Welcome, Coaches to the Tuesday night #swarmfbchat. Go ahead an intro yoursleves - name/school/position; We will use the Q1/A1 format - talking weights and cross-training tonight. Follow each other and retweet as needed!
If you've never chatted before, it's easy. Just follow me and as many guys that join. Questions are asked on the 7s - you simply answer what you want and use our hashtag #swarmfbchat with each reply.
Like and Retweet as much as you'd like - the more you do, the more exposure we get. Follow each other and ask questions to each other as well. #swarmfbchat
Q1: Winter workouts: How many days do you lift? Do assistants attend? PLUS: are these "required" or used for any incentives come Spring/Summer? #swarmfbchat
A1: 3 days lift. Assistants should all attend at least 1 day a week. Head coach/S&C every day. Depending on the program use for incentives. #SwarmFBChat
Q1: Winter workouts: How many days do you lift? Do assistants attend? PLUS: are these "required" or used for any incentives come Spring/Summer? #swarmfbchat
A1: different cycles throughout off season -ranging from 3 days a week, with two days of other activities, to 4 days a week with one day of other activities to 5 days a week. Also always involves an evaluation of where our athletes are at each year. #swarmfbchat
Q1: Winter workouts: How many days do you lift? Do assistants attend? PLUS: are these "required" or used for any incentives come Spring/Summer? #swarmfbchat
A1 Cont: there HAS to be a speed/explosion aspect for out of season athletes on other 2 days. I want bullets not bowling balls. Also track, track, track, track. #SwarmFBChat
Q1: Winter workouts: How many days do you lift? Do assistants attend? PLUS: are these "required" or used for any incentives come Spring/Summer? #swarmfbchat
A1: Had been at 2 just for tail end of Nov-Dec as many of our kids are involved in track, b-ball and wrestling. Amping up to 3 when we get back to it after break. #swarmfbchat
A1: continued - required it is a Zero Period Class and meets 6:45 to 7:45 then school breakfast for our student-athletes. Yes assistants show up when available #swarmfbchat
Q1: Winter workouts: How many days do you lift? Do assistants attend? PLUS: are these "required" or used for any incentives come Spring/Summer? #swarmfbchat
A1: 3 days lift, 2 days SAQ. Have done 4/1. But never done 5 days. We lift as a part of our athletics class. Assistant coaches are unable to attend due to class schedule. Makes it difficult, but forces our kids to take more responsibility! #swarmfbchat
Q1: Winter workouts: How many days do you lift? Do assistants attend? PLUS: are these "required" or used for any incentives come Spring/Summer? #swarmfbchat
A1B: I also think you need to start your program in January. No matter where you finish the season. Let the kids be kids for a month or so! Let's the body and the mind heal for players and coaches #SwarmFBChat
A1: we lift 3xs per week. Different assistants come every day. Incentives are built in throughout the entire off season using a points system for all individuals involved w the team #SwarmFBChat
A2: 7 on 7 is for the birds, don't get me started on that. Attend many competitions like track meets, baseball games and basketball games. Need to have a presence in your school building. Coaching another sport doesn't hurt either. #SwarmFBChat
I like seeing you guys asking questions about what each of you do - that's how this works! Keep it going - welcome to many of you who are newbies! #swarmfbchat
A2: 2-4 small 7on7s. Love to get 11 on 11 work with other teams. We also do a FCA full contact camp. Great for team building and fellowship for kids and staff. #swarmfbchat
Year round. Zero hour class 6:30-7:30am M-W-F . In season . Additional Tuesday for out of season. As”required” as we can make it. Use Pride Points for jersey number, equip, lockers. 1 assistant full time plus me others swing in.#swarmfbchat
A1; incentives are called "Manning Up", a Grade, and a chance to play in a State Title Game - Delayed Gratification emphasis - Part of Process #swarmfbchat
Q1: Winter workouts: How many days do you lift? Do assistants attend? PLUS: are these "required" or used for any incentives come Spring/Summer? #swarmfbchat
A2: Bare minimum. We NEED to compete, but we never want to lose focus on 11on11. Usually four 7on7 sessions. 2 vs. 1 opponent, slow paced and staff on the field with them; lot of coaching. 1 small tournament, 1 bigger tournament. #swarmfbchat
A1: We are 3 days a week December and January, go to 4 days a week in Feb. Myself and 3 assistants there 90 min total. 45 in weight room 30 speed agility, and 15 core strength. #SwarmFBChat
A1B: Monday/Tuesday/Thursday after school, 3 main lifts (multi-joint) with 3 auxiliary lifts. We begin with a warmup, following the warm up we will work speed (Monday), agilities (Tuesday), plyos (Thursday).. also have a finisher at end #SwarmFBChat
Q2) we are hosting a 7 on 7 tournament and will go to 1 or 2 others. Also, have a helmet and shoulder pad camp for 4 days with 3 other teams at the old redskins park. #SwarmFBChat
I run our S&C year round (3 days a week). Typically have 2-4 assistants that join me. Not mandatory, but highly encouraged! It’s where TEAM CULTURE is built! #SwarmFBChat
A1) Winter Workouts are phase 1 of 4 or our off-season: 4 Days per week focused on hypertrophy and strength gain, with one day of plyometric and change of direction work. 2-1-2 split. Dec-Feb is about building “hurtin pounds”. #SwarmFBChat
A2: Host padded team camp with a few other schools a 3 or 4 times during the summer. Used to do 7on7 but got away from it. We get much more from the team camps. #swarmfbchat
A1: we have offseason last period of the day, will lift 4 Days a week during bulk phase until Spring Break, then begin Flex Phase & lift 3 Days during Spring #swarmfbchat
A1B: I have a class, it in beginning stages, they are in there they just do the speed agility phase to get their team points. All others are after school and on teams with scoring system and rewards. #SwarmFBChat
A2: in Oklahoma we get 10 days of Spring Football, 6 in Pads, attend 1 team Camp, we will attend 1 7on7 tourney and will have 7on7 a few days a week throughout the summer. #swarmfbchat
A2: We compete against each other weekly, we participate in our own Team Camp very well know on West Coast @BeachCamp16 , we used to take seniors to SoCal to do summer workouts with @MDFootball & Rollo but have not done lately do to logistics #swarmfbchat looking to restart
Q1: Winter workouts: How many days do you lift? Do assistants attend? PLUS: are these "required" or used for any incentives come Spring/Summer? #swarmfbchat
A2: not really a fan of 7 on 7. As far as camp, we’re trying to get to 1 this summer. Majority of coaches were not put into place until last summer. Really pushing hard this offseason to make this happen. #swarmfbchat
A2: we go to Sotho Dakota State ‘s team camp, three or four 7on7 tourneys and we scrimmage two schools in the summer along with weekly passing league in the summer #swarmfbchat
A3: we compete in Powerlifting in Feb. & March. We will also have a Lift-A-Thon fundraiser in February. Great fundraiser for additional weight equipment needs #swarmfbchat
We host a liftathon each spring where we sell raffle tickets and community members come watch our kids max on bench. It's done at the time we normally max, kids love it!#swarmfbchat
We do not necessarily attend or run any lifting competitions but are hosting an area combine in March. Should be great way to have kids go through the camp process #SwarmFBChat
A1: we lift three days a week with one day as a day at the dome for running and athlete-led passing stuff, in order to go to the dome we ask that you have at least 50% weekly weight room attendance, all lifting and dome stuff is, of course, optional #swarmfbchat
A2- like to get in as much competition as possible (7on7, big man camps,etc), in order to compete with aau bball and baseball. I want us to attend a team camp this coming summer.. took 2 kids to FCA camp last year and it was amazing. #SwarmFBChat
A3 Cont: sorry more thoughts on lift a thon, a motivating factor for kids. Nobody wants to be embarrassed in front of a crowd. A good way to promote this is to Record, Rank, & Publish! Smart guy taught me that. #SwarmFBChat
Ran one at west franklin, our tech people developed a awesome results website... results went live immediately after lifter and were perfected on all the walls... Basehor-Linwood in Kansas runs a amazing competition... they raise tons of money #swarmfbchat
We have a lift a thon each year. Get donations. Raise $50 get a t-shirt, $100 get a hoodie and t-shirt. Usually do well, and the kids love the swag.#SwarmFBChat
A4: occasionally just to provide depth or if we know a kid can play 1 spot and want to see if we can play him somewhere else to make us better #swarmfbchat
Really wish we didn’t have to, but DB’s are typically DB’s and LB’s LB’s typically feel fine two deep, but our backup corner (usually a starter at receiver or RB) is a far better safety than our 3rd! #SwarmFBChat
A3) We host a lift a thon 2 weeks before we start spring ball. Each player gets a sponsor to donate 5 cent a pound. We max on Bench, Squat, and Deadlift. We made around 3500 last year. #SwarmFBChat
A4: Oh heck yeah. Guys gotta be versatile and have to know multiple spots. Also forces you as a coach to stress to them learning the whole defensive concept rather than just say, what the Mike Backer does. #SwarmFBChat
A4: tough in our D to learn Safety, so tough for us to move a corner there, plus we like more physical kids at Safety & more coverage type guy at Corner. #swarmfbchat
A4: VERY important. Dealt with a lot of injuries this season. Having kids know multiple positions (within reason) allows you to keep close to your best 11 on the field (or close to it.) This was preached to me heavily by former boss. Told me it cost them a 💍 #SwarmFBChat
3-4 7 on 7’s, 3-4 team camps. 7 on 7’s are great for getting in your concepts, also good for the D to get in their coverages and see different route concepts thrown at them. Get to work against a lot of 2 man under ha. Still a great way to compete! #swarmfbchat
A3: plan on doing a lift-a-thon to complete the off season program at the end of the summer.. in years past I have taken teams to powerlifting comps #SwarmFBChat
A4: we invest our cross training into both sides of the ball( rbs to lbs, etc) if we need to move a player on defense, we try to use similar terms and ideas for their new position #swarmfbchat
A4: In a perfect world all my DBs could play FS and CB, but that's not always the case. Usually they will focus on one 1 position as Sophomores and grow to be able to play both by there Jr. or Sr. Season. #swarmfbchat
All LBs need to know all inside and out.. all secondary needs to be able play everything, even if in a game situation they won’t play it... More postitions a kid can play, more he knows about, what’s goin on around him #swarmfbchat
A4) We play a 4-2-5 so our star position which is our hybrid SS/LB will split time with linebackers and safeties. I have our corners either field or boundary but they don’t play both. #swarmfbchat
A4 cont: SS is a much different position for us so they usually don't work with the CBs and FS's as much. It's common for a kid to start off as FS or CB and grow into a SS/OLB type as they get older though. Typically some of our best players #swarmfbchat
All LBs need to know all inside and out.. all secondary needs to be able play everything, even if in a game situation they won’t play it... More postitions a kid can play, more he knows about, what’s goin on around him #swarmfbchat
Q5) We can not have contact with the middle school players until they graduate 8th grade. They start lifting the day after. In the mean time, staff attends youth league games, I sit in during their lunch time once a month. #SwarmFBChat
A5: feeder programs are golden in this area. Catholics vs Publics make investing in your feeder programs paramount. If you don't, someone else is. Literally a war zone. Get those darn kids in your building EARLY and OFTEN and be at as many games as possible. #SwarmFBChat
Keep on answering questions and asking them - just want to say thanks for hanging out with me the past hour - always enjoy bringing the #swarmfbchat to you. You can always DM me with questions or topic suggestions. Appreciate you guys.
Q5 Cont) We also hold 10 days of spring practice at the youth league field, the HS original game field. On day 9 we have free youth clinic n day 10 we have competitions n scrimmage. That we open up to the public. Allow the rising 9th graders onto the sidelines. #SwarmFBChat
A5) Our upcoming freshman or 8th graders lift twice a week doing the same program we do. It’s more total body & mainly teaching them the proper way to lift. We’re big on power cleaning so it takes a while for younger kids to pick it up. #swarmfbchat
