How a Husband-and-Wife Coaching Team is spreading success through BFS
Q(OW A HUSBAND AND WIFE COACHING TEAM IS SPREADING SUCCESS THROUGH "&3 Q OR 3TEVE AND *ODIE 0RICE COACHING AT #HRISTIAN (IGH 3CHOOL IS LITERALLY A FAMILY AFFAIR %LEVEN YEARS AGO THE COUPLE STARTED COACHING AT ANOTHER PRIVATE SCHOOL !UGUSTA #HRISTIAN 3CHOOL IN !UGUSTA 'EORGIA 3TEVE WAS THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND *ODIE WAS THE VAR SITY GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH )N THEIR EIGHT YEARS AT !UGUSTA #HRISTIAN THEY TURNED AROUND THEIR RESPECTIVE TEAMS AND THEIR ATHLETES EXCELLED TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS h) DONT KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT BUT WHEN ) lRST STARTED COACHING AT !UGUSTA OUR FOOTBALL TEAM WAS REALLY REALLY BAD v SAYS 3TEVE h)N THE PREVIOUS YEARS THE FOOTBALL TEAM ONLY HAD ONE WINNING SEASONv 4HAT WAS THE BAD NEWS BUT THE GOOD NEWS WAS THAT AFTER IMPLEMENTING THE "&3 PROGRAM THEIR TEAM WENT ON TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS FOR SEVEN STRAIGHT YEARS .OT TO BE OUTDONE *ODIES BASKETBALL TEAM ALSO BECAME A CONSISTENT PRESENCE IN THEIR PLAYOFFS AND WON THE REGION CHAMPION SHIPS *ODY WAS ALSO NAMED !UGUST #HRONICLE #OACH OF THE 9EAR !LTHOUGH THE COUPLE COULD HAVE STAYED AT !UGUSTA #HRISTIAN WHICH WAS FEATURED IN OUR 3PRING ISSUE WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME TO COACH AT #HRISTIAN (IGH 3CHOOL IN $UBLIN 'EORGIA THEY JUMPED AT IT h4HE MAIN REASON WE MOVED IS THAT ITS HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE A PLACE BETTER SUITED FOR MY FAMILY THAN 4RINITY #HRISTIAN 3CHOOLS v SAYS 3TEVE h7E LIKE THE $UBLIN AREA AND EDUCATION WISE THE SCHOOLS ARE SECOND TO NONE 4HE PARENTS ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH THEIR CHILDRENS EDUCATION WHICH IS THE WAY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO WORKv "&3 IS A DAILY COMMITMENT WITH THE KIDS AND THE COACHES MUST BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED !LL PHOTOS COURTESY *OEY 7ILSON *ASON (OLCOMB AND 7ILL (EATH 3TEVE 0RICE 4RINITY #HRISTIAN (EAD &OOTBALL #OACH 4HE 0RICES STARTED COACHING AT 4RINITY A ')3!
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SCHOOL IN *UNE OF "ECAUSE THE PREVIOUS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH HAD BECOME ILL AND HAD TO GIVE UP HIS POSITION n LEAVING THE SCHOOL WITHOUT A HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FOR SIX MONTHS n THE "&3 PROGRAM WAS NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED h4HE PROGRAM WAS JUST KIND OF LIMPING ALONG BECAUSE AFTER THAT COACH LEFT THEY DIDNT HAVE ANYONE TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAM WAS PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED v SAYS 3TEVE h"&3 IS A DAILY COMMITMENT WITH THE KIDS AND THE COACHES MUST BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED NOT SITTING IN YOUR OFlCE AND HANDING OUT PROGRAMS 4HE KIDS AND THE COACHES MUST UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS OF INTENSITY DEDICATION COMMITMENT AND THE WINNING EVERY DAY PART OF "&3v !T !UGUSTA THE 0RICES HAD A GOOD GRASP OF THE "&3 PROGRAM BECAUSE 3TEVE HAD ATTENDED TWO OF ,EN 7ALENCIKOWSKIS CLINICS AND HAD HOSTED TWO OF HIS OWN h4HE lRST "&3 CLINIC ) WENT TO WAS IN .ORTH #AROLINA AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCEv "UT 3TEVE HAD BEEN A FAN OF "&3 LONG BEFORE THAT CLINIC h7HEN ) WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL MY DAD WAS A COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH BUT HE USED TO GET THE "&3 MAGAZINE AND ) WOULD ALWAYS READ THEM 7E HAD A WEIGHTROOM IN MY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY BASICALLY OPENED IT FOR US ) WORKED OUT WITH lVE OF MY TEAMMATES AND WE GOT THE SET REP LOGBOOK AND WE TAUGHT OURSELVES THE "&3 SYSTEM 7HEN ) GOT TO !UGUSTA #HRISTIAN ) GOT THE "&3 4OTAL 0ROGRAM BOOK RESEARCHED A LITTLE MORE AND WENT ON FROM THERE )TS BEEN THE BEST THING WEVE EVER DONEv #OMING /N 3TRONG AT 4RINITY 5NLIKE !UGUSTA #HRISTIANS TEAM THE 4RINITY #RUSADERS HAD ALWAYS HAD A STRONG FOOTBALL TRADITION HAVING WON THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ITS HISTORY h4HEY LOVE THEIR FOOTBALL IN $UBLIN v SAYS 0RICE WHO DIDNT LET THE FANS DOWN (IS lRST YEAR HIS TEAM WENT TO THE STATE SEMIlNALS AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS *ODIES GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM IS ALSO A SOURCE OF SCHOOL PRIDE 4HEY MADE THE PLAYOFFS HER lRST YEAR AND MADE THE STATE lNALS THE FOLLOWING SEASON h4HE "&3 PROGRAM HELPED US TO BE STRONG DURING TOURNAMENT TIME v SAYS *ODIE h)T HELPED US RECOVER FASTER WHEN WE HAD TO PLAY BACK TO BACK &RI DAY AND 3ATURDAY GAMES )T ALSO GAVE OUR GIRLS MORE CONlDENCE AS THEY STEPPED ONTO THE mOOR 4HEY KNEW THEY HAD OUTWORKED THE OTHER TEAMv 3TEVE IS ALSO AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE TRACK TEAM AND LAST YEAR THEY WON THE STATE TITLE h) DElNITELY FEEL THAT THE "&3 SYSTEM WORKS v SAYS HEAD TRACK COACH +RISTA -EADOWS A TWO TIME 'EORGIA 3TATE TRACK COACH OF THE YEAR h)T HAS TAKEN OUR ATHLETES TO A HIGHER LEVEL ) AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR WEIGHTLIFTING CLASSESv !LL SPORTS AT 4RINITY USE THE "&3 PROGRAM WHICH IS OVERSEEN BY 3TEVE !ND AS TOUGH AS IT WAS TO lX THE MENS CONDITIONING PROGRAM IT WAS TOUGHER FOR THE GIRLS SPORTS h4HE GIRLS HAD NEVER BEEN IN THE WEIGHTROOM BEFORE *ODIE CAME AND ) THINK THEY WERE A LITTLE RELUCTANT AT lRST TO LIFT v SAYS 3TEVE h*ODIE GOT THEM ALL TOGETHER RIGHT FROM THE START AND RAN ALL THEIR SUMMER WORKOUTSv 4HE BIGGEST BENElT OF THE "&3 PROGRAM FOR THE GIRLS SAYS 3TEVE WAS CONlDENCE h)N EDUCATION WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT SELF ESTEEM TRYING TO GIVE KIDS SELF ESTEEM AND DOING THINGS TO GET SELF ES TEEM BUT YOU KNOW SELF ESTEEM HAS TO BE EARNED v SAYS 3TEVE h/UR GIRLS WORK HARD IN THE WEIGHTROOM AND THIS MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES )T GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN AND THE ABILITY TO SAY NO TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT SOCIETY HAS BEEN TRYING TO PUSH ON THEM 4HATS WHY ) BELIEVE *ODIE IS SUCH A BIG PROPONENT OF GIRLS ATHLETICSv *ENNA "EDDINGFIELD +AMI "ASS AND #HEREESE "EDDINGFIELD 4O ENSURE THAT WORKOUTS ARE WELL ATTENDED 4RINITY HAS THREE WEIGHT TRAINING CLASSES AND THE 0RICES HAVE WEIGHT TRAINING SESSIONS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL 4HEY ALSO HAVE NON ATHLETES IN THE CLASSES h9OU GET THOSE KIDS WHO ARE @NON ATHLETES AND THEY COME IN AND THEY WORK WITH YOU FOR A SEMESTER AND ALL OF SUDDEN THEY GO OUT FOR SOMETHING 7E ONLY HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE ENTIRE SENIOR CLASS WHO DO NOT PLAY SOME SPORT SO ) GUESS FROM THE CONlDENCE THE KIDS GAIN FROM COMING IN THEY TURN OUT TO BE ATHLETESv !S FOR OTHER IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL OF STUDENTS USE THE WEIGHTROOM AND IS ON THE "&3 PROGRAM !ND IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH COVERS GRADES THROUGH 3TEVE SAYS PERCENT OF STUDENTS FOLLOW THE "&3 2EADINESS OR REGULAR "&3 PROGRAM h7E GET THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS ON THE 2EADINESS PROGRAM STARTING IN SIXTH GRADE WORKING IT IN WITH THE 0% PROGRAM THEN IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE TH GRADE WE SWITCH MOST OF THEM TO THE REGULAR "&3 PROGRAMv 3TEVE SAYS *OHN -ARTIN THE SCHOOLS ADMIS SIONS DIRECTOR AND HEAD BASKETBALL COACH HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING STUDENTS GET THE WEIGHT TRAINING CLASSES INTO THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL SCHEDULE !S MOTIVATION FOR THE ATHLETES BOTH THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS PROGRAMS HAVE 4 SHIRT AWARDS FOR TOTALS MADE ON THE BENCH SQUAT AND POWER CLEAN 3AYS 3TEVE h) DONT LIKE GIVING JUST A BENCH SHIRT BECAUSE ) WANT OUR ATHLETES TO BE ABLE TO SQUAT AND CLEAN WELL n BESIDES ) THINK THE BENCH PRESS TAKES CARE OF ITSELF 7E ALSO USE THE "&3 "EAT THE #OM PUTER SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS BENElT FOR US IN TEACHING NEW KIDS ABOUT THE SET REP SYSTEM /CCASIONALLY A STUDENT MIGHT SAY THAT THE COMPUTER @WHIPPED THEM THIS WEEK BUT ) TELL THEM @4HATS ALL RIGHT n WELL GET AFTER IT NEXT WEEK WELL GET BETTER AND WIN EVERY DAYv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
3%-).!2 4HE MOST COMPLETE "&3 EXPERIENCE !,, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE HANDS ON TRAINING AND THE INSPIRING "E !N 3EMINAR 4HE NEW "&3 4OTAL 0ROGRAM #LINIC IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE 4OTAL 0ROGRAM #LINIC $AY #LINIC "E !N 3EMINAR s 4HE COMPLETE "&3 PROGRAM s 4AUGHT BY SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COACHES IN !MERICA s (ANDS ON TRAINING ,AST YEAR OVER HIGH SCHOOLS SPONSORED A "&3 CLINIC AND WITH GOOD REASON 3CHOOLS THAT HAVE HAD "&3 CLINICS AVERAGE TWO MORE FOOTBALL WINS THREE MORE BASKETBALL WINS THREE MORE BASEBALL WINS AND PERCENT MORE OVERALL VICTORIES AND GENERALLY REDUCE THEIR INJURIES BY HALF 4AUGHT BY OUR STAFF OF ACCOMPLISHED HIGH SCHOOL COACHES WHO KNOW HOW TO TEACH PERFECT TECHNIQUE AND TO INSPIRE YOUNG ATHLETES THE "&3 4OTAL 0ROGRAM #LINIC WILL GET YOUR SCHOOL ON THE FAST TRACK TO SUCCESS 3ULFH "E AN PER ATHLETE NO MINIMUM $AY UP TO ATHLETES !DDL ATHLETES ONLY EACH s #OVERS THE BASICS s #ORE LIFTS TO PLYOMETRICS s 0ROGRAM DESIGN s (ANDS ON TRAINING FOR ALL s ,EARN AN ENTIRE PROGRAM s (IGHLY MOTIVATIONAL s !NTIOXIDANT SCAN s (OW TO 3TAY HEALTHY s 4HE BEST SUPPLEMENTS s )NSPIRES TO REACH BEYOND s 3ET GOALS AND VALUES s #HARACTER DEVELOPMENT !
CLINIC IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE BASIC PARTS AN INSTRUCTIONAL SECTION A MOTIVATIONAL SECTION AND A HANDS ON SECTION 3AFETY IS EMPHASIZED 4HE DAY CLIN IC WILL TEACH YOUR COACHES AND ATHLETES THE BASICS OF GETTING STARTED IMMEDIATELY ON A "&3 TOTAL PROGRAM )NCLUDES A SECTION ON NUTRI TION AND A SPECIAL COACHESg CLINIC !LL THE BASICS OF A DAY CLINIC BUT CONSIDERABLY MORE HANDS ON COACHING TO ENSURE COMPLETE MASTERY OF ALL EXERCISES IN THE "&3 PROGRAM 3PORT SPECIFIC EXERCISES AND SPEED TRAINING IS COVERED IN GREATER DETAIL SO THAT ALL ATHLETES CAN REAP MAXIMUM BENEFITS OF THE "&3 PROGRAM )NCLUDES A SECTION ON NUTRI TION AND A SPECIAL COACHES CLINIC "&3 UNDERSTANDS THAT PROPER NUTRITION IS AN ABSO LUTELY CRITICAL COMPONENT IN ANY STRENGTH AND CONDITION ING PROGRAM "UT HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUgRE EATING CORRECTLY OR IF THOSE EXPEN SIVE SUPPLEMENTS YOUgRE TAKING ACTUALLY WORK 7ITH THE 0HARMANEX "IO0HOTONIC 3CANNER A NON EVASIVE LASER THAT ACCURATELY MEASURES ANTIOXIDANT LEVELS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES YOUR ATHLETES GET AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF THEIR NUTRITIONAL STATUS !RE YOU INTERESTED IN A MOTI VATIONAL SEMINAR THAT STRESSES CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT 4HE "E !N 3EMINAR WILL TEACH YOUR ATHLETES HOW TO SET GOALS DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THEM AND BECOME LEADERS 5SING THE "E AN 'UIDEBOOK FOR 3UCCESS AS ITS TEXTBOOK THIS SEMINAR IS THE SPRINGBOARD FOR BRINGING OUT EXCELLENCE IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE !
TRULY INSPIRATIONAL EVENT !DD A "E !N 3EMINAR TO YOUR OR DAY CLINIC 5P TO ATHLETES !DDITIONAL ATHLETES ONLY EACH &DOO%)6IRU FRPSOHWHGHWDLOVRQ WKHDQWLR[LGDQWVFDQ /NE HALF OF THE AMOUNT IS DUE TO RESERVE YOUR DATE THE REMAINING BALANCE IS DUE DAY OF THE CLINIC 5P TO ATHLETES !DDITIONAL ATHLETES ONLY EACH )F COMBINED WITH A OR DAY "&3 #LINIC ONLY PER ATHLETE NO MINIMUM 7HATS BEING SAID ABOUT "&3 #LINICS h4HE "&3 CLINIC WAS WELL ORGA NIZED PRESENTED VERY PROFES SIONALLY AND WAS EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE 4HANK YOU FOR THE ENERGY AND PASSION THAT YOU EXHIBITED DURING YOUR PRESENTA TION IT WAS THE BEST THAT ) HAVE SEEN IN YEARS OF COACHINGv +EN "IEGEL (EAD &OOTBALL #OACH .ORTHLAND 0INES (IGH 3CHOOL %AGLE 2IVER 7ISCONSIN h) HAVE HAD MORE POSI TIVE COMMENTS ON THE "&3"E !N PRESENTA TION THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE PRESENTATION IN THE YEARS ) HAVE BEEN HERE AS A 3UPERINTENDENTv 2ONALD * $AYTON 3UPERINTENDENT OF 3CHOOLS 3CHOOL $ISTRICT OF #AMBRIDGE #AMBRIDGE 7ISCONSIN h7ORDS LIKE EXTRAORDINARY INSPIRATIONAL AND TERRIFIC COME TO MIND WHEN ) BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THE "&3 #LINIC 7E ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PROGRAMS THAT BRING OUT THE BEST IN OUR STUDENTS )N THAT REGARD "&3 WAS A GRAND SLAM HOMERUNv 4HOMAS ' !YCOK (EADMASTER 4RINITY %PISCOPAL 3CHOOL 2ICHMOND 6IRGINIA &RQWDFW%)67RGD\ /HWRXUWUDLQHGFRDFKLQJVWDIIDQVZHU\RXUTXHVWLRQV &DOORUJRRQOLQHDW%)6RQOLQHFRP
From BFS Magazine — May/June 2005. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
