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Nutrition
May 15, 2023 15:39:34 GMT -6
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Post by Defcord on May 15, 2023 15:39:34 GMT -6
How many of you guys are putting extra calories in your kids by keeping snacks on hand, having protein available, feeding them actual meals regularly/daily?
When I was in South Georgia pretty much every program that I was familiar with was having team meals Monday through Friday after practice. Some schools were feeding lunch and after practice meal. We fed ours everyday but Wednesday and that was for financial reasons.
Is this just a Southern thing?
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Nutrition
May 15, 2023 16:39:08 GMT -6
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Post by jstoss24 on May 15, 2023 16:39:08 GMT -6
Not entirely a southern thing. My Alma mater in Michigan, where I started coaching, had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches available for everybody before practice every day, chocolate milk (nature’s recovery drink) available after every practice and game, and bananas at halftime. We were able to get all this, plus team meals, for $80 a kid for the season and a partnership with a local dairy.
At my current school (in NC), our strength coach buys snacks and drinks out of his own pocket that he keeps in his office and shares with whoever needs a snack throughout the day (athletes and non-athletes).
I have plans for a student-athlete nutrition bar down the road, but a lot of the logistics still need to be figured out.
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Post by larrymoe on May 15, 2023 18:01:05 GMT -6
At some point, they're not your kids to raise.
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Post by 19delta on May 15, 2023 18:08:43 GMT -6
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Nutrition
May 16, 2023 3:25:41 GMT -6
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Post by Defcord on May 16, 2023 3:25:41 GMT -6
At some point, they're not your kids to raise. I agree but it’s but it’s not about parenting. It’s about performance. The goal is to get as many calories in the kids as possible knowing that between practice and weightroom they may not regularly be eating enough calories. Maybe educating parents is the way to go so families can insure optimal nutrition. After being South Georgia and seeing the level out athletes compared to the Midwest, I was interested to find out if this was one of the reasons why. |
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Post by mariner42 on May 16, 2023 6:11:46 GMT -6
I've been doing this for a few years, it's a great thing for our kids who aren't getting enough calories at home. |
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Nutrition
May 16, 2023 6:36:07 GMT -6
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Post by larrymoe on May 16, 2023 6:36:07 GMT -6
Between feeding them 2-3 meals a day, "character educating" them, weight training and 2-3 hour practices 6 or 7 days a week they're spending more time with you than they are anyone else, and you're doing it on purpose. Whether that's because you feel some "calling" to be the de facto dad, or just to selfishly win games for your career, it's excessive.
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Post by Defcord on May 16, 2023 7:14:14 GMT -6
Between feeding them 2-3 meals a day, "character educating" them, weight training and 2-3 hour practices 6 or 7 days a week they're spending more time with you than they are anyone else, and you're doing it on purpose. Whether that's because you feel some "calling" to be the de facto dad, or just to selfishly win games for your career, it's excessive. It probably is excessive. And in my case I ask because selfishly I would love to win a lot of football games and give kids a great experience. I have been on teams that have won, lost and finished in between. All things being equal, Winning is my favorite. I don't/won't do all of those things and the ones I will do I don't believe have to be heavy time investments. We aren't going to have kids and coaches at school 6/7 days a week. Weight Training can be done during the day and not added to their time commitment. Practices will be 2-3 hours. The closer to 2 the better. Character education will not be excessive and I feel doesn't take any major time commitment beyond teaching kids to play the game the right way fast, disciplined, respectful towards opponents/officials. If adding calories to the program, helps give the program an advantage, then I am all for it and want to know more. If it is a waste of time and money, then I would like to know that as well. |
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Post by realdawg on May 16, 2023 8:04:08 GMT -6
One of the great things about our county is we have a federal grant where all students are on free breakfast and lunch. They can get something to eat before school starts, there is a second chance breakfast in the hallways after 1st period (which is out football class), and lunch is free. This same program feeds our players a light breakfast (usually a pop tart, cereal, or a biscuit) and a to go lunch.
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Post by poundit52 on May 16, 2023 9:46:21 GMT -6
I've heard of a few schools applying and getting this grant for chocolate milk. It seems very legit and attainable. www.milkmeansmore.org/chocolate-milk-grant/I also know of some programs that have done can drives (I'm in Michigan so it's 10 cents a can) and then they use that money for chocolate milk, bread, peanut butter, and jelly. Kids can grab a milk and a sandwich after a workout or in the AM. |
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Post by jstoss24 on May 16, 2023 10:20:24 GMT -6
I've heard of a few schools applying and getting this grant for chocolate milk. It seems very legit and attainable. www.milkmeansmore.org/chocolate-milk-grant/I also know of some programs that have done can drives (I'm in Michigan so it's 10 cents a can) and then they use that money for chocolate milk, bread, peanut butter, and jelly. Kids can grab a milk and a sandwich after a workout or in the AM. This is what my alma mater used from 2013 until at least 2017, when I stopped coaching there. I had never seen the website, but it seems like you could probably work it out for the entire athletic department if that was important to the admin. |
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