GO-HAWK FOOTBALL

We exist as a program to develop:

ELITE TEAMMATES

We value:

GRATITUDE --GRIT--GROWTH

2021 FOCUS STATEMENT:“RING THE BELL”• WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? 2021 SENIOR LEAD TEAM EXPLAIN

PHILOSOPHY: WHY DO WE EXIST AS A PROGRAM?• WE FULLY BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

FOREVER. THE BELOW NOTES EXPLAIN WHAY WE EXIST AS A PROGRAM.

• 1) We feel the #1 skill you can learn as a Go-Hawk Football player is how to be an ELITE TEAMMATE. You will be on a “team” of some kind the rest of your lives.

• We feel that Gratitude + Grit=Growth

WHAT DOES A GREAT TEAMMATE LOOK LIKE?

• We feel a great teammate is someone that has the maturity to put another person/or team ahead of themselves.

• We feel a great teammate is someone that is reliable.

• We feel a great teammate is someone that holds people accountable to individual and team goals. If done properly, this is not being a bully.

• Most problems in teams come as a result of being LAZY or SELFISH or BOTH.

GRATITUDE + GRIT = GROWTH

• 1) GRATITUDE IS THE MOST HEALTHY OF ALL THE EMOTIONS.

• 2) GRIT DEFINED: PERSERVERANCE AND PASSION TOWARDS A LONG TERM GOAL.—Angela Duckworth

• 3) GROWTH IN MIND AND BODY HAPPEN WHEN:

• A) YOU ARE THANKFUL

• B) YOU DEVELOP GRIT

DO WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING?

• PROGRAM GOALS

• We want every single senior who leaves our program to say his time with us was one of, if not the best experience he had while attending WSR.

• We want every single kid to have fun playing the best game ever created.

• We want our coaching staff to work together, not against each other. Same basic offense and defense from top-down, 7-12.

• We want our stands to be filled every Friday night. Home and away.

• We want our kids to graduate and CONTINUE LEARNING AT THE NEXT LEVEL WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. They are all capable.

• We want to see every single incoming freshman in the parent’s night line as a senior.

• We want to teach, teach, and re-teach the FUNDAMENTALS!!

• We want to WIN. District and State Titles.

What Can a Player Expect?

• To be in better physical shape than anyone else in the STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• He can expect to learn to TRUST THE PROCESS.

• He can expect to learn about the COMPARISON TRAP and how NOT TO FALL IN. FACEBOOK.

• He can expect blood, sweat, tears, mud, cold, heat, chewing-out, praise, cheers, bruises, and TO WIN!

• He can expect to have the time of his life.

• He can expect to learn TEAMWORK.

• He can expect HARD WORK.

• That his coaches care about him as a person and when they make a mistake, they will apologize.

• Enthusiastic Coaches.

• He can expect to always be treated in a fair way.

• He can expect to make the best memories of his life every Friday Night!

What will the Coaches Expect from Players?

• To give your best effort at all times and in all things.

• To make the most of your God-given abilities.

• Zero missed practices-unless excused by the coach. A note from a doctor or parent.• 1st unexcused practice----sit out half of a game.• 2nd unexcused practice----sit out a whole game.• 3rd unexcused practice-----you just removed yourself from the team.

• Unexcused absence from in-season weightlifting will result in missing 1 quarter for the missed weightlifting workout if it’s notexcused prior AND made up before or after.

• Zero profanity. If it slips, you will be running. We are a class outfit!

• During football season, your focus should be on football and your teammates. Not yourself or your AAU season. Represent our communities and school 1st.

• Must have a note to the coach 2 days before the game if riding home with parents after a game. We win as a team and lose as a team. We go together and ride home together!! Don’t cop out on your teammates. Only in special cases will players ride home with parents.

• Play this game the way it was meant to be played----with great enthusiasm!

What will Coaches Expect (con’t)

• NO HORSEPLAY IN THE LOCKER ROOM, WEIGHT ROOM, BUS TRIPS, AND ESPECIALLY DURING PRACTICE. COACHES CONTROL THE RADIO IN LOCKER ROOM.

• NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL----DON’T EVEN START WASTING YOUR TIME WITH THIS JUNK! VAPING IS A GATEWAY.

• Return all equipment at the end of the season. You will pay for what doesn’t get returned. We will inventory all equipment you use, be RESPONSIBLE!

• All players will wear the same color sock for games. We will all look the same. First Class! No exotic face painting or flashy face stickers.

• INJURED PLAYERS WILL STILL ATTEND PRACTICE. REPORT ALL INJURIES IMMEDIATELY.

• IF YOU CAN’T PRACTICE TUE. AND WED. YOU WILL NOT START FRI/NEXT GAME

IN-SEASON LIFTING

• 9TH GRADE WILL LIFT MONDAY at 6:10am AND WEDNESDAY AFTER SCHOOL.

• 10-12—MOST WILL LIFT EARLY BIRD IN PLACE OF PE OR AT OTHER DESIGNATED TIMES TO EARN THE PE CREDIT.

• Varsity Saturday Routine: (Saturday is an optional 3rd lift for grades 9/10)

Following a HOME game: (Following a Road Game everything starts at 7:30am)

7:00-7:30 Destry-Led Shakeout/Stretch

7:30-7:45 O groups---10 Clips---

7:45-8:00 D groups---10 clips—

8:00-8:15 K groups---10 clips---

8:15-8:30 Final Words

PLAYING TIME PROTOCOL

• 1ST COMMUNICATION COMES FROM THE PLAYER

• COACH WILL MEET WITH PLAYER

• IF FURTHER COMMUNICATION IS NEEDED, THEN WE WILL SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE PLAYER-PARENT-COACH

LEADERSHIP

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMeuk0ZtLM0

• WHO EATS LAST AT FAMILY THANKSGIVING?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-KyQ90XByY

HUMILITY=HUMUS=DIRT

WORKING TO DIFERENTIATE “PAIN”

• WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT PAIN?

• CAN ANYTHING GOOD COME FROM PAIN?

• PLAYERS DISPLAY “PAIN” AND “PARENTS” WILL TURN INTO BEINGS THAT WERE CREATED TO “PROTECT.”

• WE ASK PLAYERS AND PARENTS TO WORK WITH COACHES TO DIFFERENTIATE PAIN, ASK FOR HELP, COMMUNICATE, GROW BOYS INTO MEN.

THE VISION CREATES THE PASSIONTO BECOME AN ELITE TEAMMATE