Portal in May, Spring Practice after that, just like the NFL does! Exactly what we should be doing! Thank you Coach Saban for saying that out loud!!!! @PatMcAfeeShow
This is actually a great idea by Coach Saban. Make the portal open in May. Have Spring Practice in May (That would hurt spring HS recruiting though). College transfers would beat their new school and coaches would be able to coach and not worry about leaving. @NCAAFootball
Second year as a Sprint-Based Football team using the #feedthecats principles.
✅ 90 minute practices
✅ Zero “traditional” conditioning
✅ EXTREME in speed, GENERAL in the weight room, SPECIFIC on the field!
Thank you @pntrack for all the content that you have out there 👏👏👏
Spring Clinic – January 8-10th (XC starts on 7th in afternoon) Golf, Cross Country, Track, Weightlifting, Swimming, Flag Football, Football, Volleyball
Drury Plaza Resort group #10119428. Room rate is $174.00 night. Free hot breakfast, free dinnertime snacks
Dec. 11-13, 2025
Winter Clinic – Baseball, Softball, Tennis & Water Polo
Drury Plaza Resort – Disney Springs, 2000 Hotel Plaza Blvd., LBV, FL (800) 325-0720. Group #– 10119426 $169.00 night . Free hot breakfast, free dinner/ snacks & beverages at 5:30
This was so perfect to start the day!! 🧘🏼♀️ Every word is exactly how I feel about my life NOW. Thank you so much 🧎➡️
The love is deep within the chaous of life. You just have to get to the other side to see it all happened how it was suppose to happen when it was supposed to
Tendons.
My quad tendon tear (April 25) and surgery (May 6) has been a life changing event. Yesterday I hit 96 degrees of flexion 🙂. My surgeon says he “worries about guys like me”… reminding me it will take a FULL YEAR to recover. For Charles Barkley, tearing his quad tendon was a career-ender.
Jayson Tatum (age 27) and Tyrese Halliburton (age 25) both tore tendons (Achilles) as I watched the NBA Playoffs from my recliner.
When I stumbled off a 5” stair, my quad tendon snapped before I hit the ground. My tendon was tight after a long run earlier that morning AND it was 66 years old. I believe my tendon would NOT have snapped at the age of 26.
This “age of tendons” idea has dominated my thoughts on the subject.
The number of devastating tendon injuries in 🏀 & 🏈 has become a five alarm fire.
But, in my 44 years of coaching, I’ve never seen a torn tendon in a HS athlete. I’m sure it’s happened but generally speaking, YOUNG TENDONS DON’T TEAR.
Here’s my take…
Muscles are well-fed and regenerate, grow, and are relatively ageless. I can grow my muscles at the age of 66.
Tendons are not well-fed (low blood supply) and they arguably age faster than muscles.
I would gladly trade my tendon injury for a gruesome bullet wound to my quad or a grotesque broken leg. Muscles and bones are highly vascularized and heal fast.
So, why are young professional athletes tearing tendons like senior citizens?
🏀 & 🏈 athletes must train elasticity (tendons). In today’s highly monetized sports world, the volume of training is never enough. #MambaMentality
Speed and explosiveness (jumping & accelerating) are KPIs and have a huge elastic component. You can never be fast enough. You can never be explosive enough.
💥 What if training speed and explosiveness ages tendons while bones & muscles stay young and strong?
Imagine tendons being like a set of tires: 50,000 miles and they need replaced. Worn out tires can’t be repaired.
What if playing 🏀 year-round for ten years puts 30 years of age on tendons?
What if NFL 🏈 players work 6 hours a day to keep the traits that punched their ticket to the league? Do their tendons grow stronger along with their muscles? Or do their tendons age?
I’ll end with 3 quotes from Charlie Francis:
“With elite athletes, you don’t have to push them — you have to hold them back.”
“The art of coaching is knowing what not to do.”
“High-intensity work requires high-quality recovery.”
You don’t lack ability — you lack the discipline to do it every day.
Champions aren’t built on motivation.
They’re built on habits.
Success doesn’t come from what you do sometimes.
It comes from what you do all the time.
Steve Sarkisian said, "Culture beats talent, if your culture is really strong. Culture is organic. It's not a sign up in your building, it's not a t-shirt you wear."
Your culture is what you do.
A great culture prevent bad habits from creeping in.
4 Bad Habits to Get Rid Of🧵
There’s a lot of HS football players that are running 40’s this summer at combines but didn’t run track. No matter what your stats are, you are what your speed says you are.
Good Luck!