Strength & Conditioning with EP Athletes

EP Team Football Camp

2011-08-11T18:04:00.000-07:00

Here is a link to watch our Football Team Camp that was in McCloud CA this July!

www.youtube.com/user/wolframj7

I hope everyones summer went well and now it is time to get going again with fall sports starting their training camps.

We finished up our first of two weeks of Speed and Conditioning this morning and we had roughly 70 players with us. Kids worked hard and are very excited about this coming fall campaign.

Oregon Spring Game Highlights!!!

2011-05-07T08:17:00.000-07:00

Oregon Spring Game Highlights:

Oregon Spring Game

2011-05-07T08:13:00.000-07:00

Oregon Spring Game:

WR Drills

2011-05-01T06:45:00.001-07:00

WR Drills:

PBS Special

2011-04-11T16:14:00.001-07:00

Watch the full episode. See more FRONTLINE.

Football Off-Season Work

2011-04-01T15:50:00.000-07:00

Georgia Southern 2011 Offseason Training Highlight from Brandon Howard on Vimeo.

Baseball Partner Shoulder Work

2011-03-07T12:32:00.000-08:00

Lifting Comp Results are in!

2011-03-03T13:36:00.001-08:00

Lifting Comp Results are in!

Highlight and paste this link into your browser:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ahxap0pMkza-dFVDYW9CV3lXc2VqTXRDcEtRT3BMSFE&hl=en&authkey=CIS5tpYG

Weight Lifting Comp

2011-03-01T19:07:00.000-08:00

Weight Lifting comp is going well, I have my last class tomorrow morning and then I will calculate all of the stats.

Here is a great football early morning workouts that Georgia does every year. This would be a butt kicker for any sport and could be justified as beneficial as well.

http://www.foxsportssouth.com/pages/video?PID=D9RTE_fYg5iax1OCT1ap9gZP9yMjOPAH

Mock Weight Lifting Competition

2011-02-28T20:08:00.001-08:00

We are doing a mock weight lifting competition in my 4 athletic conditioning classes and so far we are 90% complete with Bench and Power Cleans. Tomorrow and Wednesday we will finish up with squats. Here is a video of a QB and RB drill I would like to implement in spring drills:

Video

2011-02-24T06:11:00.001-08:00

Find more videos like this on Strength Performance Network

2010 1st Semester Weight Room Rankings

2011-02-20T21:36:00.000-08:00

Semesters Athletic Ranking! The results could have been different if some individuals could follow simple instructions and record their lifts, but some chose not to and you receive a zero for the blank spot you left on your work sheet.

There are 3 different rankings: 1. Boys Ranking 2. 2011 FB Ranking 3. Girls Ranking

Just copy and paste this into your browser and it should come up the tabs are at the bottom to switch from rankings to rankings.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ahxap0pMkza-dEpDUi0xbE9VUU5udU9CaS1ZdUpwTXc&hl=en

Auburn High School Football Team

2011-02-06T08:52:00.001-08:00

Maryland 2A State Champs

2011-02-02T19:13:00.000-08:00

Maryland 2A State Champs Video:

Who's to blame when you don't play???

2011-01-29T08:09:00.000-08:00

Great Pre-Game Speech

2011-01-07T15:40:00.000-08:00

FB Stats

2010-09-28T05:59:00.000-07:00

Well, Fall sports are off and running.

All of EP's fall sports are off to a better start then a year ago, so thats a big positive to start the school year off right.

All the athletes keep working hard and take care of the boo boo's so they don't turn into something serious at the end of the season.

Good Luck to all EP Sports!

Pass Rush Drills

2010-08-29T18:19:00.000-07:00

Here are a few clips of Players working their Pass protection and pass rush skills.

Here is a great Punch Drill for the O-Line:

Double Days

2010-08-26T09:32:00.001-07:00

We are heading into our 4th day of Doubles at Eagle Point High School. We have had some ups and some downs, but many more ups this year then downs. We are faster this year at every position across the board then we have been in the past.

The EP football team a has a great chance to go over the mountain and surprise the Cougars of Mt. View and get our name out there for the rest of the state to see.

Mt. View is ranked 6th in the pre-season poll and is picked to have the best offensive and defensive lines in the state this year. Big challenge to the super-heroes up front here at EP.

Here are a few clips of Mt. View from Monday's practice this week:

Seeing Doubles: Mountain View Cougars

Seeing Doubles: Andrew Hester & Matt Asher, Mountain View

Seeing Doubles: Quinn Jacobson, Mountain View

The Boys of Fall

2010-08-19T21:59:00.000-07:00

The training Camps and Conditioning Camps are done and over with! It is FOOTBALL time now. The pretenders are starting to worry, and the men who have payed the price all summer are JACKED! My favorite Football team is the EPHS Eagles, second favorite is a tie between the Oregon Ducks and the Indianapolis Colts. I will bleed EP Football, before routing against them. I can honestly say this years Varsity team is the best overall I have seen at EPHS in the 5 years I have been there. I know that is not a long time, but last year we were close, and I truly believe this year could, can, and will be the year for the Eagles to make a name for themselves again in the state of Oregon!

Win, Lose, or Draw, the Eagles are going to HIT you and RUN you in the ground!

I hope everyone is as excited as I am for Monday!

I want to leave you with this great video:

Day #3 of Training Camp

2010-08-11T15:54:00.001-07:00

Day #3 we were down about 10 athletes from the first two days! Athletes are working hard and I truly believe we will be in better Game Shape then Mt. View on Sept. 3rd! We are becoming a very fast team overall. We need to challenge ourselves Mentally going into the 4th day, because I think we need to make bigger strides in mental toughness then physical at this point.

We are only as strong as our weakest link, pick someone up at some point tomorrow, bring your brothers to the top, don't let them drag you down!

This clip is for the big guys because I feel bad that we didn't get to do indy work with you today:

O Line Drills from Holt Football on Vimeo.

Day #1 of Training Camp

2010-08-09T14:32:00.000-07:00

Day #1 is in the books! You only get one first impression, and today I think the eagles made a great first impression! We had 71 football players show up for the first of two weeks of Football Conditioning Camp. Every athlete lifted weights and ran through 5 speed and agility stations.

I am sitting at home after the first day watching ESPNU and they are playing the 2008 Nebraska vs. Oklahoma game. I just wanted to show this clip of shovel here. They run it to the 3 tech which is the offenses right. Look at the Double team on the 3 tech and the spacing of the QB and RB. It does not gain the huskers a lot of yards but you can see the potential.

2010-08-03T15:01:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone is healing their wounds and getting mentally prepared for the upcoming season. I just wanted to post this little clip of a man knowing how to mentally prepare himself to perform:

Double Team to 2nd Level

2010-07-24T08:15:00.001-07:00

Here is a great view of getting the Double Team and then moving to 2nd Level, they even replay in slow mo for teaching opportunity!

Shoulder Rehab

2010-07-23T17:31:00.001-07:00

Here is a video of 5 circuits that can be done each day to rehab your shoulders.

2010-07-13T15:02:00.000-07:00

Spread Game Highlights:

2010-07-05T19:29:00.000-07:00

Here are some Highlights of UofO Football but they are of the same plays we run!

Here are some RB Highlights:

O-Line Pre-Practice Drills

2010-07-04T08:21:00.000-07:00

Here are some Pre-Practice drills that the O-Line can do to get better at the little things!

VB Players gettin it done!

2010-06-30T14:39:00.000-07:00

I put a lot of Football clips on here, so here is a Volleyball clip of a pretty good College program.

For the girls that have been coming to Summer workouts this is for you, good job and keep the hard work up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH4AU6vgpok&feature=player_embedded

This sums it up!

2010-06-28T15:04:00.000-07:00

This video here is about QB's, but lets take it a step further and say this is what most of us get into coaching for. Teaching young men to better one self not for themselves but for the ones that will rely on them. I don't want to have the best QB to say I have the best QB, I want to have the best QB to make the team and the program the best it can be.

Please watch this video and take it to heart and ask yourself if you can do something more to better yourself.

DI guys doing the little things!

2010-06-28T06:13:00.000-07:00

My summer mantra is going to be "You must act like it, before you become it". If you want to be a state champion, you must act like it, before you become it. I think we as a football program and as a athletic department are ready to go to the next level, but we first need to get everyone on the same page and start acting like Playoff caliber teams. EP Athletes need to start asking themselves these little questions.

How do I carry myself in front of the community, school, peers, younger athletes?
Did I do everything today that I could have done to make myself better?
Am I setting a good example for the up and coming Eagles? (Remember what you had to look up to as an 8th, 9th grader, was it good leadership or bad?)
Did I act like a Champion today?

Perfecting the little things is a must if you want to make it to the next level of any profession. That's why you see DI athletes trying to look like and mimic Professional athletes in their drills and skills. This video clip is of Auburn University doing the little things. If they practice these things then we should be doing it as well.

Auburn Football:

Athletic Rankings are Out!!!

2010-06-25T13:23:00.000-07:00

I have completed the Athletic Rankings for those of you that wanted to check them out! I am sorry recent graduates I had to take you off but I can print out a sheet that has your rankings if you let me know!

Girls Athletic Ranking:

Boys Athletic Ranking:

I hope you not only look at your Ranking but look at your teammates ranking! It is okay to compete and beat your teammates in the weight room in the right way. You must battle them and encourage them at the same time. Your team is only as strong as the weakest link!

Good job everybody on finishing the year strong and we as an athletic department are much stronger then we were a year ago. 1st week of Summer Training was great I hope the numbers stay up the entire summer.

Have a good weekend & see you all on Monday,

1st Week of Summer Lifting!

2010-06-24T19:42:00.000-07:00

First Week of Summer Training is over and it was a very successful one at that. EP Athletes made a big commitment this week and we averaged over 50 athletes everyday and today Thursday we had 66 athletes here today. We have been having some in coming 9th graders come join us and they are going to get pretty strong if they keep coming! This 1st week was by far much better then last year and that was a big step from the year before.
I must say it makes me very happy to see all of these athletes buy in and get better everyday.

My goal is not to make kids like me, I want athletes to come back 3-6 years after graduating and say thanks for making me better, and thanks for holding me accountable. I want to set my athletes up for success in the future as well as being the most prepared for their athletic endeavors they partake in right now.

Hopefully by the end of tonight I will have the updated Athletic Rankings on here!

1st Week of Summer off to a great start!!!

Smoke and Mirrors

2010-06-17T07:09:00.000-07:00

This is some great defensive confusion. I like the saying here: Cloudy minds make slow feet!

Good spread clips here of Auburn:

Max Week is here!!!

2010-06-02T10:29:00.001-07:00

After the 1st day of Maxes, our athletes have yet again surpassed my expectations of them. Everyone maxed in the Power Clean. We have 14 male athletes that Power Cleaned 225 or better and 3 that got 275 or better. We have 7 female athletes that Power Cleaned 135 or better and 3 that Power Cleaned 165 or better.
Day #1 was a great success and I am looking forward to day #2 which will consist of the 20 yard Dash, Vertical Jump and the Bench Press.

The football program has expectations that skill players run a 2.85 in the 20 yard dash in order to play Varsity. As we all know there are always exceptions to every rule. We are not different, we have a few LB's that have good FB speed on the field because of their field awareness and desire to get the football.

I will try to update once a day and have the final athletic rankings done by Sunday June 6th!

Summer Time Approaching

2010-05-29T13:11:00.000-07:00

I have not posted in a long time, and I am sorry for that! We are winding down the school year and getting ready to say goodbye to this years senior class. This senior class is the first class I have watched go a full 4 years through school. I have had some ups and downs with this class but definitely more ups. It is so amazing to see the students as they finished their senior projects and I think back to when I met them as freshman and how much they have changed. There are two student-athletes I would like to give a huge shout out to and they are Kristin Wyatt and Steven Josephson. Kristin entered my class as a sophomore and has come a along ways in her athletic ability, and it is completely do to her work ethic and desire to be the best. Steven didn't really know me and I yanked him from his freshman screwball PE class and brought him into the weight room and there he remained for 3.5 years with me. Steven had some trying times with injuries, cutting weight for wrestling and still progressing with his strength and athletic ability. I am very proud of all the seniors and wish them the best of luck in the real world, but a special thank you and I am proud of you to these two students.

I am very excited for max week, starting on June 1st. We are also starting Spring Football on the same day. I hope everyone has a nice long weekend and remembers why we have this holiday and maybe just take a moment and reflect on a family member or friend that has served this country.

Tulsa No Huddle Offense Training Program:

3rd Quarter Rankings

2010-04-08T07:39:00.000-07:00

Athletes had a great 3rd Quarter as an Athletic Program. Congrats to all of those who tied or broke records in the 3rd Quarter! Finish the year strong, we have 8 weeks left.

Click the images to enlarge!!!
FB 3rd Quarter Athletic Ranking:

Girls 3rd Quarter Athletic Rankings:

Spring Break

2010-03-26T15:24:00.000-07:00

Spring Break is coming to an end and I am totaling all the athletes lifting numbers for the last max week we had! I am very excited to see the squat numbers increase like they did. I will have totals for everyone to see on Monday when we return to school. I will attempt to have totals on here sometime Sunday evening.

I found this video and thought all of you Beaver Believers would like this:

March Madness

2010-03-16T05:48:00.001-07:00

Yes, it is that time of year again when everyone is penciling in their NCAA Brackets and hoping their Cinderella pick is going to make it all the way. At EPHS, the athletes are one day in of the their max week. Monday March 15th all the athletes started with the Power Clean. 3 Athletes standout in my mind right now. Cassie Boykin and Corie Culpepper battled each other for the Junior Girls Power clean title, as of now Corie has edged out Cassie with a lift of 165 pounds. The Sophomore Boys Power clean was in jeopardy yesterday as Loren Nesberg set a new personal best and tied last years Tyler McFall at 270 Pounds.

There have been other great lifts and personal best but those are the three that came to my mind right away on the first day. I am very excited to see how this week unfolds, because it is the week before Spring Break. Our athletes will either stay focused and crush their PR's or they will fall off and have an average max week.

This was a short cycle which started on January 26th and only gave the athletes 7 weeks of lifting and we made an emphasis on the hypertrophy stage the 9 weeks.

Words of Wisdom: Records were made for breaking!

P.S. I would take all of my EPHS athletes that are in my class to any strength Challenge, Lifting meet, Strong man Competition, and feel very confident in our capabilities of winning the thing!

Quick Clip of Sr. Hannah Mason's new PR at 150 lbs. and Junior Cassie Boykin's new PR at 155 lbs.:

Have to keep the candle lit!!!

2010-02-24T18:31:00.000-08:00

It is the end of February and at most high schools all the boys are thinking about is Track practice and Baseball practice. Not here at EPHS, we have a core group of young men that still believe that Friday is game day. These football players have been working and thinking about a league championship sense the clock hit zero against Ashland in November of 2009! We have yet to determine what league that will be, but we WILL be contending for a league championship regardless. When November of 2010 rolls around the town of EP will be shut down and the new lights at the stadium will be shinning strong and the Eagles will showcase their talent that has not been on the state platform sense 1997 I believe. We are 95 days away from Spring Football and I have not felt this good about the kids coming back, the work they are willing to put in, and the season in general, in a long time.

Below are some Highlights of Oregon putting the hurt to Cal this past season, O-Line take note on Oregon's Lineman at the end of plays:

Inside and Outside Zone executed pretty well here:

Great Start to the Spring Semester

2010-02-15T06:42:00.000-08:00

Athletes had a very hard three weeks of training. We spent three full weeks in our Hypertrophy phase. The Hypertrophy phase is where we are looking to increase muscle size and also build a base for this Cycle. We finished these three weeks of a Meso-cycle and I feel really good about how it went. I was a little disappointed in our athletes numbers in their squat maxes in January. I am starting to feel better about them because we made an emphasis on them for three weeks, I threw out the Bench Press after three days into the meso-cycle, hoping it would ignite some motivation in the athletes to get there squat numbers up.

I have found that the squats and its variations are the hardest the get the athletes to buy into. Myself, as an educated person and a guy who has been in the field for a while, I see the athletes that get after it in the squat rack are also the ones that run faster and jump higher, and in the game of football, they are the better tacklers and the hardest to tackle.

With all that being said about the squats, I am still a bigger fan of the Power Clean and the Snatch because of the power output they require. Power is equal to Force X Distance Divided by time. An example would be when an athlete lifts 100 pounds in the snatch. Force is 100 pounds X approximately 4 feet Divided by roughly 1 second. This equals 400 Ft/pounds per second, which is much more powerful then a 300 pound Bench Press, which equals 215 Ft/pounds per second.

FB Top 30 and Girls Top 30 Athletic Rankings

2010-02-05T10:24:00.001-08:00

Football Top 30 Athletes:

Girls Top 30 Athletes:

End of a Semester and a start of something great!

2010-01-22T16:40:00.000-08:00

Today was the last day of the 1st Semester in school. Student's were in a state of panic. We made a big deal about finals this year at Eagle Point High School. I know, some of you are probably saying well yeah it should be a big deal. Well here at EPHS it has not been until now. I really think that helped the student's in my class because they needed a stress reliever. We had some outstanding numbers in the weight room this week. We also had some students find out that they can not miss as much school as they did and still get gains like the others.

I just want to say thank you and good job to all of the athletes that worked so hard all semester! I appreciate the student-athletes that have truly bought into the program and are seeing the benefits from it.

We are having a great turnout for our Tuesday- Thursday Strength and Conditioning club. Most are football players but we are getting more and more VB and Soccer athletes. I am not looking past the current sport seasons or even the Spring sports, but DAMN I am excited to see Football, VB, and Soccer back on the main stage!

Again, good job EP athletes keep up the hard work and the WINS will start rolling in!

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Blast from the Past!

2009-12-31T14:10:00.000-08:00

Here is an old video clip talking about the Portland State Vikings 1980 Football Season! FYI - Coach McClellan played with these gusy for a year!

Football in December!!!

2009-12-25T13:02:00.000-08:00

Hope everybody is having a great Holiday Season and a Bowl Season. I have picked all the winners except for two games and they were the OSU game and last nights Miami game.

Every teenage football player in the state of Oregon hopes to play football in December!

I don't think there was anybody that wanted to play late in the season more then Sheldon's WR John Campbell. It is easy to look up to NFL or College players and want to play like them. I want to play like this guy! Well, I can't play anymore, so I want my players to play like this. Campbell played every play as if it was his last. He made the most of every reception.

This is a great example of someone in the YAC PAC!

New Weight Room Equip is here!!!

2009-12-15T18:30:00.001-08:00

Christmas came early for the Eagle Point Athletes! We received 6 Power Racks, 6 new Bars, 6 Adjustable Benches, and 6 Sets of Bumper Plates.

Here are a few pics to hold you over until I finish rearranging the weight room!

The Off-Season

2009-12-13T19:44:00.000-08:00

Well the Off-Season is here for the Fall sport athletes, and some of them are a little disappointed in the fact their team did not make it as far as they would have liked. Last week we had a great combo of athletes coming to Strength and Conditioning Club on Tuesday's and Thursday's. We had roughly 8 VB players and 4 Girls Soccer players along with about 35 football players and some students making up PE class. Athletes have worked really hard on the Tuesday and Thursday workouts and are taking the next step towards becoming more successful in the individual sports. As a Strength and Conditioning Coach it is nice to see so many athletes wanting to be better then they were the previous season. As soon as you become complacent with your ability, you will no longer be the best you can be.

As the football season ended this year, I had athletes asking to start the (SSC) Strength and Conditioning Club the next week. As much as I would have like to, it is important that the athletes take a few weeks off to reflect and get rejuvenated before starting workouts.

We are always looking for more athletes to join us as long as they are willing to work hard and have some fun!

Here is a Video of THE NATIONAL UNDERCLASSMEN FOOTBALL COMBINES:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvM54_0N2B8

Game Day Workouts???

2009-11-29T12:37:00.000-08:00

Lifting on game day, is it better to lift before the game or after the game? The Portland Trail Blazers have athletes dabbling in both. I have been a firm believer in lifting on Game Day for as long as I have been training! As a young athlete I was told to get a lift in on game days, and I feel it made me stronger later in the season and in the end of the games. Now getting a lift in doesn't mean go in the weight room and do maximal effort lifts, it just suggest that you go in there and get your body moving by doing your everyday movements.

I believe that the athletes at EPHS right now have bought into lifting on game day, but that was not the case when I arrived at EPHS in the fall of 2006! The football team has had much better team speed and health over the last three years then it had in the past, and it is because of the athletes commitment to the weight room!

I would hope all Oregonians have a little Blazer in them sense they are the only professional team in the state. They have to be everyone's 2nd B-BALL team at least!

Here is clip from the Blazers Strength Coach:

Instructional Videos of Position Drills

2009-11-25T20:50:00.000-08:00

Attention all Offensive football players and coaches involved in the Eagle Point Football Program. I have two videos that are great fundamental drills for all Offensive Positions! I wish we could get all of our coaches to do just these drills at the lower levels and we would be better for it in the long run of things here at EPHS.Please watch and learn something from these videos. I have been around the sport of Football my entire life, my father was a HS football coach so I was the water boy, ball boy, and student of the game all at the same time. I picked up a few things from these videos, and if I can do that then everyone can. If you say to your self I know all this then you are a terrible team player because I have yet to see any one of our players or coaches do these things and if they do, they can always improve on them.

Please take something away from these videos! Have fun it is FOOTBALL we are talking about here!

Some U of O cut ups

2009-11-22T19:25:00.000-08:00

Saw these cut ups and wanted to show everyone!

If I can say one thing EP Football players please watch your offensive position in these videos. Watch how the athletes carry out their fakes and watch how the O-Line get after their blocks. WR's making down field blocks. WR's and QB's take special note on the screens they show and watch how they are executed! Rewind if needed but study this game film during the off-season.

Enjoy some great FOOTBALL:

The Off-Season starts

2009-11-18T06:31:00.000-08:00

The Off-Season is a thing of the Beauty! I will tell you why. The new thoughts of next year are already going through my mind. I have not forgotten about the seniors who are leaving us, but I have come to appreciate what they have done for our program and also realize they can no longer contribute physically for us. The football coaches are preparing to talk to all the under class man and set goals for each. If I were a player again on this team my number 1 goal would be to make the playoffs, and leave no questions behind.

The athletes are working hard in the weight room to become better athletes, some are wrestling and some are playing basketball. The others that are not participating in a winter sport will start meeting twice a week to work on speed and agility and plyometrics with the football staff.

Eagle Athletes need to take the next step towards turning the athletic program around. I believe you all know what needs to be done!!!

This is a great book that is available online all you have to do is click to enlarge:

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End of 1st Quarter Athletic Rankings

2009-11-10T07:57:00.001-08:00

Here are the Boys Athletic Ranking at the end of the 1st Quarter:
(Click Image to enlarge)

Here are the Girls Athletic Ranking at the end of the 1st Quarter:
(Click Image to enlarge)

Friday of Week 10

2009-11-06T10:41:00.000-08:00

Week 10 - Well, the Football team finds itself in a position in which they must win by 10 points to enter the playoffs this post season. The post season has not found EP football program for 12 years and it has been 13 years sense the Eagles have hosted a playoff game. The Eagles are hosting the Ashland Grizzlies at 7pm tonight.

All I have to say is, WIN!!!

If our players stay focused and give their best effort every play we will walk off the field victorious and have the opportunity to host a playoff game against Wilsonville High School.

WIN EVERY PLAY!!!

I have never coached in a playoff game before and I am very excited for tonight's game, because for us (Eagles) it is a playoff game. We win by 9 points and we continue to play football. We lose and we start preparing for next fall! I do not want to start preparing for next fall yet!

We are prepared and we are ready, now all there is left to do is play the game!

EP Football Sunday of Week #8

2009-10-17T21:14:00.000-07:00

This weekend was a great weekend because the kids played well and won their Homecoming game Friday night against a much improved Mazama team. Mazama is going to surprise someone in our league and boy am I glad it was not us! In 4 years of coaching at EP this was the first game the kids got jacked up before the game and stayed up the entire game. Sideline players were involved in the game by calling pass/run and being ready for sudden changes. The staff decided to change things up a little and before the game we took the kids in the weight room cranked the music up and reminded the kids that this is were they spent their off-season training to win football games.

No one is going to give us anything! Everyone said the Eagles would be last place in the SSC this year, well that's not going to happen as of last Friday! I have a dream of coaching in the Playoffs as well as the players should be dreaming of playing in a playoff game.

I thought this would be an appropriate clip this week:

Here is some impressive lifts from the 2004 Olympics:

EP Football wednesday of Week #5

2009-09-30T19:43:00.000-07:00

Wow!!! What a breathe of fresh air Tuesday was at practice. The temperature cooled down and stayed pretty dry for the most part and the kids were upbeat and flying around. I took a moment to look over and see our JV's scrimmaging the Frosh team and their was a lot of excitement over there. Both teams were hooting and hollering for their teammates. The varsity had a good practice despite a few guys out to flu like symptoms. Kids jumped in as back ups and it looked like they had been doing it the whole time.

If Tuesday was fresh air today was full of ROSES!!! Kids bounced around and were flying around on defense, catching balls on offense, linemen were firing off the ball. Special teams looked pretty good on sudden changes today.

If we play Friday with the intensity of today (Wed) then we will play well. When we play well we can and will play with anybody!

One time this year I want our Kickoff team to really set the tone of the game by knocking their opponent in the ground multiple times on the opening kickoff! I feel if we can accomplish this the rest of the team will feed off of it emotionally.

Saw this video today and thought it was pretty good for this weeks video.

SMU Football Video:

EP Football Sunday of Week #4

2009-09-27T10:55:00.000-07:00

WOW!!! It feels great to get a win, it had been sense October 10th last year that we got a win! I am hoping that the players like the feeling so much that they work so hard they never want to feel the pain of a lose again. This was the first game this year that the players never showed signs of defeat. They believed they could win for 48 minutes, now we did have a bit of let down in the 3rd Quarter but, I never felt like our kids doubted they were going to win.

We need a great week of lifting and practice so we are prepared for a pretty good Churchill team! I am a firm believer in, you play like you practice. We need to make a conscious effort to have better second half of practices this week. We as a coaching staff as well as the players need to find a way to have better 2nd half practices.

Great win fellas and lets get better this week!!!

EP Football Day #4 of Game Week #3

2009-09-24T06:20:00.000-07:00

After starting the season off 0-3, I find myself staying up late at night trying to find material on the Internet that will motivate our kids to take their practice to the next level. I am reminded of a quote "If you always do what you have always done, then you will always get what you have always got!" Anonymous

I just wish for one week our kids would come out to practice and fly around for 2 hours for three days in a row. We have so many kids with bumps and bruises and they don't practice because of them, and they don't realize the impact they are having on the outcome of Friday nights games!

I want to remind the 40-45 kids that spent all summer in the weight room, that it was not for nothing. I personally have seen huge changes in individuals. When the individuals start leading the rest of the team in the right direction on an everyday basis we could, NO, we will be a very good Football team.

When I watch sporting events, I watch how athletes move. I watched our VB team play a few times the last few weeks and see that we have a lot of potential, but the players don't play out of an athletic position all the time, our football players do the same thing. I want all of the athletes that I coach in the weight room to buy into the fact that I am training you to be a better athlete. Trust that what we do in the weight room will transfer onto the athletic court or fields. I know some of them think I just train them to be a bigger and better football players and that couldn't be further from the truth.

This video clip says it all:

EP Football Day #1 of Game Week #2

2009-09-07T08:34:00.000-07:00

Well Game #1 did not go as well as anyone in an Eagle uniform thought. We made a lot of rookie mistakes and just were not prepared to play a varsity football game. I hope the players understand now, why we need to get the best look we can on scout team. We have a late practice today and then school starts on Tuesday. I hope this years team handles adversity and distractions better then the teams in the past.

The one bright spot of the game on Friday was our Special Teams, I believe we out played them on Special Teams. We caused a T.O., we pinned them inside the 10, we returned every K.O. past the 30.

I hope the athletes are ready for a pretty athletic Henley team.

Here is for your viewing pleasure:

EP Football Day #4 of Game Week #1

2009-09-03T06:45:00.000-07:00

The football team had a good camp and is off and running. The team is ready to be battle tested this Friday against Crescent Valley. I feel we are much more ready as a team this year for game one then we were last year. Our competition is much greater in CV, then last year with Madras who we beat 55-0.

My hope for this years team is that the players make corrections of their errors as the season progresses. I also hope that after our last game of the year which I hope is in late November or December, but I hope I can say that the players matured and progressed throughout the season.

This game week I felt like the YAC PAC made great advances in Individual time, but the transfer to team and 7 on 7 is not their yet. I feel that the players lose their sense of urgency and their focus. Tomorrow night will tell me exactly who can Flip the Switch and who needs to mature still.

Sense the Ducks play tonight I felt this was appropriate to add:

EP Football Day #4 of Doubles

2009-08-28T07:57:00.000-07:00

Day #4 - Started out super poor! If I didn't know better I would say we had a team from the last couple of years out there, sandbagging it around. I was embarrassed as should all of our players for getting removed from the field by our Head Coach. Defense was mediocre at best today. We played like we will give up 45 points a game. I know, you know, and everyone involved in the EP Football program knows we are way better then that. We are missing the consistency at the leadership roles across the board. It is there at times, which lets us coaches know the leaders have what it takes, but we need it all the time.

Offensive practice went fairly well, our run game took off like a train. The passing attack took about two steps backwards in my opinion today. Nothing we can't recover from but something we need to address as the YAC PAC. Individual Period was a great success again for the YAC PAC, we seem to get a lot done especially with 25 Receivers going through drills.

Two YAC PAC Players stood out on Day #4 at a couple different times throughout the day and I want to say thanks for the effort and keep bringing it every play. Josh Wilson and Aaron Foster Ran like they wanted TD's during Oklahoma Drill, and then Wilson had a great Defensive Indy period and Foster ran great against our Varsity Defense during team time.

EP Football Day #3 of Doubles

2009-08-27T08:49:00.000-07:00

Day #3 - This was a great day for the YAC PAC in Individual time, but 7 on 7 and Team was not up to par. Right now our hold up is players playing scout team and giving looks for our 1's and 2's. We can not get better with out the scout team. I just wish two or three JV players would take some pride in trying to make the 1's look bad and blow things up out there on scout team.

Individual Time, I felt that the WR's got better today. I saw guys focusing more and actually starting to look like legit WR's. I feel our foot work is getting a lot better. I did appreciate the fact that 2/3 of the WR's were out doing Pre-Practice work, now I just wish they would concentrate a little more on looking it to the tuck when playing Around the Clock!

Great Indy Period guys, not lets get everyone going during 7 on 7 and Team time.

Football is Everything Video!!!

EP Football Day #2 of Doubles

2009-08-26T12:15:00.000-07:00

Day #2 - Started out a little sluggish but finished up with a good Offensive team session. We are looking better and better every practice. Receivers have come up with a name for themselves and it is the YAC PAC! We will emphasize the importance of getting yards after catch this season. I have told the WR's that they have only one chance to prove that they are worthy of this name, and that trial date is September 4th at Home against Crescent Valley @ 7pm.

Sophomores have an early lead on our fund-raising competition this fall. We will have another check on Friday this week to see who has sold our Gold Cards.

FYI: It is possible to run a sub 4 second 40 yard dash! Check out this link:

http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/blog/roto_arcade/post/Usain-Bolt-would-run-the-40-in-WHAT-?urn=fantasy,184570

EP Football Day #1 of Doubles

2009-08-24T22:40:00.000-07:00

Day #1 - Strong start for the Eagles this year! We are about 3 deep at all 4 WR spots that know what is going on because they have been to all the summer 7 on 7's and Camp. We have a good group of players that are head and shoulders above where they were last year. Today's practice was much more intense then all of last years practices and we were only in helmets.

If everyday is as good as today then Crescent Valley better watch out. We have 25 kids that are in better football shape then any one kid was last year after day #1 of Doubles.

Remember you must take every rep like it is your last, because you never know whats goingto happen the next snap!!!

Here is a Video clip of a DIII school! Not one of these kids have an Athletic scholarship, they are training to play because they LOVE the game and want to WIN! DI schools usually have 10-20 kids Power Clean 300 +, this school has 29 and 13 over 335!!!

Find more videos like this on Strength Performance Network

EP Football Fall Test Results

2009-08-22T08:17:00.000-07:00

Class	Last	First	3 Core Total	Athletic Ranking
12	Josephson	Steven	895	1
12	Marlia	Austin	765	2
11	Foster	Aaron	765	3
12	Wilson	Josh	755	3
10	Nesberg	Loren	770	4
10	Holmes	Tyrone	830	5
11	Rivera	Mario	915	6
12	Conley	Jeff	755	7
10	Morgan	Daniel	705	8
11	Iverson	Patrick	750	9
12	Gonzalez	Juan	640	10
11	Fenner	Dalton	715	11
10	Snow	Garrett	755	12
12	Richardson	Sean	715	13
11	Shaffer	Jacob	625	14
10	Ruiz	Eduardo	625	15
10	Martinez	Edward	660	16
10	Strong	Bryan	725	17
12	McCready	Wade	630	18
12	Morris	Cody	640	18
10	Dose	Sean	665	19
12	Miller	Daniel	705	19
9	Wilkerson	Johnny	640	20
12	Imes	Kevin	590	20
9	Ash	Caleb	570	21
11	Morris	Ian	540	22
11	Rogers	JT	605	23
10	Woods	Travis	555	24
11	Cardenas	Daniel	505	24
10	Owens	Nick	630	25
12	Hewson	Travis	550	25
11	Adams	Aaron	600	26
10	Jolliffe	Evan	470	27
9	Pariani	Casey	535	28
12	Lucas	Louis	650	28
9	Combs	Jacob	475	29
9	Dixon	James	515	30
9	Augino	Curt	455	31
9	Augino	Kevin	510	32
10	Reed	Zach	410	32
9	Mitchell	Taylor	510	33
11	Kaiser	Trent	240	33
11	Robinson	Josh	410	34
10	Gonzalez	Noe	345	35
9	Rittiman	Blade	465	36
9	Zerger	Kyle	430	36
9	Wilson	Brandon	365	37
9	Pfister	Cody	360	38
10	Valdovinos	Manuel	460	38
9	Gates	Caleb	315	39
9	Talmadge	Sho	415	39
11	Robinson	Chris	630	40
12	Hoppes	Tyler	420	40
10	Schnell	Derek	290	41
9	Marshall	Thomas	250	42
9	McCoard	Kenneth	235	42
9	Morse	Riley	320	42
9	Radcliffe	Eric	290	42
9	Sattler	Jesse	300	43
9	Kenner	Kendall	310	44
9	Meerten	Zach	315	44
9	Lilly	Jacob	385	45
9	Dose	Jordan	285	46
9	Fenner	Curtis	330	46
10	Bingham	Jerry	175	46
12	Halvorson	Chayse	515	47
10	Pinkham	Jordan	365	48
9	Grady	Devyn	370	49
9	Henderson	Dylan	300	50
10	Dale	Cyle	310	51
10	Olsen	Trevor	200	51
9	Buck	Evan	180	52
9	Lucas	Nathan	370	53
9	Skogseth	Eric	340	53
9	Trautman	Skoty	350	53
9	Morris	Justin	0	54
9	Sandlin	Dyllan	365	55
10	Hayes	Robert	445	55
9	Caster	Skyler	320	56
9	Moody	Frederick	125	56
9	Cochran	Moose	415	57
9	Alanis	Kenneth	120	58
9	Sutton	Steven	245	59
9	Meiliche	Trevor	110	60
11	Oster	David	285	61
9	McIntosh	Julian	185	62
9	King	Josh	170	63
11	Hatfield	Evan	160	63
10	Reimer	Daniel	145	64
11	Mobbs	Jared	145	64
9	Morris	Luke	175	65
9	Mcculloch	Kenny	160	66
9	Callahan	Alec	125	67
11	Marasco	Taylor	0	68

Great efforts by the majority of the athletes this past week in the weight room. There may have been others but the one that I know for sure that made every workout this summer is Senior Steven Josephson. Steven does a great job of leading by example in the weight room. Steven is our #1 Ranked athlete on our Varsity Football Team. The Freshman team is lead by Johnny Wilkerson as the #1 Ranked Football Player and he also finished as the #20 ranked athlete in our program.

Again, Great job Steven, Johnny, and the rest of the Eagles. We are continuing to close the gap and within reach of over-powering our competition!

Lets have a great week of Doubles starting on Monday @ 4pm!

Week 9 of EP Football's Summer Workouts

2009-08-19T12:29:00.000-07:00

Week 9 was a little less intense then week 8, but still a good week of work. I wanted everyone to see the full video I created because I really am impressed with how far the athletes have come in one year. With one day left of this weeks training, there has been some great numbers in the weight room led by (Junior Mario Rivera with a parallel squat of 440). I will post more details on the players lifting and sprint times this weekend. I have about 95 players to compute (time consuming), but I love it! I would do it for 300 more.
Great Pre-Season work Eagles!!!

Coach Wolfram's rating for this week was a 7 on a scale of 1-10!

2009 Training video:

This is a great video clip for the WR's to watch:
(I would like you varsity guys to come up with some sort of theme or motto for the WR's)

Week 8 of EP Football's Summer Workouts

2009-08-13T16:43:00.000-07:00

Week 8 - This week was by far the best week of training for the Eagle Point Football Team. We averaged over 85 football players each day this week. This week the players were divided up into 8 groups and 4 went to the weight room and 4 stayed on the field and did agility drills. After 45 minutes we switched the groups and started all over again. There was more energy in the last four days then all of last summer combined. We are on the climb, and teams on the schedule better be prepared!!!

In order to play 48 minutes on intense Football, one must train like it is game day EVERYDAY!

Coach Wolfram's rating for this week was a 9 on a scale of 1-10!

Here is a highlight of Thursday's warm-ups, Weight Room activity, and Cool-Down:
(Guys these are a few short clips the original video I have is to big for the website, I will try to show it to you guys some time.)

(Double Rabbit)

(Weight Room)

(Band of Brothers Cooling Down)

Week 7 of EP Football's Summer Workouts

2009-08-11T14:36:00.000-07:00

Week 7 -This week was a mandated off-week set by the OSAA. We had zero contact with the kids this week and it was pretty exciting that a few players took it upon themselves to stay the course with their training. I heard a few say they went to a local gym and or ran at home, or got together and played catch.

Here is a clip of our Freshman at Camp scoring a TD against a very good Central Valley team:

Here is a few video clips of our Varsity at Camp:

TFL

TFL

TD saving Tackle

TD saving Pass Break up

OL Competition (EP WINS!!!)

20 Yard gain

TD RUN!!!

Week 6 of EP Football's Summer Workouts

2009-08-02T17:40:00.000-07:00

Week 6 - This week athletes worked really hard to finish up strong before our week off. Football players finished strong with a good last week of 7 on 7. I have received numerous compliments from other coaches in the Valley about how our football players are starting to look the part. I don't take compliments very well about my actions in the weight room. I truly believe that it is the athletes hard work and dedication to the program that I laid out for them. All of the credit really does go to the Athletes. I want to give a big thank you to the rest of the football staff that helped open the Weight room over the summer and helped encourage the athletes to become better on a daily basis.

The freshman class once again has had more football players at workouts and 7 on 7 then any other class. Last years freshman set the bar, and now this years freshman have jumped over and set it a little higher. Great Job EPHS Freshman!

All of the athletes, I want to say thank you for buying into the program and we have great things ahead of us at EPHS this year.

One last thing before Fall sports get under way, "Be Happy, but Never Satisfied!"
Be happy with how far you have come, but never be satisfied, because you can always do better!

Coach Wolfram's rating for this week was a 7 on a scale of 1-10!

Week 5 of EP Football's Summer Workouts

2009-07-20T11:33:00.000-07:00

Week 5 - This week athletes worked very hard on Monday and Tuesday. Monday we had close to 65 athletes in the weight room preparing for the fall sports seasons. Wednesday the football players got their last workout of the week in before loading up and heading for Camp in McCloud. I was very pleased with how many athletes chose to get a workout in on the day that camp was starting.

Football Camp was great for the Eagle Point Football Team! Our Freshman proved to be very fast on Defense and fairly balanced between the air and ground on the offensive side of the ball.

Our Varsity Linemen won the Linemen challenge that was spread out over 3 nights worth of competition. The eagles were lead by Sophomore Tyrone Holmes!

The JV 7 on 7 team won their bracket of competition and was lead by Sophomore Receivers Edward Martinez and Loren Nesberg!

All athletes became better football players and became a little more mentally tough this year at camp.

Players battled physically and mentally for 5 days of non-stop football. The temperature reached triple digits the last three days which made for very warm practices. Players responded better this year then last to the coaching styles of the staff.

Brief glance at our dynamic warm-ups.

Walking Lunges X 10 yards
Reverse Lunges X 10 yards
High Knees X 10 yards
Chicken Wings X 10 yards
High Knee Crossover X 10 yards (each side)
Quick feet Carioca X 10 yards (each side)
Side Lunges X 10 yards
Toe Touches X 10 yards
S. Leg High Knees X 10 yards
S. Leg Butt Kickers X 10 yards
Goblet Squats X 10 reps

Coach Wolfram's rating for this week was a 8 on a scale of 1-10!

Week 4 of EP Football's Summer Workouts

2009-07-11T11:28:00.000-07:00

Week 4 - This was our last week of our first phase of our summer strength program. The athletes are starting to see some of the physical benefits of the weight room as we started 7 on 7 this week. Our football players are starting and stopping faster then they have ever done before and they are becoming mentally tough. Many people know that you can get strong, faster, and more explosive in the weight room. The thing people over-look is the fact that teenagers gain confidence in the weight room. Teenagers will carry their heads higher down the hall and on the field when they know they have put in the time in the weight room.

We had a few of the Girls soccer team join us this week and they worked hard and got better. I hope they do not get to discouraged by being sore. Girls it will get better, I promise.

EP athletes keep up the hard work, the fall season is just around the corner!

Brief glance at our rotational work this week. This week we did wipers twice, barbell torque once and windshield wipers once. All rotational exercises were 4 sets of 8 repetitions.

Coach Wolfram's rating for this week was a 6 on a scale of 1-10!

Week 3 of EP Football's Summer Workouts

2009-07-02T10:54:00.000-07:00

Week 3 of Strength and Conditioning is complete and I am regretful to say I missed three of the four days, but I had a good reason. My son was born Friday June 26th @ 10:16am. I brought my wife and son home Monday afternoon and we have been making adjustments to our daily life sense then. I have talked with the coaches that have been at the workouts everyday. Coaches have explained that our numbers have been down a little because of vacations and other obligations of the athletes. The athletes that have been coming for three straight weeks are starting to see the difference in the physical stature. EP football players have continued to work hard and make gains in the weight room. I want to give a shout out to a few female athletes that have been going toe to toe with the football players on a daily basis, and a special shout out to Jessica Ferro who comes everyday and works hard. Jessica sets a great example for all (Male/Female) younger athletes by demonstrating great effort and desire to get better each and everyday. Great job Jessica!

Brief glance at our Plyometric work this week: 2X10 of DBL Leg hops, 2X10 S. Leg Hops, and 4X8 Box Jumps multiple heights.

Coach Wolfram's rating for this week was a 7 on a scale of 1-10!
(This is based off other coaches input this week)

EP Football working hard

2009-06-30T22:16:00.001-07:00

When I took over the weight room at Eagle Point High School in Jan. 2007, I had about 6 kids that could Power Clean 200 pounds. This June at the end of school we had 9 Freshman Power Clean 210 or more. I wish I could say it was my magic words that made the kids more explosive, but I can't. I gave them direction and the opportunity and some took advantage of it and others, well the others will be others this coming season. I was very proud of the athletes that stuck with my Athletic Weight Training Class this past school year. We made up ground on other athletic programs in our league. It is my goal to put the strongest and most athletic athletes on the field every Friday night. EP athletes will be mentally tougher then their competition!!!

I would like to share with everyone what some of our players are accomplishing in the weight room.

Class	Name	Clean	Class	Name	Squat
11	McFall	270	11	McFall	435
11	Foster	265	11	Rivera	400
12	Kaiser	265	10	Snow	335
12	Josephson	255	12	Conley	335
10	Nesberg	245	11	Iverson	330
10	Reed	240	10	Holmes	315
10	Holmes	225	12	Josephson	315
11	Marasco	225	12	Marlia	315
11	Rivera	220	11	Fenner	310
10	Ruiz	215	12	Halvorson	310
11	Iverson	215	12	Kaiser	310
12	Wilson	215	12	Wilson	310
10	Morgan	210	11	Aranda	305
10	Strong	210	12	Lucas	305
12	Conley	210	10	Nesberg	300
12	Marlia	210	10	Valle-Romero	300
11	Oster	205	11	Foster	300
12	Richardson	205	11	Oster	300
10	Bernhardt	200
12	Halvorson	200
12	Boyd	200

We have 3 Clubs that athletes can get in and they are 650/800/900 lb. Clubs! In order to enter a club one must add their 1 rep max totals for Bench Press, Parallel Squat, and the Power Clean.

Class	Names	650 Club	Class	Names	800 Club
11	McFall	940	11	McFall	940
11	Rivera	835	11	Rivera	835
12	Josephson	835	12	Josephson	835
12	Conley	780
12	Kaiser	780	Class	Names	900 Club
11	Iverson	770
10	Holmes	765	11	McFall	940
11	Foster	765
12	Marlia	740
10	Nesberg	730
12	Wilson	720
12	Halvorson	715
11	Aranda	710
11	Fenner	705
10	Valle-Romero	700
11	Marasco	700
10	Ruiz	695
10	Snow	695
12	Lucas	695
11	Oster	690
12	Richardson	690
10	Strong	675
10	Reed	665
12	Boyd	650

Video Clip of Longest play in our Spring Scrimmage:

Just want to give thanks to the three men that have had the most influence on me and the way I run a Strength and Conditioning program. Jerry Wolfram Strength & Conditioning Coach at South Medford High (www.sosatraining.com), Robert dos Remedios Strength and Conditioning Coach at College of the Canyons (http://www.canyons.edu/departments/pe/strength/), and James Radcliffe Strength and Conditioning Coach at University of Oregon (www.goducks.com)

Week 2 of EP Football's Summer Workouts

2009-06-30T10:16:00.000-07:00

Week 2 went a little smoother then week one because the young guys had a week of training under them and they had a little experience with the exercises. Week 2 kept the same format as week 1 and the rest of the summer will follow the same format. Some of the younger guys really want to put more weight on the bar and we (coaches) have to remind them to work technique first. EP Football players are working hard, we have a better commitment then last year at this time, but I would still like to see some better leadership and commitment by the Senior class.

Brief Glance at our Agility Work: Rabbit Drill and Speed Ladder are done on Days #1 and #3, Zig Zag Run and Reverse Pivot Drill are done on Days #2 and #4.

Coach Wolfram's rating for this week was a 6 on a scale of 1-10!

Week 1 of EP Football's Summer Workouts

2009-06-30T09:25:00.000-07:00

Week 1 was a lot of new info for our young guys coming in. Our older guys were dreading the first workout of the week, because they knew it was a heavy lower-body workout. we started the first week with averaging 50 athletes a day between the two workout times. Kids worked very hard this first week. All teenage boys really like heavy upper-body workout days. Our heavy upper-body is on Day #2 and that is there incentive to get Day#1 done and out of the way. Week #1 started on June 15th and went through the 18th. Watching the underclassmen lift really excites me and the other coaches about EP Football!

Brief Glance at EP Workouts: Day #1 Core exercises were Power Cleans, Dead-lift, Back Squats. Day #2 Core exercises were Push Press, Bench, Lying Row. Day #3 Core Exercises were Snatch, Overhead Squat, and Front Squat. Day #4 Core exercises were Power Cleans, DB Bench, and Iso Bent-over Row.

Coach Wolfram's rating for this week was a 7 on a scale of 1-10!