The Turnaround: Scrimmage Eve
It’s the night before our first scrimmage. I am feeling nothing more than that. All I know is it’s time to hop on a bus and kick the season off. I am not chomping at the bit saying, time to…
Coaches Corner
The Turnaround: It’s all about how you bounce back
You can’t have a great day every day. Even the best athletes in the world have an off day. It’s part of athletics. It’s part of the fabric that makes athletics so great. The key to having an off day…
The Turnaround by Jason Strunk: Week 2 Underway
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Respect the process. It’s what I have been saying all camp. If you respect the process, you will succeed. There is no time to complain or feel sorry for…
The Turnaround: Look back and forward
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach First Week In Review It always amazes me how fast football goes by. You wait all off-season for it to get here. Once it’s here, it’s goes by in…
Texas High School Football Chat: Coaching Your Position
Here’s the latest Texas High School Football Chat from August 9. The questions were: Q1: What drills do you focus on the first four days without pads? (diagrams encouraged) Q2: What are your everyday drills for the entire season? (diagrams…
A New Era: End of Camp/Welcome to Phase II
by Scott Veliz Oñate High School Head Football Coach Follow @Coach_Veliz Fall Camp With every ending comes a new beginning. A bit sappy, but true nonetheless. Fall camp has now ended for the Oñate Knights football team and now “Phase…
The Turnaround: The Circle of Coaching Life
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Day 4 Thursday was Day Four and we had another good day. Friday brings us our first day in pads. There is definitely excitement in the air for that….
The Turnaround: Lubbock Westerners’ Fall Camp, Day 3
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Usually, the first Wednesday of camp is when you will see your team stumble a bit. A good first two days is usually followed up with a let down…
The Turnaround: Lubbock Westerners’ Fall Camp 2017, Day 2
Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Lubbock Camp Day 2 Great day today! Perfect weather. Football. Effort, enthusiasm and resolve. Thinking on the fly. Relentless passion. Just another day of Westerner football. This stuff is contagious!…
The Turnaround: The Lubbock Westerners Open Camp
Day 1 It’s in the books. Day One is done. It was a success today. Good effort, hustle and attitude. No injuries. Couldn’t have asked for a better way to start. It was fun to be back at it. Coach…