Coach Hersel

Husband, Father, Director of Athletic Performance at Saraland High School, NHSSCA AL State Advisory Board, NHSSCA 2019 AL Strength Coach of the Year

[Coach Hersel @jonhersel]

I have to give a huge shout out and thank you to @SimpliFaster @johndelf99 for featuring our facility. All the video work and editing was handled by our one and only @davisfrankw . @tjkelly17 @SaralandSchools @Superd3k

[SimpliFaster @SimpliFaster]

“I wanted the room to be able to flow well & take advantage of having access to our covered turf to incorporate sprints, jumps, and medicine ball throws."

🔷 @jonhersel opens the doors to the Saraland HS weight room & gives @johndelf99 a virtual tour ⤵️

https://t.co/N3jwEhDkWG

[Keith Stepter II, PT, DPT, CSCS, CMFA-L1 @the_virtualSC]

Every high school football team in America will soon begin their summer workouts.

I’m here to discourage as many coaches as I can from having their players run 20 110s as I possibly can.

Player health > “We’ve always done this”

[Mark Hoover @MarkHoover71]

I’m not a “you have to play multiple sports” guy at all. I’m a “do what you want to do and enjoy 1 sport or 5 sports” guy…what do you and your parents think is best.
BUT let me leave these for those adults pushing kids to give up sports they WANT to play in and focus on one sport to “play at the next level”.
I got news for you. 98% of you are still going to be paying for college or getting academic scholarships.
So play the sports you enjoy in high school. Stop listening to the fake noise. Be a kid and enjoy it. Anyone telling you different has a motive behind it. ESPECIALLY if you pay those people for their services. Just sayin….

[Coach Hersel @jonhersel]

@BamaWaldo That first pick is better than anything else in that clip

[NHSSCA-Alabama @NHSSCA_AL]

Congratulations to these 4 coaches for helping bring home State Championships to their schools this Spring!

@BrandonHerring0 - 7A 🥎🔵
@jonhersel - 6A 🥎🔵
@chadphillips205 - 4A ⚾️🔵
@KyleSouthall1 - 6A Boys ⚽️🔵

Strong & Healthy when it matters most! 💪🏻#FAMILY #BlueMaps

[Coach Hersel @jonhersel]

@Brandon_L_Davis I did 30min of sled marches across the field followed by 10 of walking to let my HR come down.

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Mike Tyson on discipline: "The best way to receive discipline is to do what you hate to do, but do it like you love it. You do that, that's discipline."

[Coach Hersel @jonhersel]

@CoachRonquillo @PeakSpecialists When I worked in SC , I had two teachers that were trying to send their 5-10 worst students to me. I sent my whole class to each of them on back to back days….neither spoke to me for the next two years 😂🤣

[Tony Villani @Tony_Villani_]

High school kids are as fast as NFL players!!! They just do not move as well....YET!!!
THAT IS WHY I CREATED https://t.co/2MUYFCUd9M

Still free. How much longer will I be saying this? 🤣

[kstaff @Kstaff07]

Step break plant very simple or step and a half as he saying

[Peter Noonan @CoachNoon45]

Wise email from @missyMmcbeth! You can’t just play all summer and neglect adequate strength & conditioning training and then expect to be good to go for the season.
Go lift, sprint, jump, rest & eat along with playing and see how much better you’ll be!

[Coach Joe Stokowski @CoachStokowski]

This is lame. If it's not profane and/or directed at an opponent, it's not taunting. If this breaks the rule, change the rule.

[SimpliFaster @SimpliFaster]

We may be more on the tools & equipment side of the industry, but we have a team full of coaches & practitioners. And we talk to coaches in the real world daily. This is a topic that must be talked about more.

Sport skill level does not change an athlete’s chronological or training age.

Just because a youth athlete is very skilled and "advanced" at their sport does not mean they need "advanced" performance training.

This is one of the biggest mistakes in youth performance.

An elementary or middle school-aged athlete may be ahead of their peers in sport skill & natural talent, but physically, they still need to master the foundational basics of training.

In many cases, the best thing for a talented young athlete is not a more complex program. It is a better foundation.

Progression should match the athlete’s body, chronological and/or training age, training history, movement quality and ability to recover... not just their talent level.

Even at the highest levels of sport, the basics done extremely well are delivering results. Imagine what they can do for a kid.

[Coach Hersel @jonhersel]

@CoachStokowski Almost as good as when Devin Hester did it to open the Super Bowl.

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

STOP doing endless cone tap dancing drills and calling it “agility.”

Most athletes are getting worse at actual game speed while thinking they’re training agility

Real agility = reacting to a person/ball + forceful acceleration + deceleration in multiple directions

Save this entire thread

Here are the 6 actual pillars I use to build real, transferable agility with my athletes.

This is the blueprint. 👇

[Coach Joe Stokowski @CoachStokowski]

If you can't take an OV, it's not an offer.

[Spartan Football @GoSaraland]

Excited to welcome veteran coach @RyneRials to Saraland!

[Spartan Football @GoSaraland]

🔥Welcome to The Land 🔥
Coach @JaMichaelWinst1 . Bringing experience and expertise to our OLB / Edge group!

[Tony Villani @Tony_Villani_]

Legit HS Athletes are as fast as NFL Players. And NFL Players are not as fast as their posted NFL Combine Speeds year round.

That's all.

I wish college recruiters understood this.

But what do I know?

[Tony Villani @Tony_Villani_]

Or looks like he is trying to hit top speed. A HUGE difference in the game of football and many sports.