Chris Romano M.A. RSCC*D CSCS*D
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Assistant MiLB S&C Coach w/ @Brewers & @Biloxishuckers | @NSCA Baseball SIG Executive Council & Advisory Board Member: GA,📚 #BestSellingAuthor “Move Like A Pro”
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🚨🚨🚨2 RESOURCES I’VE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOUTH & HIGHSCHOOL ATHLETES & COACHES (
1) middle & high school athletes & coaches; I’ve built out a YouTube Channel with programs specific to your sport & season that you can follow for FREE. Just subscribe to the channel and take…
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Teaching our middle school football players the first part of my clean progression.
@USWeightlifting
@NSCA
#middleschoolstrength
@WaltonRecruits
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He begged me to let him squat 100Lbs before I head to spring training, so I caved in since I knew he could do it. Plus it gives him a lot of confidence too. We went up to 103Lbs since I didn’t have a set of 0.5kg plates. He’s excited, I’m proud of him. Big day for this kid! Also,…
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🗣️WEIGHTS ARE SAFE & BENEFITIAL for kids-under qualified supervision
-Stimuluates Bone Density Growth
-Develops faster motor neuron connections for key movement patterns
-Strengthens connective tissue
-Builds confidence
How to get your kids started?
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He’s 10yrs old, my rule has always been he can’t go past 115% body weight… so this was his last third single at 92Lbs. Looking solid💪… not many kids can do 3 singles at 115% BW. And yes, it is safe for kids to lift, if you don’t believe it I’ll link several papers below:…
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Conversation before this throw:
Lee: dad let me throw towards the house because you have more of a chance of breaking a window
Me: no because i throw right to your glove
Lee: but you throw harder and I’ll be careful”
Me: 🤦♂️
#baseball
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I was reminded today a lot of folks still think weight training is dangerous for kids, while the past 24yrs of research say otherwise.
So to 🗣️ facts, every 20 retweets of this🧵I will send 1 person a free copy of my Best Selling📖Move Like a Pro (must also follow this account)
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I got my
#1
ALL TIME GRAIL sneaker!! 🤩. Traded the AMM Jordan4, Thunder Jordan4 and Reimagined Jordan 3 and 50cents.
#sneakerhead
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Facts. Speed training is not conditioning.
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Landmine Squat Press is a great way to develop a power base. It’s an exercise that I don’t think is used enough at the high school level.
#power
#strengthTraining
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He’s 7. He’s been lifting for 3 years, but only when he asks to. My rule for him is he can go up to 115% of his body weight, he can easily do more but form and reps are priority for youth development. LBS/KGs on the bar are not what’s important at this age. It’s just enough…
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Proud dad moment. My 6yr old usually asks to squat 2-3 times a week. We usually use his 5kg bar, but today he wanted to use my 20kg mens bar, and he did great. (Longer bar, harder to balance). He’s 50Lbs and the bar is 44 Lbs, and he’s been squatting with weights for 2 years.
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A good S&C coach cannot prevent injuries. But a good one can certainly help reduce the likelihood of injuries through proper programming. Creating healthier athletes who can successfully handle the stresses of their season needs to be
#1
priority over performance increases.
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First Day at my new job... I’m beyond excited to be a Minor League Strength Coach with the Detroit Tigers!
To my Walton Athletes, you guys are awesome, my phone is always on, hit me up if you need anything.
@tigers
@WaltonAthletics
@NSCA
@NhsscaG
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Alex’s squat video went viral. And of course those that have zero qualifications to have an opinion are coming after me, lesson learned is to only worry about criticism from those you value advice from. It’s sad when a positive post about a kid gets attacked on Twitter.
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This is my client George. He’s in his mid 70s. And he backsquats while others his age are in nursing homes and walkers. This goes to show if you live an active lifestyle you can do anything. If you have older parents or grandparents get them moving!!
@CrossFit
@ISSAonline
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@CoachStinton
@CoachFieszel
Since 1999 many studies have been done: all shown the benefits of youth resistance training (see Faigenbaum et al 1999 to start your learning) through the NSCA position paper released last week. 22 years of research saying 👍 to this video. Read & learn something before posting
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My 6 year old clean and jerked 15Kg / 33Lbs today twice. Here’s the second one. It’s the most I’ve let him go up to.
#sportsperformamce
@USWeightlifting
@RogueFitness
#weightlifting
@MashElite
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I am excited to have signed my contract to start Year 2 in pro baseball with the Detroit
@tigers
today & very grateful to move from a seasional coach position to a full time coach position for the 2022 season working with our FCL Team
#detroitroots
#baseball
#strengthcoach
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@nextlevelbb
They’re children, be glad they’re wanting to play at the next level. If they’re getting offers they’ve worked hard to earn it & have every right to be proud of themselves. I make sure I like every one of those posts regardless of school or sport to show support a kids hard work.
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@CoachStinton
@CoachFieszel
A history lesson for everyone re: the stunting growth myth. It came from a study from the 1960s on child labor in Chinese mines. They couldn’t determine whether stunted growth came from carrying heavy loads or malnourishment people erred on the don’t lift side. (1/2)
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🚨Guess what! IT’s SAFE & BENEFITIAL FOR KIDS TO LIFT (under qualified supervision). This video is of my son a few years ago.
This builds ⬆️bone density & faster motor neuron connections for youth.
PLEASE SHARE!📢📢
For more info, check out my book:
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Well since I officially report to Spring Training tomorrow I guess it’s a good time to tell everyone I decided to come back to baseball where I belong, and will be the Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for The Milwaukee Brewers AA affiliate, Biloxi Shuckers.
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My 6 year old cleaned 40Lbs this morning and said “post that to twitter”. 🤣. At least he’s enjoying himself while training
@SquatUniversity
@MashElite
@USWeightlifting
@Youth_Developed
@NSCA
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Landmine rotational lunge step press, a great exercise to build rotational power for ⚾️🥎🥍🎾🏌️♂️
#strengthandconditioning
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@SportsCenter
@SportsCenter
please stop with the bad training videos. All you’re doing is giving kids bad ideas on what training looks like. Not everyone has a qualified coach to prevent this kind of stupidity.
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With summer workouts opening up this week (and some last week) after seeing some things that made me 😳 I think it’s a good reminder on the recommended return to play volumes are from
@NSCA
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Lee’s squats are getting really solid. We finished off with 2 sets of 1 over his body weight. He is 6 and started lifting when he was 3. We usually only go to 12-14 KGs for reps but every now & then we go to BW for fun
@NSCA
@MashElite
@RogueFitness
#coachdaddy
@SquatUniversity
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He did it! He squatted more than his body weight💪🏼💪🏼 51Lb squat/ 49Lb BW at 6 years old! Proud dad moment here, can’t wait to see how all his training transfers over to summer baseball.
@RogueFitness
@SquatUniversity
@Youth_Developed
@NSCA
#squats
#sportsperformance
#cscs
#rscc
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This is what a high school clean should look like!
🏋️♀️ No one standing in front or behind during the pull = safe clear lifting environment
🏋️♀️ feet staying within shoulder width, no star fishing = safe squatting position
🏋️♀️ bar is caught on the shoulders = safe for the…
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I want to address the topic about recovery position that’s gone viral. Hands on knees is optimal for HIGH INTENSITY training, here’s a link to the specific study referenced in the viral post. No need to debate me, it’s science & I didn’t conduct the study
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@FitFounder
You’re a body transformation coach, not a strength & conditioning or high performance coach so please stop giving back advice in areas you don’t know. Stick to body transformation amd let those of us who work with athletes handle athletes.
#stayinyourlane
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@PBPipeline
This has to be a joke. They’re 10U If it’s real someone needs to be kicked out of baseball and banned from working with children... are the parents seriously ok with this? 😡
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Ive been helping some high school coaches by reviewing their S&C programming the past few weeks.The biggest thing missing from most are the injury reduction exercises. We need to remember, S&C is to help performance but more importantly is to help reduce injury risk in the sport
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@TheFitKidsCorp
@thesquadgawd
@CoachStinton
@CoachFieszel
@TheFitKidsCorp
1975 called and wants it’s myth back. 22 years of research says you’re wrong. Start by reading Faigenbaum et al 1999. Or do you think kids shouldn’t play football soccer basketball or hockey either since more load & force is applied to their muscles & ligaments.
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@JPullen_11
Yeah, so I competed in 2 world championships and 3 pan ams, have 3 silver medals from those meets when I was on team USA. I have degrees & experience in sports science & exercise science, so if my son asks to lift with me, I am happy to teach him for as long as he wants to do it
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Teaching the 2nd step of my Clean Progression: The Clean Finish (how to catch properly/front squat position) to our middle school
@WaltonRecruits
🏈💪If you’re interested in the whole progression I teach, check out my Best Selling Book on Cleans: .
@NSCA
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Let’s be very clear here.
@CrossFit
just pushed an agenda to allow “trainers” who have heard a 45 min talk zone diet to write nutrition plans for the public. This is irresponsible & dangerous, & should be left to the professionals. What’s next, CF trainers giving medical advice?
In a significant victory for CrossFit affiliates and trainers, on June 30, 2020, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Occupational Freedom and Opportunity Act (HB 1193) ...
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Both boys squatted today, they’re 6 and 4. It was the 4 year old’s first time ever doing front squats with a bar.
#coachdaddy
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My rule for my kids has been they can go up to 115% of their body weight. This is 114% and he crushed it! 40kg/88Lbs at 9 years old. My 7 year old repping out with my 45Lb barbell.
And before the uninformed chime in, the stunting growth myth was proved wrong back in 1999 and…
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I’d like to thank our County DOT for the entertainment it’s providing to the neighborhood kids!
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You need a flat hard surface to apply force into the floor when doing a squat or hip hinge pattern … shoes like this or shoes with a soft sole (running shoes) don’t just prevent you from applying maximum force, they also could contribute to poor form which may lead to injury.
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The goal of a successful S&C program is to lower injury risk by preparing athletes for the stresses of their sport. Performance gains are secondary. It seems like a lot of people in high school sports don’t realize this. Training volume adjusts in season but is still necessary
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I’m super excited to announce that I recently accepted a Performance Coach position with
@NashvilleSC
of Major League Soccer, working with the brand new
@MLSNEXTPRO
Team,
@HuntCityFC
#soccer
#strengthandconditioning
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With the click of this button my last grad school assignment is turned in... meaning I’m finished with my masters degree!
#exercisescience
#strengthandconditioning
#sportsscience
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If you’re a S&C coach & dont understand the bioenergetics & biomechanics involved in each position for every sport you train, you arent doing the quality job your athletes trust you to do. (Baseball workouts shouldnt look like soccer workouts) This is the hill I will die on today
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I’m super excited to announce that we (
@WaltonSandC
) won the
@NSCA
Strength of America Award (1 of 37 high schools nationwide) acknowledging our program as one of the elite high school strength & conditioning programs!
#highschoolstrength
#nsca
#strengthandconditioning
#coach
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@BleacherReport
No. Workouts aren’t leveling up, it’s just anyone regardless of qualifications can call themselves a coach or Rainer, resulting in dangerous and wreckless training like this.
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MOST athletes can benefit from lifting heavy while in season. Heavy doesn’t mean maxing. Variables would be: training age, level of sport (recreation, HS, College, pro), game schedule, overall physiological strain, and most importantly a s&c coach who understands the sport!
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High schools NEED qualified Strength & Conditioning Coaches AND Athletic Trainers. These kids dying is preventable.
13 months–13 dead high school football players. TBD but 3 traumatic & 10 nontraumatic deaths. As many as 7 heatstroke deaths. How many dead children are too many to make football training safe? These nontraumatic training/practice deaths are preventable!
#USAFootball
#NFHS
#AFCA
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The idea that lifting weights will stunt a child’s growth is actually a myth that for some reason started and spread after a mid 1900s Chinese study to find out why child laborers on a mine in a remote region of China were on average signifigently shorter than their peers. The…
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@NBC10
@CoachDemetrious
As a certified nutritionist I’m 100% against this. Chocolate milk is great. How about fix the actual school lunch and provide quality food like other countries. Perhaps the nachos grande and the fried chicken nuggets should go first before chocolate milk.
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Neighborhood tradition on the last day of school. Parents vs kids. This year the kids were smart and hid their super soakers at the stop before ours and got them and came out firing.
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Is it safe for kids to lift weights?
💯% YES! All the research post 1999 supports it
👉it stimuluates bone density
👉it builds confidence & athleticism
👉the old myth of stunting growth has been proven false by scientific research
How should kids learn?
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@TheNewAthlete
@LWOSTonyGennaro
the only irresponsible thing happening is unqualified individuals making negative comments over a post of a kid exercising under supervision of an qualified expert in youth training. You get the degrees, experience, certifications, and read the research, then have an opinion.
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I’m really excited for the opportunity to do strength & conditioning for the
@GoMaconBacon
this summer, and it’s close enough to home for me to commute! (I will still be working with Walton too).
#baseballseasoncontinues
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The clean finish (step 2 of my clean progression) to re-cover the proper catch position with 🏈. First catch with no hands to feel the proper position on the shoulders, then with hands to work on elbows up & through.
Find the full progression in my book:
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Teaching the single leg RDL to Softball today. 🥎💪
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The most factual men I’ve seen on Instagram in a long time!
Speed increases by applying more force into the ground, not by tap dancing.
Agility = ability to change direction as a reaction to an outside stimulus NOT BY A PREPLANNED FOOTWORK PATTERS.
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Working with our Middle School Football program, day 1 of teaching them squat mechanics. 🏈💪
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💯Having an Athletic Trainer & qualified strength & conditioning coach working together goes way beyond sports performance. The primary benefit is athlete safety. With all the research available its not fair to our youth that by now this isnt a safety standard nationwide
#nhssca
Our Student-athletes dying from conditioning is not okay. Please read, retweet, and help me share this message.
@NATA1950
@SEATA9
@GATAinfo
@NFHS_Org
@OfficialGHSA
@NSCA
@aSaferApproach
@ATMemes2
@geekyathltrainr
@ATCanonymous
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Qualified Strength & Conditioning professionals (as well as Athletic Trainers) should be a requirement at every high school. It’s not about making kids stronger or faster, it’s about injury risk reduction and reducing preventable accidents
#highschool
#studentathletes
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Still deadlifting 505Lbs smoothly at 43 years old. I’ll take it!
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My son plays 8U⚾️. My wife texted me that at the game after my son’s, a coach of another team punched the ump in the face, & another parent on of that team pulled a gun. At freakin 8U over a plastic ring that costs $1 🤯. Today, in metro Atlanta, baseball and the kids all lost 😞
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Normally I wouldn’t be excited to wake up at 430am. But it feels like Christmas even knowing that I’ll get to workout our football team tomorrow.
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Anthony Fauchi is 79 years old. Yeah his first pitch the other night was really really bad but to all the “coaches” making fun... it’s not a good look.
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Just finished this book. If you’re a sports performance coach, give it a read, you won’t be disappointed.
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Based on the comments on my last video, I feel the need to keep telling this history lesson:
The “myth” or idea about the growth plate stunting growth comes from a 1950s Chinese study examining why children working in a mine in a remote area of China were shorter than their…
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Teaching the Jerk progression to our Comp Cheerleaders. I teach the Jerk top down, and find that is the easiest way since the athletes understand the finish position they need to get to. Full progression will be in my next book releasing this summer.
@nsca
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Surgery went well. Torn rotator cuff, labrum & bicep and needed some bone repair. It’s going to be a long road to recovery but I’ve got these guys taking care of me.
Thanks to everyone who left me good luck messages yesterday too. You guys are the best.
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@csnewman91
I’m pretty sure you’re not qualified to have an opinion. Maybe do some research before commenting on my kids next time? Start here, and educate yourself
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I just gave my son a Mohawk for his tournament this weekend. Wife is asleep and hasn’t seen it and knows nothing about it. Tomorrow morning will be interesting. 😬
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My 10 year old hitting some pause squats at body weight tonight. (35KG/77Lbs) since he got no practice or games till Sunday and he’s been asking to lift 3x a week all fall and becoming a caballo 💪
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A little clip of my presentation on youth Strength & Conditioning at the
@ABCA1945
National Conference this afternoon.
#ABCA2023
#baseball
#strengthandconditioning
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My 9 year old getting after it again today. Making good habits & building strong bones. 💪
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1)
@NCAA
you know this is unacceptable. Something must be done to get these ladies a proper set up.
2)
@RogueFitness
couldn’t you guys get the set up from USAW to the Ladies Tourney easily & play the role of Hero?
3)
@ncaawbb
I’d come out there and run it for you guys for free!
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All these posts from some coaches re: putting their kids thru ridiculously hard workouts that don’t apply to the demands of the sport they play for the sake of mental toughness need to re-evaluate why Theyre coaching. Are you training student athletes or soldiers? 🤔
#commonsense
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Walking through the Atlanta airport a woman stops me and says “did you write this book?!” And had Move Like a Pro up on her phone 🤯. Made my night! She got the book for her son who plays little league in Tampa.
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My 10yr old just sent me this video, he hit a 75Lb clean last night! Super proud of him.
And no, lifting weights does not stunt growth. If you believe that, your knowledge is 24 years old.
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@CoachHylland
I’m not technically a football coach yet I cant disagree with you more. There’s plenty of kids that need FB to help them learn teamwork, work ethic, & the fitness habits. Not to mention the kids that need it for the acidemic push. That’s a shame you feel that way as a coach
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Young coaches often ask about certifications. Certs don’t make a coach, but do show he/she has the minimum education needed to do the job at the minimum acceptable standard. They are NOT all equal. I have done 26 but only ever list the 5 that are quality & credible. Chose wisely!
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@HillJordh14
Respectfully I disagree with this. If a kid is proud and excited to get an offer let him enjoy his moment and share it. I will always congratulate a kid on getting an offer to continue their dream regardless of if they play for me or not.
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