Issue
May/June 2009.
11 articles
The May/June 2009 issue of BFS Magazine collects 11 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Football, Speed, Character, and Bench Press. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
The Dark Side of Sports: The Cost of Cutting Corners
The Cost of Cutting Corners You can’t bypass safety when training athletes In the current economic crisis, coaches and owners of facilities are looking for ways to reduce the costs of doing business. Unfortunately, a lot of unwise decisions are being made that can end up being re
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A Closer Look at the BFS Elite Half Racks
The BFS Elite Rack with Platform enables athletes to perform all the BFS core lifts and many auxiliary exercises in one place. BFS Elite Half Racks The BFS way to space-efficient weightrooms Prior to the creation of the strength coaching profession several decades ago, gyms usually
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Secrets of Speed: The BFS Push/Pull Sled
Running and resistance training are two basic components of virtually all sports conditioning programs, and one of the challenges to strength coaches is finding activities that do both at the same time. This concept is known as specificity of training. Specificity refers to worki
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The Undefeated Never Rest: Coaching Utes Football
Taking over a losing program is always a challenge for a coach. How do you change the offense and defense, if at all? How do you motivate your players to develop a winning attitude? What areas need to be focused on in the strength and conditioning program? But the question on Kyl
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Meet the Clinician: Ray Cosenza
Meet the Clinician: Our clinicians are the heart and soul of BFS, and this issue highlights a clinician we are particularly proud of: Ray Cosenza. His extensive educational background includes a BS in physical education and a master’s in psychology. As for his athletic background
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The Answer for the Busy Coach: Computer-Aided Workouts
is divided into three categories: The Based on an athlete’s current n our current economy, schools are Ironman Ranking shows the athlete’s being forced to downsize personnel, maxes for each exercise, Knowley’s performance in the core lifts, while the software program sets up chal
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BFS Position Paper: Plyometrics
Plyometrics Practical guidelines on how to implement this valuable training method Plyometrics can have great value in improving speed, jumping ability and overall explosiveness. Athletes who work hard in the weightroom but neglect all other forms of training, especially plyometr
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Spreading Success Around: The Auburn Rockets
Photos: Mark Seliger 2008, SeligerPhoto@aol.com Spreading Success Around: The Auburn Rockets Every athlete is a winner at this Massachusetts high school At BFS we love stories about football teams that go from cellar-dwellers to champions, and you don’t get much better than the s
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2009 BFS High School Female Athlete of the Year
Hannah Donnerberg is a country girl with a shining past and an even brighter future There are many factors that go into our selection of the BFS High School Female Athlete of the Year. The winner should excel at multiple sports, succeed academically, be of high character and work
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Rising from the Ashes: Huntley Project High School
Early in the morning of September 18, 2008, a fire set by arsonists destroyed much of Huntley Project High School. The library, the gym, three offices and nine classrooms went up in flames. Jay Santy is the head football coach at Huntley Project High School in Worden, about 20 mi
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