Although the start of the 2008 season is 5 months away, there never really seems to be a completely ‘down’ time in football!
The coaching staff recently attended the Glazier Football Clinic on Feb. 22-24 @ the Sheraton Suites in Bloomington, MN This is a great clinic for all levels of coaching. Speakers from around the country-high school, college and professional provide a wealth of information.
Speakers on areas such as strength training, speed
development and program organization gives one plenty of opportunity to hear the best and most up to date information.
In addition we attended the Fellowship of Christian Athletes [FCA] luncheon. Former Rocori great, Ron Backes hosted the event. Ron is currently employed by FCA as the Director of Coaching Ministry. We have heard Ron speak before and he really does a great job! After hearing him and Rod Olson speak, we are hoping to get an FCA Chapter started @ Rocori.
This time of year also begins the college ‘recruiting’ season. College programs begin their work to gather data for the 2009 class. That means there is a continuous flow of requests to high school coaches regarding players who they feel are ‘recruitable’ athletes. Coaches want to give their guys the opportunities to play at the next level-- whether that be D-I, II, or III. On an average, I may receive 2-3 letters from between March and May. E-mail contact is becoming more and more frequent is this process, as well. So, I find myself doing a lot of corresponding this time of year! In addition, Coach Humbert and Warne are working with off-season players in the strength training & conditioning areas and some guys will also do personalized training as well—Ex. Acceleration Minnesota.
Another project is to develop our GRIDIRON club in order to get information about our program to as many alumni as possible. We want them to be able to feel that they have a connection to ROCORI football and to keep them up to date on what’s happening –such as the Alumni Video/Photo Journal that Duane Kuss is currently developing on our Web site. (ALUMNI)
All-in-all, we continue to work hard at preparing for the 2008 season. Information about our youth camps, linemen camps and other summer opportunities will be out soon.
Sincerely,
Coach Theisen
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