Lancer Football 2009-2010

"Raising the Bar”

I’d like to thank the parents and athletes for the support in the last year. We had a great year in the weight-room, attendance is improving, the atmosphere is becoming more intense and the kids are beginning to push each other more. This is a huge part of our football players working together as a “team” in the off season. I know it’s getting better when the coaching staff has a tuff time choosing our “Iron Lancer” award recipients.

We have some changes we have implemented this year. We have white boards up in the weight-room for kids to track their lifts and we have the coaches review the workout cards at the end of our lifting sessions. Both of these have been added to improve record keeping which is huge part of making gains in the weight-room.

“Ring the Bell”, we added a ships bell for those athletes who make a gain on a lift in weight or reps. “Ringing the bell” indicates to the room that a “PR” (personal record) had been made.

We have various “awards” we will be handing out for attendance, leadership, grades and weight–room gains made in our off season program this year. Water bottles, wrist bands, lanyards and t-shirts will all be in the mix for various recognitions. Parents will be notified when recognitions are handed out. In addition I am  working on getting the funding to put an Iron Lancer Record board up outside the weight-room which will indicate our “all time leaders” as well as our “current leaders” in lifts like squat, bench, deadlift, chin-ups, cleans, vertical and broad umps. This year’s athletes will be the first to be recognized on the board after testing in March.

All of our football players will be included in our “off season” program; this includes “in season” athletes. I and the coaching staff fully support athletes playing multiple sports. For a football player, sports like basketball, track, wrestling and lacrosse are great “complimentary” sports to each other and for football. Playing sports other than football will build leadership, character and overall “athleticism”. College recruiters look for multi-sport athletes knowing that they are more “well rounded” which makes them a better asset. A “skill” guy can benefit greatly from the hand/eye coordination, defensive coverage and the footwork of sports like basketball and lacrosse. The linemen will gain a large amount of “control” and mental toughness from a sport like wrestling. Need speed? Track will work on your sprint mechanics, speed and speed endurance.

That being said, all of our athletes playing other sports for the high school have in season programs set up twice a week. The fact is the “in season” program is the key to success in the off season.

 Those who do not lift in season will revert back to pre-off season strength and will spend the next off season just trying to catch back up and never see real gains. These are 30-45 minute workouts similar to the in season football program and are available twice a week with a 3^rd day added for those that express interest.

“Tradition never graduates.  It’s always under construction, and it is yours to create or destroy.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                        -Lou Holtz

Alumni are welcome to use our facilities!

Monday thru Fridays from 1-2:30pm

Saturdays ( see team schedule)

“Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.”
                                                                                                - V. Lombardi