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Sprinting is part of the total BFS Program. Coach Shepard shown with Homer HS., Michigan Athlete Homer FB Coach is Kurt Evans.

Coach Shepard working with Marblehead HS. Athlete on the Box Squat Technique. Marblehead HS., Massachusetts FB Coach is Bruce Jordan.

Allan Williams and Coach Shepard battling in the famous BFS Quarter Reaction Contest. Allan was one of two athletes to beat Coach Shepard out of 50 Clinics held this year! St James High School, Louisiana.

Coach Anderson at the Grand Finale of a BFS Clinic. The Torrey Pines HS., San Diego Athlete Dead Lifted 555! Torrey Pines FB Coach is Ed Burke.

Coach Anderson's Enthusiasm is Contagious as a Bell High School, Los Angeles Athlete completes a 505 Dead Lift Motivation is at least one third of a clinic' Bell High School FB Coach is Tosh Nitta.

Coach Shepard assisting Athlete at St James HS., Louisiana Clinic. 575 Dead Lift! St. James Coach is Allen Hymel.

The Athletes Attitude at the End of any clinic is always spontaneous and Always the same: We can be #1; We want to work hard to be #1; We love having an opportunity to reach our potential! Bell High School, Los Angeles.

Give Your Kids They DeserveOnce In A Life What Will Happen In Your Clinic • MOtivational instructional movies are shown and discussed. • Instrucrional period given where each player and coach becomes an experr in how (() power weight train. • Discussion periods to answer all questions about lifting, diet, speed, agiliry, injuries, erc. • Presenrarion of Munchies wncept ... a unique approach to goal setting for weights, sports, and life. • Coach Shepard can spend rime with your administrarors or Boosrer Club to assist them in understanding the program; give advice on curriculom planning; ideas on how to finance program; or any topic wirh which you need help.

• Coach Shepard will have a Reaction-Speed Contert with your quickest arhletes. Take a quarter out of my hand or keep me from taking a quarrer out of your hand and win a Book or a Shirt. We will learn how to increase reacrion time. Warning: Do not Athletes from coast-to-coast have learned to be "Pros" in Power Weight Training by Doing in BFS Clinics! expecr to win. • The climax of the Clinic comes as selecred players lift 400-600 Ibs. This is carefully supervised by Coach Shepard. This clearly demonsrrates rhe 'Sky ir the limit" and that our minds, not our bodies, control our future Ways To Have Your Clinic • The besr way ro llave a clinic only for your school.

We can really attack your teams personal challenges. • Because of finances you may want to go in with several other schools outside your league. Marrinsburg High School in West Virginia had 10 other schools ar their clinic. school day like Aledo High School in Illinois. All athletes both guys and girls, attended and the administration helped f'xH the bill.

A clinic is stimulating, informative and motivating. Athletes are always extremely interested and attentive the whole short seven hours.

• Have a clinic for your In·Service Day as did Park View High School in Springfield, Missouri. • A junior college or college may want (() sponsor a clinic and invite all the area coaches and athleres. At the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse over !j00 coaches with over 400 athletes turned up for rhe clinic. I'm sure the public relations benefits were enormous. • A Bigger Fasrer Stronger Clinic can be struCtured any way that will most help your program.

Reservation Procedure • Call Toll free l-i!OO·(i2i!-9757. Rick, Bob or Creg will take your call. Please have some possible dares in mind and h'lw you plan to have your clinic. We'lI be glad (() help you work out the details and the feasibiliry of YI)lIr clinic. • Saturdays are the most popular day and usually the best day.

Coaches are given the opportunity to become experts by Doing. Every coach who participates will develop great confidence in coaching Power Weight Training.

However, any day is OK. • Your date will beconfirmed when the transportation money is received. Pled.re Note: Your cenracive dates will be lost when tr3nsportation money from anurher school is received firsc for that dace. • Reserve your clinic dates as soon as possible. Clinic dates are already filling up for the 1981-S5 year The Winning Edge A Clinic Can Be A time Experience tIGER.

Clinic Records • Thirty-two State Champions after the Clinics' • Eighteen Coaches named "Coach of the Year." • Most athletes dead lifting 500 Ibs. at a high school Eight at Deep Park High School in Houston, Texas. • Schools where all 14 selected athletes dead lifted 400 or more Seventy-eight' • Most athletes attending from one high school: 205 from Bishop Ryan High School in Minot, North Dakota (40,/; of Student B(xly). • Best Dead Lift for College Athlete: Paul Kendrick, 670 Ibs. from Hamline University in Minnesota. • Best Dead Lift for High School Athlete: Kimbo Spencer, 681 Ibs., from Graham High School in Virginia.

• Most clinics held in one state since 1978: California with 18 Colurado with II, Michigan with 10 and Ohio with 10. • Best Dead Lift for 9th Grader: 600 pounds' Bobby Raynor from Idabel High Sch,xll, Idabel, Oklahoma.

50 BFS Clinics are held annually. Pictured is a clinic at Golden West Junior College in the Los Angeles area.

Equipment Needed For Your Clinic • • • • One 700 pound Olympic set. One Bench Press. One set uf Squat Racks. Two .'j x 8 sheets of plywood for each dead lift and clean station (to protect floor). • Gymnastics Chalk; Please nore rosin will not work. • Weight Lifting Belts. • Pencils for each participant, 16mm projector, chalkbo,.ml.

'If you do not havf acccss to any of the above cquipmcnt, contact IIIC for additional help.

All clinic participants learn to properly lift and spot. Usually everyone gets a full beginning workout during the clinic.

Cost Transportation: The least expensive flights from Salr Lake City will be used. The carlier we can book flights, the easier it is to schedule economy rates. Lodging: Coach Shepard prefers staying with one of thc coaches, rather than a motel. This gives a bcrrer chancc to exchange informatjon and ideas. Clinic Fee: S495.00 Includes Mutivation Packet and Bigger Faster Stronger Buok for the Head Coach. lncluues goal cards for everyone. Invite as Illany participants as the (;ylll will hold. The Clinic lasts Set'ell hUM.!', usually from 9:00 a.m. to IJ:.\O p.m. with V2 hour for lunch, but can be any h<llirs of your choosing.

Coach Shepard teaching the "Munchies" Goal Setting System, a very important part of every clinic.

From BFS Magazine — September/October 1984. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).