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Summer Football
Conditioning
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June 9, 2014 |
Although I know that it is hard to
believe, but the first day of football practice
is on Monday August 11; that is only nine weeks
from now. In the next nine weeks, we, as a team,
have the opportunity to continue the work that
we started in class this past semester, and to
continue to get bigger, stronger, and faster.
As I have said many times: If we want to compete
with the likes of Timberlake, we must commit to
putting in the time and effort that they put in.
Football is a team sport. There are 22 positions
and 11 men on the field at the same time. All
eleven must perform as a team in order to
succeed. It is this team commitment that we need
to start this summer in the weight room. As I
told the players and the parents at the meeting
last week: Commitment is not a one way street,
it is a multi-lane highway. It takes all
involved (coaches, players, parents, community,
etc.) to succeed. It doesn’t work when three or
four players show up one night and six or seven
players another, and one or two players another
night. As such, in order to keep the weight room
open, we must average 15 players per night.
The weight room will be open Monday – Thursday
from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. starting Monday, June
16.
Please be there promptly, as the first hour will
be in the weight room and the second will be on
the field doing drills and learning plays. Each
player either already has, or will have his own
specific workout binder that we will be using
this summer and through the football season.
Bonners Ferry football can be successful this
year, if we all (coaches, players, parents,
community, etc.) work together. Success does not
just happen, it takes all of the clichés: Hard
work, dedication, commitment, sacrifice, team
work, etc. If we, as a team, can come together,
I have no doubt that the future can be bright.
If we don’t, then we can’t expect much to
change. This is your team, your school, your
community. The amount of work and effort that
you put into this, as a team, will determine the
direction we go. How bad do you want it?
Ed Depriest
BFHS Head Football Coach
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