At this time last year, we were spending all of our time trying to keep everyone up-to-date on how the coronavirus pandemic was affecting start dates for the 2020 high school football season. This year, we’re back to normal. To…
Over the past five years, states across the nation have taken major steps to reduce contact during high school football practices. Now, New Jersey has taken the most restrictive steps. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association has passed a…
You know you are heading the right way when…. ….The coach tells the team good job after practice and they DISAGREE with you. They told me, no, Tuesday wasn’t good and that Wednesday would be better. I was floored! I…
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…
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…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Week 1 Wrap-Up The week is over. How do you measure how well your team performed? Simple…you set goals and objectives. Did you hit those? Let’s see how the Westerners…
With extreme heat throughout the entire Los Angeles area, high school football programs are making adjustments to their practice schedules this week
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach For the first time ever, yes ever, I decided to cut our final Wednesday practice of Summer camp down to an hour. This wasn’t some decision I just drummed…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Back to work for the teachers/coaches/administrators in LISD. Yes, we have been working, but Wednesday was the official start up day for everyone in the district. The day was…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Friday’s theme was physicality. You cannot play football without being physical. I feel it’s been one our Achilles heels. Don’t get me wrong. We have made progress (playoffs etc.)….