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Post by raider92 on Jan 2, 2024 20:58:19 GMT -6
The amount of kids—who have access to food, mind you—that don’t eat is astonishing. Agreed This. If there was one variable that's currently out of my control that I could micromanage it would be how much our players eat. Its unbelievable how big the contrast in physical development is over 4 years between guys who prioritize it vs rhose that don't (or more accurately, those that probably can't in a lot of cases). We have our young guys follow starting strength to a T when they come into the program and we had one skinny kid who's mom got fully on board with the GOMAD recommendation. Kid gained 65 pounds and went from a borderline starter on the freshman squad to a varsity starter as a Sophomore. Realistically, the kid was just an OK athlete but he reached a point of relative physical maturity much quicker than his peers because of the way he committed and it gave him a massive leg up on his classmates who were better athletes but didnt develop until their junior and senior years |
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Post by hlb2 on Jan 3, 2024 6:57:11 GMT -6
There is a local program that offers it's players, any time of day, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They can eat as many or as little as they want. They get people in the community to donate the jelly, peanut butter and the bread. There are some players who this may be one of the only meals they get all day. It's not the best, obviously, but it is some decent nutrition for athletes who otherwise would not get this. This school is in one of the poorest areas in our state. PB&J doesn't cost much, and this coach has done it at several of his stops. Seems to be a very popular idea.
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Post by coachstephen13 on Jan 3, 2024 8:37:11 GMT -6
We have Thursday night dinner at coaches houses broken down by position groups or sometimes we will go to a local resturant intsead.
On Fridays we eat around 3:45. We have had everything from BBQ, to wings, to pasta, subs and pizza, since I have taken over as the Head Coach our grid iron takes care of all this for me and normally gets them from local places. Our former coach his mother would make us homemade meals for pregame dinner
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