Issue
September/October 2007.
10 articles
The September/October 2007 issue of BFS Magazine collects 10 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Football, Power Clean, Safety, and Squat. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss and Bob Rowbotham, President BFS. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
From Concept to Completion: Schurr High School
Concept to Completion: Athletes at this California school are enjoying all aspects of what BFS has to offer If you are reading this and are over the age of 40, do you remember when you would drive up to get gas and be swarmed by servicemen who would fill up your tank for a few do
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The Dark Side of Sports: Playing Doctor
J^[:WhaI_Z[e\Ifehji0 FbWo_d]:eYjeh If you think you’re qualified to rehab an old neck injury, better think again Question: I am coaching a football player who transferred from another school and who suffered a stress fracture in his neck a year ago. I told him he would not b
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A New Look at Squatting: Part I
TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT Steve Kinslow photo AA look inside the next level of technique training for the squat few years ago a study conducted by the Department of Psychology at Cornell University concluded that one of the major problems with incompetent workers is that they don’t
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Vertical-Jump Testing: Beyond 2007
Vertical-Jump Testing: A simple, super fast solution to sports fitness testing by Kim Goss WWhat better example of jumping power than this photo of 14-year-old Mary Beth Lofgren? Mary Beth, who represents the Olympus School of Gymnastics in Sandy, Utah, won the 2007 Utah State Cha
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The New War on Germs
“Alarmed” is a bit of an understatement to describe the doctor’s reaction to seeing the pus-filled wounds resembling black holes an inch deep on the back of Jeremy Schnitz’s leg. Jeremy was immediately referred to a surgeon at a local children’s hospital, where it was discovered
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2007 BFS National Convention
FS is headquartered in Salt Lake City, but we have approximately 50 clinicians spread across the country. Thanks to cell phones, e-mails and text messaging, our representatives are always in touch with the front office. True, but there’s nothing like face-to-face meetings to shar
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Girl Power Revisited
is not just about football FT DEN M I S E HA PR FS BOT B BY ROW B BO or several years Anna Kournikova was the highest-paid female athlete in the world, primarily due to her commercials and sponsorship agreements. The prevailing perception is that Anna was more of “a gorgeous mode
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Power Clean High
One of the interesting aspects of BFS is that our stories often repeat themselves. Take, for example, the story of David Harvey-Bowen. 2007 season with a half-dozen athletes who can power clean at least 300 pounds, with a best of 350 pounds! “Our players knew about David – we sti
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Staying the Course
Loyalsock High School “If something works, then stay with it!” would be a good motto to describe Alex Jackson’s coaching philosophy. Coach Jackson is the defensive coordinator at Loyalsock High School in Loyalsock, Pennsylvania, and has been using the BFS program for 12 years at
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