Issue
Spring 2000.
14 articles
The Spring 2000 issue of BFS Magazine collects 14 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Football, Speed, Squat, and Power Clean. Coaches and writers featured here include Greg Shepard, Kim Goss, and Matt Shepard. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
TODAY I WIN! - The Kevin Wilson Story
Kevin Wilson, a 15-year old junior guard from Santana High School in San Diego County, collapsed on the football field during practice on August 23rd of 1999. His father, Don Wilson remembered, I knew it was at least heat exhaustion. The coaches were putting ice on him. At that
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THE BFS READINESS PROGRAM
The Bigger Faster Stronger Readiness Program is a weightlifting program which BFS has taught for over 15 years. It is designed for the beginning, junior high or middle school athlete from as young as the 7th grade. It can produce spectacular results in practically any environment
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SPEED KILLS - Featuring Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson, former NFL great, believes, really believes, that speed and running skills are vitally important to an athlete. Eugene says, These speed and running skills I was taught made my career. Eugene Robinson just completed his 15th year as a professional player in the
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THE STRAIGHT LEG DEADLIFT
Steven Van De Zande, assistant strength and conditioning coach at Jacksonville University wrote the following letter: I noticed in two recent articles in the BFS Winter 1999 Journal full straight leg dead lifts were advocated. It is my professional opinion that the technique show
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THE EAGLES SOAR AGAIN
Jack Hatem had a lot of work to do when he accepted the job as head football coach at Ohio's New Albany High School in 1998. He had to get used to working with the administration and coaching staff and learn the strengths, weaknesses and personalities of each member of his new fo
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE SPRING 2000
It is marvelous to contemplate the future. What exciting events will unfold? What new accomplishments will be achieved? What new mountains will we get to climb? BFS will be with you all the way to help you reach your highest personal destiny. That is our mission. Our job is to he
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (Anthony Pearson)
Although I was only 12 at the time, my first reaction was You're not going to take my leg. After 6 weeks and a confirmed diagnosis, I made the decision to do the surgery. I had turned 12 years old on June 15 and the surgery was on the 31st of July, 1995. --Anthony Pearson ___
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A CLEAR SHOT AT SUCCESS: LOOK OUT FOR LEEANN
Welcome to Malta, Montana. Population: about 1800, if the Smiths don't move out of town next week. Beautiful and rustic as the town is in the northern part of the state, it's easy to imagine pioneers Lewis and Clark crossing the wide-open plains as they trekked toward the rough a
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MAKE A STATE-CHAMPIONSHIP EFFORT TODAY
Encourage each other in Mind, Body, and Spirit. Hold each other accountable. Chuck Knoll said, "On every team there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else." Every team cries out for leadership. On a scale of one to ten, the best leaders work at an eleven pace. If
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CONCORDIA PANTHERS
Another school year was coming to an end. It was 1995 and eighth grader, John Hake, had just gotten his school pictures back. He was carrying on the tradition of passing them out to friends. As he sat and pondered what to write on the back of the picture that he was giving to his
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BARBE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Editors Note About the Cecchinis: Glenn Cecchini has been the head baseball coach at Barbe High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana for 14 years. Cecchini graduated and played baseball collegiately at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL). His teams have made the state p
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EVANGEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
Evangel Christian Academy was crowned 1999 National High School Football Champions by Fox Sports after a hard fought victory over West Monroe. The game was billed as the biggest in Louisiana history. West Monroe was also undefeated in the 5-A ranks and coached by Don Shows. It wa
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SPEED + STRENGTH = VICTORY (Baker H.S.)
Baker, Montana is a small rural community of 2,000 people. Through hard work and dedication to perfection, the Baker High Spartans' put together an extremely impressive football team that breezed through the first six games of the season with a perfect 6-0 record. With game numbe
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