, 15* or more in like 2m. And you can make yourself sore in a places you've never experienced. Check out Joey Bergles on twitter/IG, he posts lots of FRC content, he's the one who got me keyed into FRC. FRC complements RPR nicely since RPR = Neuro and FRC = Joints/Muscles. Great stuff, Coach! I will be checking it out! If you're on Instagram, there's oodles of FRC content there.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 23, 2022 22:21:57 GMT -6
I know about RPR. Tell me more about CARs CARs = Controlled Articular Rotations = moving joint by joint to increase ROM A lot of folks think of improving mobility as stretching your muscles, but you also need to improve your ability to move in your joints. CARs expands your ROM bit by bit as part of a daily routine, takes anywhere from 2-5m to complete depending on the level of intensity you want to bring to it. You can make completing the CARs routine a very intense, maximal effort session or a light warm-up, it's pretty neat that way. There's a lot more to the FRC certification, but CARs are the base starting point. From there you move on to what're called PAILS/RAILS - Progressive Angular Isometric Loading/Regressive AIL. PAILs/RAILs are the 'stretches' for your joint, but it's really about improving and capturing ROM. PAILs/RAILs are crazy, you can improve ROM by like, 15* or more in like 2m. And you can make yourself sore in a places you've never experienced. Check out Joey Bergles on twitter/IG, he posts lots of FRC content, he's the one who got me keyed into FRC. FRC complements RPR nicely since RPR = Neuro and FRC = Joints/Muscles.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 19, 2022 17:28:44 GMT -6
I’ve been taking all of our S&C classes through RPR for about 2 years. Got the Level 1 Cert. It looks/seems like voodoo magic, but I’ve had nothing but great experience from it. Our kids have bought in for the most part. We take about 3-4 minutes to breathe properly then go into the various RPR Wake-up zones. Will be adding the CARS mobility as stated by a previous poster. For what it's worth, the Functional Range Conditioning certification, while expensive, was super duper worth it to me because there's so much more to beyond just C.A.R.s.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 12, 2022 22:13:09 GMT -6
Has anyone used Reflexive Performance Reset or "RPR" stuff? Did it work? What are the benefits? Every day I think so If you're buying what they're selling, it's a neurological warm up/reset for your athletes, so their wiring is working better/working properly. We do RPR and Controlled Articular Rotations (CARs) from Dr Andreo Spina every day as a warm up. I think they pair up well for a ~5m prep session before they start the lift.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 9, 2021 21:28:58 GMT -6
Weird virtue signaling and negativity. I swear I genuinely dislike football coaches as a breed, I just like the individual football coach.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 28, 2021 10:18:35 GMT -6
The #1 way to be better on third down is to be better on 1st and 2nd down. Jackpot. Seconded. If you can get a TFL/sack on 1st or 2nd, 3rd down gets WAY easy. Conversely on offense, if you're consistently looking at anything more than 3rd and 3, you aren't consistently executing to make yourself successful. I would bet I'm close to 80% success rate on 3rd and 1-2. Why? Because we've clearly done SOMETHING right on 1st and 2nd down and I can get as aggressive or conservative as I want. My 3rd down play calls as a Wing-T guy are basically: Belly Option, Tackle Trap or FB Trap, or Buck Sweep. 1st and 2nd down are what determines what 3rd down is. Lastly, what makes you say you need to be better on those downs? Is it a coaching issue or a coach issue?
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 13, 2021 9:22:54 GMT -6
No longer view them as worthwhile given the wholesale commitment to them that I think is necessary. I'm USAW L1 certified and I think I teach them very well, but I just don't think that you need them and if you don't NEED them, then why do them? Also, I think doing them well necessitates a degree of mobility that many kids will struggle with and there's just not enough time to get there. Kind of like dabbling in the Wing-T. Marry it or stay the f*** away. In this case, I choose the latter. what lifts do you feel you "need?' There's no sacred cows, imo. But you'd better have the ability to strengthen the legs somehow and build armor in the upper body. How you do that depends on your situation and what equipment you have available to you.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 12, 2021 16:57:35 GMT -6
I'll weigh in on a few of these: Classroom Management - When making seating charts, I color code students as red, yellow, or green by behavior so that I have a visual of how spread out my behavioral issues are. Being a great assistant - This one's easy: generate value wherever you can and don't get miffed when the HC doesn't jump on those ideas/actions. Being a great head coach - You better have a good plan for inventory. Motivating players/students - Kids love free T-shirts. Work that into your plan somehow. Strength and conditioning - I've ditched cleans/snatches and I think you should, too. Buy some Hex Bars for HB Deadlift. The most important thing is having a consistent program over the course of a kid's 4 year development. 5 lbs a month on squats over 48 months is 240lbs of improvement and most kids will do that much by just walking into the weight room and warming up. Appeasing the wife - I mean, that's your job but I can always make a go at it... J/k, buy her flowers whenever you can, prioritize date night once a week, keep a calendar so you don't miss upcoming important stuff like anniversaries. Pull her hair sometimes. Being a good father - TBD. This is where me running my mouth about other people's kids is going to come back on me, HARD. Offense/defense/special teams - Zig where everyone else zags, don't be the same as the rest of your league/conference/whatever. Mix your cadence and your tempo. Stem your front. Personal Fitness - Unless you're really dialed in to your sleep, diet, and overall wellness, the stress of the season is going to make it tough to do much but maintain whatever fitness level you're at prior to the start. Doesn't mean you try to maintain, you should be working hard, but just know that you're not likely to be going anywhere until your life gets a bit more normal. Also, if you're not meal prepping, you're wasting money and likely costing yourself in the general health/wellness dept. Protein + Veggie + Simple Carb, just mix up the variables. why no more cleans? No longer view them as worthwhile given the wholesale commitment to them that I think is necessary. I'm USAW L1 certified and I think I teach them very well, but I just don't think that you need them and if you don't NEED them, then why do them? Also, I think doing them well necessitates a degree of mobility that many kids will struggle with and there's just not enough time to get there. Kind of like dabbling in the Wing-T. Marry it or stay the f*** away. In this case, I choose the latter.
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