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Apr 17, 2024
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Pete
The Hope That Kills You
Agree with this. Most teams are advanced enough that unless he's a really good athlete, there won't be a lot of ways to
contribute to a team that's been playing together for several years already.
I'm not saying this to discourage, but that's the reality of HS football.
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My son wants to play football
dingus79
All-American
Apr 17, 8:26am
Have him go talk to the coach. Find out what the coach wants him to do to try to
BYUMizzou
Apr 17, 8:29am
Agree with this. Most teams are advanced enough that unless he's a really good athlete, there won't be a lot of ways to
Pete
Apr 17, 8:31am
Depends on the school. Team size varies greatly creating very different needs.
BYUtka
Apr 17, 8:33am
Probably true, but if he is a soccer player and can kick that will definitely
COUGND
Apr 17, 8:34am
If he’s fast there will always be an opportunity, particularly at CB & Safety
Big Daddy D
Apr 17, 8:38am
Yes, but if he's more consistent or has more length on his kicks than the
Tricky
Apr 17, 9:04am
Also depends what classification/school we're talking
J. Walter Weatherman
Apr 17, 8:32am
Have him punt and place kick
arizonacougarfan
Apr 17, 8:36am
They are probably having some sort of Spring practice right now, have him jump
palangi
Apr 17, 8:37am
Unfortunately we are moving, so he won’t be able to for a few months
dingus79
Apr 17, 8:42am
Can he lift at his current school? Any friends on the team?
BYUtka
Apr 17, 8:45am
Not sure, no friends on FB team that I know of
dingus79
Apr 17, 8:51am
Gotcha. Lift and work on speed agility 4x/wk. Don’t need to spend money, a lot
palangi
Apr 17, 8:51am
Talk to the head coach, get involed with spring football (if his school has it), start 7s as
SJS
Apr 17, 8:41am
Contact will be the area with the steepest learning curve
Homo Erectus
Apr 17, 8:42am
Nows the time to show his stuff. I did the exact thing. Came in junior year and
Your Royal Blueness
Apr 17, 8:44am
In most area's HS football never stops... get him involved now.
TheLost
Apr 17, 8:45am
What makes this whole thing tricky is that we are moving from our state in about two months
dingus79
Apr 17, 8:52am
Try calling up the coach. Ask for a playbook and their S&C program
Your Royal Blueness
Apr 17, 9:02am
I’d contact the coach now, get the calendar for the year
palangi
Apr 17, 9:02am
This. Get in the mix now. I would even think about flying him out for workouts.
Cougstreak
Apr 17, 2:52pm
I would get him lifting weights and running right now..
TheLost
Apr 17, 9:09am
Wow, great story
dingus79
Apr 17, 9:11am
and....we don't know which school yet because we are trying to find a house in this nutty market
dingus79
Apr 17, 9:12am
Just realize that this is the main variable
J. Walter Weatherman
Apr 17, 4:58pm
All true but PG is a bad example…
Cougstreak
Apr 17, 5:42pm
So if kids transfer into PG, there is lots of opportunity this next season?
BYUtka
Apr 17, 5:57pm
For sure!
Cougstreak
Apr 17, 6:23pm
Yep- program gutted and mess. Dead fish rots from the head. Sad.
J. Walter Weatherman
Apr 17, 11:41pm
For sure. The football HC doesn’t have many fans and everyone leaves. Very sad, so much potential
Cougstreak
Apr 18, 9:52am
Are there "Real" issues with him, or is it just standard change of leadership
BYUtka
Apr 18, 9:58am
Get involved anyway.
fattycoug
Apr 17, 10:50am
We just don't know what high school yet, I'm gonna have him lift and maybe attend the kicking camp in SLC in June, then
dingus79
Apr 17, 11:08am
If he's not involved in summer 7v7, he'll face long odds to get on the field...
Homo Erectus
Apr 17, 3:03pm
It will be difficult, but that’s not all bad. He needs to get involved now.
grosven
Apr 17, 9:09am
Definitely needs to work on both, but especially strength
dingus79
Apr 17, 9:44am
Sent you a BM
Cougstreak
Apr 17, 4:26pm
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