Win! Win! Win!

Our philosophy at Kingsford Football is simple:

"WIN! WIN! WIN! "

It's what we say when we breakdown after practice, it's something we talk about all the time, and it's something that our student-athletes are buying into.

As football coaches, we are teaching a lot more than blocking and tackling. We are teaching responsibility, ownership, accountability, and a plethora of other lessons. All of those lessons can be broken down into our three winning categories.

1. Win in the Classroom: This is about the "student" portion of being a student-athlete. This does not only mean having good grades, but also appropriate behavior and respect for other students, staff, and facilities.

2. Win in the Community: We are all members of the community and Kingsford is a great place to live! We instill in our players that to win in the community, you have to be involved in it. That could be helping place flags at the local cemetery, ringing the bell for the Salvation Army, or taking part in the 4th of July parade. We owe our support to the community based on all of the things the community does for us.

3. Win on the Field: This is the one everyone gets excited about, but it's irrelevant unless the other two wins are taking place. This involves the weight room, the locker room, and taking care of our own on the field. This also includes being coachable, a great teammate, and having impeccable sportsmanship.

Weight Training

We love to see student-athletes in the weight room!
But why?

There are a few reasons, some of which go beyond Fall Friday nights.

1) Strenght and Physicality: Obviously, the stronger you are, the better you will be able to perform your job on the field. That's a no-brainer. If you are stronger than your opponent, you will win more of those one-on-one battles and potentially help win the football game. Whether you are a running back trying to break through the tackle of a linebacker or a strong safety who needs to tackle a receiver in space, it will be easier if you are stronger.

2) Injury Prevention: Not only are you training your body to move correctly and strengthening muscles, but you are also strengthening and improving flexibility in your tendons and ligaments. Stretching and running is part of being int he weight room and they are integral parts of preventing injuries.

3) Mental Toughness: You are making your body tougher, but you are also strengthening your mind. When you push through a hard-running sequence or push though a three rep mas, you are making up your mind that you can do hard things. If that hard thing is a fourth and goal at the 1-yard line, you have already proven to yourself that you can do hard things. So your mind will be ready to push that extra inch and score that touchdown.

4) Team Building: Getting into the gym and sweating with your buddies is a great way to build that team. Cheering each other on when you complete a hard lift and helping a teammate with a spot when they fail at a heavy lift starts to build trust and faith in your teammates. That will come into play when the hard times come out on the field. Can you trust your teammate? You trusted you on the squat rack so they can trust you on the 3-yard line.

Now what?

As we are all enduring these times of guaranteed, what are we supposed to do? We physically CAN'T go to the field house, we can't go to the YMCA, we can't go to other gyms in the area.

On the Flivver Football social media pages, we have started pushing out daily challenges. You can check them out!

We will get through and move past this COVID-19 pandemic and we will come out stronger on the other side. We always do!

Post a comment below of what you are doing to get through this tough time.