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02-21-2011, 11:33 AM
nky Wrote:Those are not high school related so the high schools can not and should not regulate them. Those not involved in a spring sport can still be in the weight room and working on speed drills. Better yet get them involved with the track team. To many times their are coaches who "pressure" the kids to be at spring football practice even if they are on a spring team. Or try and make it mandatory to lift in the morning before school. High schoolers will try to please everyone and will do to much. This leads to fatigue and in the long run hurts them and the programs

Yeah, just like student-athlete playing football should choose Vanderbilt over Florida because of academics or like a high profile basketball recruit should choose an Ivy League program over UK or Kansas (but, if they are that smart and that highly recruited, then they probably go to Duke, so that might not have been the best example; either way, you get what I'm saying). If you think that the high school coaches of basketball and baseball don't know what's going on during and/or don't have some sort of imput during their AAU or rec league teams in the off season, then you need to pull the blinds back from over your eyes.

As far as the track team, I agree. Track is the best sport for athletes in terms of improving their game in other arenas. You get faster, you get better. It's that simple. Fact of the matter is, not all kids will run track.

I'm a fan of all sports and have several friends that coach all of them, too. While I know some in each sport that at times have pressured kids into playing only their sport, I must say that the basketball coaches (some baseball) are more to blame when it comes to this than football.

Mandatory lifting in the morning for those football kids that play other sports is selfish and dumb. I agree 100%. Football coaches wouldn't want like it if the basketball coach made it mandatory to lift during football season. However, the flip side of that coin is your best players, whatever the sport, find time to lift year around in some form or fashion. The intensity of their lifting might change depending on what's going on, but they still find time.
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Spring Practice - by Mama Bear - 02-19-2011, 03:48 PM
Spring Practice - by Cardinalfootballguy - 02-19-2011, 03:49 PM
Spring Practice - by cuppett777 - 02-19-2011, 04:06 PM
Spring Practice - by Yogibear - 02-19-2011, 05:27 PM
Spring Practice - by Mama Bear - 02-19-2011, 07:08 PM
Spring Practice - by Fly Like a Duck - 02-19-2011, 07:28 PM
Spring Practice - by footballfever - 02-20-2011, 06:15 PM
Spring Practice - by LClion4life - 02-20-2011, 07:15 PM
Spring Practice - by nky - 02-20-2011, 07:50 PM
Spring Practice - by sstack - 02-20-2011, 09:01 PM
Spring Practice - by Fly Like a Duck - 02-20-2011, 10:11 PM
Spring Practice - by Yogibear - 02-20-2011, 11:37 PM
Spring Practice - by BlackBearDenMother - 02-21-2011, 06:59 AM
Spring Practice - by MADJACK75 - 02-21-2011, 07:59 AM
Spring Practice - by Hefty Lefty - 02-21-2011, 09:22 AM
Spring Practice - by nky - 02-21-2011, 09:48 AM
Spring Practice - by Hefty Lefty - 02-21-2011, 10:10 AM
Spring Practice - by Fly Like a Duck - 02-21-2011, 11:33 AM
Spring Practice - by Pigskinman53 - 02-21-2011, 12:58 PM
Spring Practice - by Fly Like a Duck - 02-21-2011, 01:08 PM
Spring Practice - by nky - 02-21-2011, 02:44 PM
Spring Practice - by toussaints - 02-21-2011, 09:04 PM
Spring Practice - by Fly Like a Duck - 02-21-2011, 10:29 PM
Spring Practice - by Young Henry Man - 02-21-2011, 11:28 PM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-22-2011, 06:09 AM
Spring Practice - by nky - 02-22-2011, 07:50 AM
Spring Practice - by Fly Like a Duck - 02-22-2011, 09:06 AM
Spring Practice - by Fly Like a Duck - 02-22-2011, 09:09 AM
Spring Practice - by toussaints - 02-22-2011, 11:25 AM
Spring Practice - by Fly Like a Duck - 02-22-2011, 02:56 PM
Spring Practice - by BlueRaider4Life - 02-22-2011, 06:21 PM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-22-2011, 07:19 PM
Spring Practice - by sportsfan123 - 02-22-2011, 09:58 PM
Spring Practice - by Young Henry Man - 02-22-2011, 10:40 PM
Spring Practice - by Fly Like a Duck - 02-22-2011, 11:06 PM
Spring Practice - by sstack - 02-22-2011, 11:59 PM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-23-2011, 05:46 AM
Spring Practice - by sstack - 02-23-2011, 12:47 PM
Spring Practice - by Pigskinman53 - 02-23-2011, 12:57 PM
Spring Practice - by False Hope - 02-23-2011, 02:17 PM
Spring Practice - by nky - 02-23-2011, 02:18 PM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-23-2011, 03:18 PM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-23-2011, 03:31 PM
Spring Practice - by sstack - 02-23-2011, 07:41 PM
Spring Practice - by tradition - 02-23-2011, 08:46 PM
Spring Practice - by sstack - 02-23-2011, 10:51 PM
Spring Practice - by Young Henry Man - 02-23-2011, 11:04 PM
Spring Practice - by Fly Like a Duck - 02-24-2011, 12:22 AM
Spring Practice - by Young Henry Man - 02-24-2011, 07:15 AM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-24-2011, 09:39 AM
Spring Practice - by sstack - 02-24-2011, 05:38 PM
Spring Practice - by tradition - 02-24-2011, 05:48 PM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-24-2011, 05:59 PM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-24-2011, 06:13 PM
Spring Practice - by tradition - 02-24-2011, 06:13 PM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-24-2011, 06:16 PM
Spring Practice - by sstack - 02-24-2011, 06:19 PM
Spring Practice - by sstack - 02-24-2011, 06:21 PM
Spring Practice - by tradition - 02-24-2011, 06:32 PM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-24-2011, 06:38 PM
Spring Practice - by charlie22 - 02-24-2011, 06:40 PM
Spring Practice - by nky - 02-24-2011, 07:32 PM

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