Issue
Summer 2003.
15 articles
The Summer 2003 issue of BFS Magazine collects 15 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Football, Power Clean, Speed, and Squat. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Greg Shepard, Kim Goss, and Christopher Burlingame. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
The Rangers of Regis University
Hows this for a coaching job? Your team has an uncommon work ethic. They love the game of basketball. They have an uncommon passion for excellence. They win twenty plus games a year, win their conference and make it to the NCAA tournament. Finally, their team GPA average is 3.6
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New BFS Total Program Concept
The Balance Drills: There are three drills. These can be done at the conclusion of a power snatch set or as a separate exercise. Demonstrating is 6-foot 2-inch Kristina Vengryte from the Regis University Womens Basketball team. It was Kristinas first try at these balance drills
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Road to the Playoffs Altoona High School
The 2002 season ended in a blizzard of emotion and snow as the Altoona Mountain Lions fell to the Woodland Hills Wolverines (then ranked number three in the country) in the Western Finals of the Pennsylvania AAAA State Playoffs. Several inches of powder blanketed the usually gree
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New BFS Total Program Concept Auxiliary Lifts
The BFS Program has evolved over the years and now offers coaches and athletes two choices when selecting auxiliary exercises to complement the core lifts. These two choices for auxiliaries are standard and advanced. In doing our BFS Clinics we found a wide variety among particip
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Northern Vance High The Viking Challange
he 2002-2003 school year saw the Vikings first undefeated season in the history of Northern Vance High School in Henderson, North Carolina. This is only the second time in twenty years that Vance County has seen a perfect season in Class 2A football, and the fifth time it has hap
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East Providence Rebuilding a Team the BFS Way
East Providence High School in East Providence, Rhode Island, has a rich history and tradition in football equal to any school in all of New England. Prior to the 2002 season, the Townies had been to four state Division I championship games since 1995, winning two of them. Kids i
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Lateral Plyometrics
Plyometrics are integral to a top athletic training program. Most plyo drills are performed moving forward, which produces great results but, as you think about it, is still insufficient. All team sports require that athletes move quickly and explosively not just forward but also
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Youth Weightlifting Pioneer Marty Schnorf
One of the most controversial issues in sports conditioning is strength training for young athletes. Many coaches still believe its dangerous for young athletes to lift weights, and some believe its a waste of time. Marty Schnorf has spent 30 years dispelling these myths while
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Madison Warhawks The Perfect Season
The lengthening shadows of perfect summer night paralleled the impending conclusion to the perfect season for the James Madison Warhawks. A win against their rival and Central Region champ, J.R. Tucker of Richmond, would put the exclamation point on an undefeated season for this
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Only the Strong Survive Brooks County H. S.
The Brooks County High School Trojans of Quitman, Georgia, have come a long way from being the underdogs to being feared and respected by their opponents. In April 2001 the Trojans, who compete in Region 2-AA, were under new leadership as Coach Ryan Branch was named the new head
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Richland Center H.S. Confidence & Community
Every coach emphasizes dedication, effort and teamwork as keys to future success. One fundamental component of the BFS program takes this concept to another level: Athletes are challenged to become Elevens by setting worthy goals and reaching beyond expectations. The Richland Cen
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Being a True Eleven
During their junior year, linebacker Aaron Hobson and lineman Andy Troxel, also members of the RCHS Key Club, volunteered to become Big Buddies to a fifth grade student, Tyler, whose father had died in a tragic drowning accident a couple of years earlier. Throughout the year they
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More than a Game
Walking off that field, tears in my eyes, next to my friends, the people that I have grown to love, in almost every sense of the word my brothers. An empty feeling growing inside me. My hands numb from the cold and bruises. A faint limp as pain shot through my knee. I remember pu
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE Summer 2003
During the first days of the Iraq war, CNN aired a most touching story on one of our American troop members. The mother of this young man saw him on the CNN program and felt compelled to e-mail CNN asking that they relay a message to her son. As only a mother can, she conveyed he
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