Month: July 2023

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Girls Tryouts Day 1, 7/31/2023

Top 6 finishers, “Kick for Distance”, in order: Faythe, Laney, Jenna, Cali, Emily, Jylian.

Top 6 finishers “Throw for Distance”, not in any particular order: Faythe, Jenna, Cali, Jylian, Harper, Aubrey.

Top 6 finishers “Illinois Agility Test”, average of both times, in order: Cali, Macy, Ada, Harper, Kaelee, Ella. The following ladies missed the top 6 by mere fractions of a second. (Could possibly attribute this to inefficiencies in the timer operator – me.) Laney missed by 0.03 seconds, Liv missed by 0.05, and Aubrey, Lola and Faythe all missed by 0.08.

Top 6 finishers “Beep Test”: Coach Taylor has that info and my phone is dead right now so I can’t call him. I know Ella, Macy, Lola, and Laney were very strong but that’s all I remember. I’ll post those results tomorrow.

Coach Taylor was in attendance.

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Boys Summer S&C Day 22, Week 8 of 8

The summer strength & conditioning program has come to an end. The boys completed an 8.2 mile road course this morning in impressive fashion; their pace was good and their recovery was on point. They definitely took the challenge in stride, no pun intended. It’s getting to a point where it’s becoming a challenge for me to challenge them – which I think is a good thing.

I will continue to work with the boys throughout the season focusing on recovery and making sure their “edge” stays sharp.

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Boys Summer S&C Day 21, Week 7 of 8

  1. Dynamic Warmup
  2. Hip Series
  3. Warmup Jog, Sideline to Sideline
  4. 300 yd Shuttle
  5. ABC Shuttle x4 (1800 yds in total)
  6. Jingle Jangle Shuttle x8 (1600 yds in total)
  7. Static Stretch
  8. Yoga – Strong Hips

300 yds + 1800 yds + 1600 yds = 3700 yds = over 2.1 MILES of sprinting today! Coach Sloan was in attendance.

Our next session, day 22, week 8 of 8., will be the Capstone of the summer conditioning program. The boys will start (and end) at the parking lot marked “F2” at the Fallen Timbers mall; just south and east of the JC Penney store.

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Girls Summer S&C Day 20, Week 7 of 8

  1. Dynamic Warmup
  2. Hip Series
  3. Warmup Jog Sideline to Sideline
  4. 300 yd Shuttle
  5. “Indian Run” with heavy bag carried overhead around the 6
  6. Tempo Run for 18 minutes
  7. Small Sided Games – 6v6

Good to see some players we haven’t seen in a while! The “Indian Run” drill went well; it’s not easy keeping that 80 lb bag moving overhead without dropping it. Coach Taylor was in attendance.

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Boys Summer S&C Day 20, Week 7 of 8

  1. Dynamic Warmup
  2. Hip Series
  3. Warmup Jog Sideline to Sideline
  4. 300 yd Shuttle
  5. “Indian Run” with heavy bag carried overhead around the 18
  6. Tempo Run for 18 minutes
  7. Super Field
  8. Neighborhood Run at cool-down pace
  9. Static Stretching
  10. Yoga – Strong Spine

Good effort from the 24 boys. They did NOT drop the heavy bag; impressive! Coach Sloan was in attendance.

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Girls Summer S&C Day 19, Week 7 of 8

  1. Dynamic Warmup
  2. Hip Series – x2
  3. 300 yd Shuttle – x1
  4. 20 yd Sprint – x20
  5. 40 yd Sprint – x10
  6. Car Push
  7. Small Sided Games – today it was 6v6
  8. Static Stretch
  9. Yoga: Ankle Mobility

I am very happy with the progress the girls are making. We started them on June 5th with 8 sets of 20 yd sprints with 30 second rest periods between sprints. That was followed by 6 sets of 40 yd sprints with 45 seconds of rest. Today they blew through 20 sets of 20 yd sprints with only 20 seconds of rest, followed by 10 sets of 40 yd sprints with just 30 seconds of rest. And then they had enough energy to push my car around the west end parking lot – not an easy task! Coaches Bell and Taylor were in attendance.

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Boys Summer S&C Day 19, Week 7 of 8

  1. Dynamic Warmup
  2. Hip Series x2
  3. Easy Warmup Jog: Sideline to Sideline
  4. 300 yd Shuttle
  5. Car Pushes
  6. 20 yd Sprint x20
  7. 40 yd Sprint x10
  8. Parloff Relay x4
  9. Static Stretching
  10. Yoga: Ankle Mobility

Good effort! We all learned how flat the west end parking lot is (it isn’t). Coach Sloan was in attendance.

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Girls Summer S&C Day 18, Week 6 of 8

  1. Dynamic Warmup
  2. Hip Series: 90/90s, Malasana, Pigeon Pose, Happy Baby Pose, x2
  3. 300 yd Shuttle
  4. Agility Drills: Illinois, Pro, X, L, W, x2
  5. Reactive “Chaos” Drill: Shot on goal upon signal from coach
  6. Burpee EMOM 9-6-3, 4 rounds
  7. Agility Drills: Repeat from other direction
  8. Bleacher Run: 10 minutes
  9. Yoga: Hip Mobility

Low numbers but solid effort. Coach Bell was in attendance.

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Boys Summer S&C Day 18, Week 6 of 8

  1. Dynamic Warmup
  2. Soccer Ball Leg Lifts EMOM 9-6-3, 5 rounds
  3. 300 yd Shuttle
  4. KB Pulls – 10 yds x2
  5. Illinois Agility Drill x4
  6. 5-10-5 Pro Agility Drill x4
  7. X Drill x4
  8. L Drill x4
  9. W Drill x4
  10. Reaction “Chaos” Drill – shot on goal upon indication by me
  11. Bleacher Run – 15 minutes
  12. Static Stretch
  13. Yoga – Hip Mobility

Solid effort by all. Coach Sloan was in attendance.

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Girls Summer S&C Day 17, Week 6 of 8

  1. Dynamic Warmup
  2. Trail Run: from Silver Lake in Side Cut Park to Orleans Park in Perrysburg and back.

Seven girls plus Coach Taylor in attendance. The girls had trouble following my directions so they ran a little farther than I had planned. It should have been 4.1 miles, but they made it closer to 4.5. We did the trail first to make sure we got it in before the bad weather hit. In the end the bad weather never hit but I canceled the hill runs anyway because of the amount of work the girls had done the previous day.