Issue
Winter 2003.
11 articles
The Winter 2003 issue of BFS Magazine collects 11 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Football, Power Clean, Squat, and Character. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss, Cameron Rahnama, and Dr.Greg Shepard. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
Diary of a High School Strength Coach
If theres a walking advertisement for the BFS program, its got to be Doug George of Boardman, Ohio. As the father of six, George decided to give his kids a head start on their athletic careers by building a small weightroom in his garage. The space worked great, even if George
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High Hopes for Collegiate Womens Volleyball
Then the best collegiate volleyball teams come to Dallas this December to compete in the NCAA Division I National Championship, the pressure will be on USC as it seeks to repeat history. Collegiate volleyball is extremely competitive and every team is going to be looking to beat
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GET REALLY FAST
What are the real keys to improving speed? What can you do to develop speed in the best and fastest way possible? BFS has the answers to these questions. If your team follows our BFS guidelines for speed, I guarantee that you will always be the fastest team in your conference and
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Who Will Win the Heisman?
One of the most coveted awards in college sports is the Heisman Memorial Trophy Award. The Heisman, which was first awarded in 1936, is given at the end of the regular season to the young man considered the best player in college football. Predicting who will win is the subject o
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Williams College, The Student-Athletes Haven
Its one thing for a college to have a good program in football, or perhaps another major sport, but Williams College is the rare exception in that it is successful in almost all its sports. As a case in point, for six out of seven years Williams has won the Directors Cup Trophy
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Dan Johns History Lesson
Most athletes reach their peak in high school, with only an exceptional few going on to college or the professional level. For athletes in such sports as gymnastics and figure skating, retirement may even hit as early as junior high. But for 46-year-old thrower and weightlifter D
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What's Happening
FAREWELL MIA Mia Hamm, at age 31, retired playing the best soccer of her career. Maybe it is because shes putting it all together. She has put a divorce and injuries behind her and is moving forward in an exciting way. Mia met Boston Red Sox star, Normar Garciaparra during a pro
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From BFS to Bowling Green
Every high school football player dreams of playing at a Division I college, but there are only 119 of these colleges but over 17,000 high schools that have football teams. So the odds of playing at a Division I college, much less making the team, are quite low. One athlete whose
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Cole Ivie; Its a Family Tradition
Bernard and Sharon Ivie were especially proud to see their son Conrad receive the BFS Athlete of the Year in 2001. This prestigious award is given in recognition of not just outstanding athletic ability but also character, leadership abilities and academic achievements. That woul
ReadTAKE CHARGE!
Take Charge! On a scale of one to ten: Be An Eleven! You are responsible for your own greatness. Take charge now of everything in your life. A person operating at a five level just kind of goes with the flow without direction or commitment. A true Eleven takes charge and proceeds
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