New Training Ideas...

This season I have gone away from traditional conditioning that many of us coaches have always used.  Not only have I gone away from the old school, but I have cut way down on the actual conditioning time.  Crazy?  Maybe.  I am hoping that this new style of conditioning better prepares us for the season ahead.

Components:

5 days per week @ 30 minutes per session
5 different styles of workout

• Track Day - Sprints of varying distances (400 or less) for time, very little rest
• Plyo/Explosion Day - Jumping and explosive movements in differing directions and planes
• CrossFit Day - Exercises of varying movements, levels, and difficulty based on game movements
• Agility Day - Various exercises working on footwork and agility
• Game Day - Play a modified game like Ultimate Football, or the Game Time workout simulating 4 quarters of movement in a game.

It is different from the norm, but I am willing to give new and exciting ideas a try.  We name our 5 workout days after our 5 toughest opponents (those who stand in the way of Championships).  Is it tough?  Heck yeah, but it is 30 minutes of non-stop hard work.  It is not spread out over an hour or hour and a half, nor is it meant to just build stamina.  It is created to condition basketball players and that is it.  It is all simulations of game movements.  I for one think it is going great and any student-athlete that has been involved in it has felt the same.  Short and sweet, but full of intensity and heat!

Long but Good Week

It has been a long week.  Having golf matches, going to the IBCA meeting in Toluca, and then school and family upon all that...Iam worn out.  The students have been good this week, and I am enjoying the classes that I have.  We have fun together.  It helps when they have a sense of humor.  It doesn't hurt either when they can both have fun and accomplish their work.  I look forward to many more weeks of teaching them and hoping to make education fun. 

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"LUCK is when PREPARATION meets OPPORTUNITY"

Mr. Brian W. Rea
Computers / Accounting
Head Basketball Coach
FBLA Advisor
Payson-Seymour High School

It's Getting Close!

As the season draws ever closer, I am reminded about how much I love basketball season...the pre-season in particular.  The attitudes are great, the body is fresh, the minds are open to learning, and the adversity is yet to rear its head to try and bring us down.  We have been working very hard in the weightroom during the summer and now into the school year.  I am proud of those players that have chosen to wake up early 3-4 mornings a week to prepare their bodies for the rigors of a tough season.  I applaud you, and all others like you around our nation that are in the process of making themselves and their teams better daily. 

 

Time fades so quickly, and before you know it your time will be done.  Never miss an opportunity to get better.  If success were easy everyone would win.  The difference between winners and losers is that extra mile...are you willing to go the extra mile, above and beyond what is asked of you, to be great?  Hopefully that answer inside you is YES!

 

Go Indians!

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"LUCK is when PREPARATION meets OPPORTUNITY"

Mr. Brian W. Rea
Computers / Accounting
Head Basketball Coach
FBLA Advisor
Payson-Seymour High School

Interesting Trip to Peoria

Although I love going to Peoria for the State Tournament, I don't love getting tickets. Well, a ticket is exactly what I got. I admit that I have a lead foot, but why was I the one that got caught? I was definitely speeding, but it was out in the middle of nowhere and no one was in danger. I always seem to be the one that gets caught.

I cannot afford to get another ticket. It has been one year and three months since I got my last one, and it would not be good to get another one. I think it may be time to use the cruise control!

The normally fun trip to the State Tournament has begun on a sour note, and I hope that it is not a sign of things to come.