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

Joined February 2013
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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
“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 ⤵️ simplifaster.com/articles/fa…
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If you're not measuring, you're guessing. 👀 See percentage improvement from the previous assessment with @RockDaisyAMS . 🟢 Trending up 🔴 Needs attention Simple athlete reporting. Better decisions. 📊 Thanks @CoachC_MA @MAMustangsFB for the support. @NHSSCA_AL @SimpliFaster @JordanCFitness
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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”
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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….
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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
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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."

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High school kids are as fast as NFL players!!! They just do not move as well....YET!!! THAT IS WHY I CREATED xpe.athlete.training Still free. How much longer will I be saying this? 🤣
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Step break plant very simple or step and a half as he saying
Step and a half is something all young wideouts should master 🔥 Justin Jefferson showing it off at Flight School ✈️ #UANext
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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!
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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.
Mallard Creek boys track and field was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct after winning the 4x400 relay in the final event of the day. Had the result stayed, the Mavericks would have won the team state championship. Instead, they remained in second place. You can read the full story on the NCHSAA 8A Track and Field State Championships at highschoolot.com/story/live-…
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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.
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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. 👇
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If you can't take an OV, it's not an offer.
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Excited to welcome veteran coach @RyneRials to Saraland!
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🔥Welcome to The Land 🔥 Coach @JaMichaelWinst1 . Bringing experience and expertise to our OLB / Edge group!
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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?
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Or looks like he is trying to hit top speed. A HUGE difference in the game of football and many sports.
Brenen Thompson hits top speed almost instantly
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RockDaisy makes athlete data easy to understand 📈 ✅ Instantly flag PRs above-average performances ✅ Compare any metric over time ✅ 25 built-in report templates Appreciate the support @jonhersel and the staff at @GoSaraland @SimpliFaster @RockDaisyAMS
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Recruiting hack: 9 bricks = 6 feet tall
Running your finger between the bricks while walking down your school’s hallways
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Coaches HATE TO SEE IT. Athletes get visibly uncomfortable. It takes maturity to handle it correctly. It's the REST INTERVAL. Too often we conflate activity with achievement. But when we're training for real speed, real power, or real strength? The session should be a lot more standing around than working. Because the prescribed work is to go at 100% - and that takes recovery time. So rest when the training rx demands it.
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