Issue
Summer 1999.
17 articles
The Summer 1999 issue of BFS Magazine collects 17 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Bench Press, Football, Power Clean, and Squat. Coaches and writers featured here include Matt Shepard, Greg Shepard, and Reed Sainsbury. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
BAKER HIGH SCHOOL: Class of 2000
In the southeast corner of Montana stands a small oil town of 2,000 people. Our high school has an enrollment of 198 students. How does a small rural community develop a sports program that can overcome the obstacles of size and isolation? Five years ago four of our local high sc
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AMY CHRISTIANSEN-PALMER: American Hammer Throw Record Holder
When Amy was a freshman in high school she was approached by her friend's dad, Reed Thomas, and encouraged to come out for the track team, and try throwing. Amy decided to take his advice, since she was the reigning arm wrestling champion at Grantsville High. Shortly after joinin
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ATTRIBUTES OF A GREAT COACH
If you ask any coach why they enjoy their job so much one might quickly reply, I enjoy the unmatched feelings I get with a victory over a tough competitor. Another might say,I like the constant need to devise clever strategies or I like to see well thought out plans perfectl
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BELIEVE-FAIRNESS-SUCCESS: Riverside High School, TN
The first step toward winning is a huge one - recruit good athletes with good character, good study habits, and a willingness to suppress their own personal ambitions for the good of the team. Within many educational settings, these factors must be developed. There is a magic for
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ALLEGAN HIGH SCHOOL: All-Sport Unification
The old way of thinking was that the football team had their strength program, the track team had theirs, the wrestling team had theirs, and so on. Each team had a different program because they each needed to work on different things because they are different sports which
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE - Summer 1999
Winners Make Goal Choices and Form Positive Habits _________________ ABOUT HABIT I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper, or your heaviest burden. I will push you onward, or drag you down to failure. I am at your command. Half of the tasks you do, you may just as
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PERFECT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: Miami Southridge
The 1998 Lady Spartan Track Team was a perfect 27-0, winning the Florida 6-A Girls Track State Championship. In the 90s, the Spartans won the title twice, finished 2nd six times and 3rd once. How does a track team win so much? Len Walencikowski, Miami Southridge's Strength & Con
ReadTRAINING SMART FOR YOUR SPORT
Pull the bar to you as slow as you can. Good! Take ten seconds to lower it and ten more to push it back up. How many of you have walked in to a gym to see a fitness trainer working with young athletes in this fashion? I spent last summer working with high school football players
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FOR INDIANAS ARTESIANS ITS NOT THE WATER, ITS BFS!
When Indiana's first certified strength and conditioning specialist came to Martinsville High School in 1996, the girls' golf and tennis teams paid little heed. The attitude at the time was that golfers don't need big muscles, and in tennis, speed is more important than strength.
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MICHAEL BUTLER
Adversity is something everyone has to overcome every once in a while in life. However, some people are faced with more adversity than others. Sometimes the best way to find a persons true greatness is by looking at what they overcame. Not by what they accomplished. This is a st
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REDFORD UNION PANTHERS: Mega Blue League Champions
The Redford Union Panthers had a tradition of losing. No matter how hard the coaches and players worked they just couldn't seem to win. The Panthers had never made the playoffs and ended this football season with an dismal 0-9 record. Athletic Director, Jim Gibbons, decided somet
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FIND A WAY: Jeffrie Banks
Coach Jeffery Bonner from Southern Choctaw High School in Silas, Alabama wrote me at BFS. The following are parts of this letter: For the past five years I have been reading the BFS Journal and the wonderful stories from all across the world. Here is a true story about another u
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NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEEL: Brandon Spoon
Brandon Spoon was one of the top linebackers in the nation last year and is slated to be a premier linebacker next season. He has been nominated for the Butkus (linebacker) Award twice. Last season he was a 2nd team All-ACC selection as he led the Tar Heels in tackles (78) and hi
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LESSONS TO LEARN: Estecada High School, OR
The 1998 Estacada Ranger Football team performed beyond all expectations. This is my second season as head coach at Estacada. In the two years before I got to Estacada, the team had only won 2 games. Then, in 1997, we turned it around with a 6-3 record. This years team went 9-1,
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A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS: Sabino High School, AZ
Jeff Scurran is one of the coaching giants in the history of high school football. He is one of our BFS Clinicians and last December produced another state championship team. This giant is 5-8 and weighs a hundred and practically nothing. He played high school football at North M
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BORN TO LIFT: Casey Burgener
Just about everyone lifts weights. Football players will perform Squats and Power Cleans to become better athletes. Business professionals will perform Lat Pulldowns and Leg Presses to tone their muscles and stay trim. Senior citizens will perform Lunges and biceps Curls to keep
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