Issue
November/December 2010.
12 articles
The November/December 2010 issue of BFS Magazine collects 12 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Football, Safety, Power Clean, and Character. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Marc Rabinoff, Paul Gagne, and Kyle Madden. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
Cheerleading As Sport: A Moderately Outrageous Opinion
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3KRWRE\6HUJL%DFKODNRY7KH&:7KH&:1HWZRUN//&$OO5LJKWV5HVHUYHG Cheerleading As Sport: A Moderately Outrageous Opinion A look at the changing face of high school and college cheerleading Hellcats is a new show from the CW network about the strug
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New York Certification
Shown in front of a successful certification clinic at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. Shown are (l-r) BFS President Bob Rowbotham, BFS clinician-in-training Rob Mergardt, and BFS clinician Roger Freeborn. od Mergardt is a professor at Manhattanville College who is w
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Muscle Building for Athletes
f you’re a bodybuilder and your training time is very limited, chances are you will focus on the “showy” muscles on the front of the body, such as the chest and quads. These are the muscles that often make the most dramatic first impression. That may be fine for bodybuilders, but
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The Science and Practice of Training NHL Players
Coach Paul Gagné spotting Joe Rullier of the Boston Bruins. Training NHL Players How the best strength coaches train the best professional hockey players BY PAUL GAGNÉ, STRENGTH COACH AND POSTUROLOGIST ’m from Montreal, and we have a saying that the doctor has to watch their fing
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2010 College Football Progress Report
FEATURE STORY 3KRWR 803KRWR6HUYLFHV 3KRWR :HVOH\+LWWZZZKLWWSKRWRJUDSK\FRP Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett and Houston’s Case Keenum are two top quarterbacks who have the potential to play on Sundays. Keenum is on track to break the all-time NCAA career passing record. 3KRWR 8+
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Meet the Clinician: Beau Johnson
BFS PROGRAM Coach Johnson with members of the Southwest Georgia Academy coaching staff at the GISA All Star Game. Shown left to right are Max Evans, Austin Boyd, Beau Johnson, Parker Rentz and David Bell. Meet the Clinician: Beau Johnson A closer look at a new BFS coach eau Johns
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A closer Look at Absolutes #4 and #5
Absolutes #4 and #5 The importance of knee and foot alignment for optimal performance oaches often comment on an athlete as having “good feet.” They want athletes who are light on their feet, are quick on their feet, and have a fast “first step.” But having good feet is not a mys
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Top Ten Reasons to Use BFS
nformation overload is an expression that describes how having too much information makes it difficult to make decisions. Information overload can certainly apply to high school and middle school coaches who are trying to decide on the best type of workout program for their athle
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Hills West High: 12-0 Long island Champions!
ur football team of Half Hollow Hills West in Dix Hills, New York, has had our share of success since 2000. Prior to 2009 we’d been to the playoffs six times and made two trips to the County Championship game. Good, yes, but we wanted to be great – we wanted to be remembered. We
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2010 BFS High School Male Athlete of the Year
Male Athlete of the Year Austin Ryf achieves the balance that has made him an exceptional student-athlete here is a mistaken belief that the winner of the BFS Male Athlete of the Year should be bench pressing 400 pounds and running 4.40 in the forty. Yes, the award is given to ex
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Keeping It Together at Ellensburg High
llensburg High School is known for its student body of smart, disciplined young people who set goals and make specific plans to achieve them. Case in point: Approximately 45 percent of Ellensburg graduates go on to four-year colleges and another 15 percent move on to junior colle
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