Mike

Teacher, head football coach, head track and field coach, strength and conditioning coordinator; Alexandria Area High School, MN

[Spittin' Chiclets @spittinchiclets]

There is NOBODY doing it like Minnesota with youth sports and playing for your town.

[Barstool Clemson @BarstoolClemson]

Gatorade Player of the Year in FOOTBALL in Minnesota, Mr. Basketball in the state, and he helped his team win his school’s first state title.

Clemson has an ATHLETE in @ChaseThompson25, excited for what he does in Littlejohn.

[Echo Press @echopress]

Girls Track and Field: Meghan Orgeman named 2025 National Girls & Women in Sports Day Minnesota honoree https://t.co/3YvUznyNEr

[Coach Hines 🇺🇸 @CoachKurtHines]

RT if football has blessed your life in greater ways than you could’ve ever imagined!

[Gerry DeFilippo | Strength & Speed @Challenger_ST]

Things baseball players need to stop being afraid of:

1. Heavy lifting
2. Heavy benching
3. Overhead pressing
4. Chin-ups/pull-ups
5. Lifting in-season
6. Lifting on same days as throw days
7. Conditioning w/o distance running

It’s not 1972. Move along with the times

[Coach Hines 🇺🇸 @CoachKurtHines]

Retweet if football has blessed your life in more ways than you could’ve ever imagined!

[Irish Power @SHS_strength]

“I’m just gonna go to the gym on my own” doesn’t cut it

[Daniel Jackson @d_r_jackson]

Such an incredible Junior year. I am very proud of our team. By the help of many people, here are some accolades I received!

-2024 Team Captain
-Team Special Teams Player of the Year
-District Special Teams Player of the Year
-All-State (First-Team Kicker -@SBLiveMN)
-All-State (Second-Team K/P - AP)
-All-District
-Gold Academic Award
-11-1 Record

[Daniel Jackson @d_r_jackson]

I am super excited to announce some new records I set this 2023 football season!

2023 - #1 MN All-Time KO Distance in a season of 59.55 Yards (Max Distance of 60 for a TB)

2023 - State Tournament Record FG of 52 Yards, T-8th All-Time

2023 -#4 MN All-Time FGs Made in a Season of 11

Previous Years' Records

2022 - 3rd Longest FG All-Time via MSHSL, 5th Longest via MFCA

2022 - #2 MN All-Time KO Distance in a Season of 59.15 Yards

2021 - #15 MN All-Time KO Distance in a Season of 54.8 Yards

Sources
MSHSL - https://t.co/QHa2VWhyrV
MFCA -https://t.co/dOEWV37O8d

[Jamy Bechler @jamybechler]

DISCIPLINE IS A WAY OF LIFE

This entire clip from Nick Saban is pure gold. Discipline is everything. Every player should watch this clip understanding how they do drills in practice, how they warm up, or do anything is a mentality. It can't be turned on or off.

[Alec Ausmus @A_TwiceKSTP]

Most Vikings fans remember Blair Walsh's "wide left" from 27 yards against Seattle.

Alexandria's @d_r_jackson was 10 when he saw that. He wrote @BlairWalsh3 a letter, Walsh wrote him back and it launched Jackson's dream of kicking in the NFL.

It's not that farfetched anymore.

[AAHS Activities @aahsactivities]

Good luck to the Cardinal Football team in the MSHSL State Semifinal game at U.S. Bank Stadium on Friday! For those cannot attend, here is the official link to watch https://t.co/xUuGcaGG7Z #GoCards

[AAHS Activities @aahsactivities]

Congratulations Sawyer and Brayden! #GoCards

[Daniel Jackson @d_r_jackson]

I am extremely blessed to have received a scholarship offer from North Dakota State University! Thank you so much to all of the NDSU coaches for believing in me. Go Bison!!

@Coach_Entz @CoachOlsonNDSU @CoachRHedberg @PetersNDSU @CoachDeno

[Mike @mjempting]

@TYash42 “Thanks for asking, but I don’t answer that question.”

[Zac Goodman @ZacGoodman_]

None of my athletes with ⬇️
-21 to 23 MPH Flys
-Sub 4.6 40s (Laser)
-10ft Broad Jumps
-35”+ Verticals

Have squatted less than 2x BW. In order to be explosive, you must be strong.

This is the math that’s constantly at play. You choose to acknowledge it or not…

[Gerry DeFilippo | Strength & Speed @Challenger_ST]

Signs of a quality strength program

- Trains speed w/ full rest
- Uses lifts to aid speed/power
- Tracks progress w/ weights
- Conditions w/ intervals
- Schedules off days
- Progressively/responsibly overloads
- Metric testing guides program design

You’ll know when you see one

[Gerry DeFilippo | Strength & Speed @Challenger_ST]

Strength program red flags…

- Focuses training on body parts
- Has the same reps/sets for everything
- Over emphasis on reps till failure
- Warm-ups are all static stretching
- “walk back,” is rest between sprints
- Plyometrics are sets of 10-12

Want to get worse? Do those

[Gerry DeFilippo | Strength & Speed @Challenger_ST]

“Hey man. I need to improve my balance & stability for my contact sport. Will Bodyweight squats on a bosu ball help?”

Contact sports: