GO-HAWK FOOTBALL

Go-Hawk Football Exists to Develop:

STUDENTS*ATHLETES*TEAMMATES

We Value:

HARD WORK * ENTHUSIASM * FUN * RESPECT

PHILOSOPHY: WHY DO WE EXIST AS A PROGRAM?

• WE FULLY BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER. THE BELOW NOTES EXPLAIN WHAY WE EXIST AS A PROGRAM.

• First and foremost, this football team needs a lot of STUDENTS. We would describe a “student” as one who takes his or her academic life seriously. If you don’t succeed in the classroom, you will never have the opportunity to succeed on the field or in life. By succeeding, we are not talking about getting all “A’s,” but we are expecting each one of you to give your best effort in school and that you are PROUD of your best effort. The “process” is greater than the “product.”

• Secondly, this program needs a lot of ATHLETES. Let’s face it, every one of you reading this has some level of athletic ability. The sport of Football at WSR needs every single one of you. Each of you will become a better athlete with the appropriate amount of work. Often times, people mature at different rates and the goal is to still be playing Go-hawk Football whenever that time comes and not walking the hallways wishing you still did.

• Most importantly, we think this team needs a lot of real TEAMMATES in order to reach our dreams. You will be on a team of some kind for the rest of your life so you’d better get comfortable with it now. Great teammates are selfless. They care more about the team than themselves. This is becoming harder in today’s day in age of promoting oneself through social media.

• What does a great teammate look like? Here is our personal definition: “A great teammate is a person who treats himself and everyone he meets with respect.” This includes peers, teammates, friends, opponents, teachers, siblings, and parents. If you can’t treat these people with respect in everyday life, how will you treat your teammate in the heat of a big game? Furthermore, a great teammate is 100% drug-free. If you think I am joking about this point you can stop reading right now and go find another team to belong to! If you are currently not conducting yourself in this fashion, then we as coaches will do everything in our power to help you be the person you want to be. A great teammate is all about others and celebrates their success.

• Right now you are probably wondering “where do I as a player fit into this whole thing?” It’s simple. We want you to ask yourself, “Am I the best student, athlete, and teammate I can be?”

• I want you to remember that there are a lot of teams with a lot of athletes, but these athletes might not be students or teammates. These teams may win once in a while on the field, but these same people will lose in the “game of life.” As coaches, we feel it is our duty to mold you, the player, into the best Student, Athlete, and Teammate you can become. If at the end of your time here all you have improved is your athletic ability, then we have failed you as your coach.

• We don’t talk about winning because we can’t control our opponent. We can only control our own behaviors. Winning is a by-product of Players, Parents, and Coaches becoming phenomenal teammates who continually put others ahead of themselves. As we told you the first day of 3rd grade football camp, “No one is Bigger than the Go-Hawks.”

• In case you haven’t noticed already, we are looking for a special type of person to be a member of Go-Hawk Football. You will have to make sacrifices your peers won’t make, but you will reap a lot of the benefits that your peers won’t have a chance at. You will be looked-up to by youngsters in the communities. You will be admired by your classmates. Show everyone what hard work and determination can accomplish. We leave you with one question: “Are you smart enough to know that you might not know it all?”

STUDENTS—ATHLETES--TEAMMATES

• PROGRAM GOALS

• We want every single senior who leaves our program to say his time with us was one of, if not the best experience he had while attending WSR.

• We want every single kid to have fun playing the best game ever created.

• We want every single kid to feel like he is part of a great organization of men and leave us a better Student, Athlete, and Teammate.

• We want our coaching staff to work together, not against each other. Same basic offense and defense from top-down, 7-12.

• We want our stands to be filled every Friday night. Home and away.

• We want our kids to graduate and CONTINUE LEARNING AT THE NEXT LEVEL WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. They are all capable.

• We want to see 60% or more of our kids on the honor roll.

• We want to see every single incoming freshman in the parent’s night line as a senior.

• We want to teach, teach, and re-teach the FUNDAMENTALS!!

• We want TO MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL. PERIOD. ZERO WASTE.

What Can a Player Expect?

• To be in better physical shape than anyone else in the STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• He can expect to learn to TRUST THE PROCESS.

• He can expect to learn about the COMPARISON TRAP and how NOT TO FALL IN. FACEBOOK.

• He can expect blood, sweat, tears, mud, cold, heat, chewing-out, praise, cheers, bruises, and TO WIN!

• He can expect to have the time of his life.

• He can expect to learn TEAMWORK.

• He can expect HARD WORK.

• That his coaches care about him as a person and when they make a mistake, they will apologize.

• Enthusiastic Coaches.

• He can expect to always be treated in a fair way.

• He can expect to make the best memories of his life every Friday Night!

What will the Coaches Expect from Players?

• To give your best effort at all times and in all things.

• To make the most of your God-given abilities. Get good grades in school.

• To be a student, athlete, and gentleman at all times and in all places. NO DRUGS OR ALCHOHOL! DON’T BE A LOSER, BE A CHOOSER!

• Zero missed practices-unless excused by the coach. A note from a doctor or parent.• 1st unexcused practice----sit out half of a game.

• 2nd unexcused practice----sit out a whole game.

• 3rd unexcused practice-----you just removed yourself from the team.

• No missed games—unless excused by the coach. Plan ahead. Don’t miss games, this is your reward for all your hard work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STUDY THE PLAYBOOK!

• Unexcused absence from in-season weightlifting will result in missing 1 quarter for the missed weightlifting workout if it’s not excused prior AND made up before or after.

• Honesty from players. If we ask you a question, you tell the truth. Case closed.

• Zero profanity. If it slips, you will be running. We are a class outfit!

• SPORTSMANSHIP

• During football season, your focus should be on football and your teammates. Not yourself or your AAU season. Represent our communities and school 1st.

• Must have a note to the coach 2 days before the game if riding home with parents after a game. We win as a team and lose as a team. We go together and ride home together!! Don’t cop out on your teammates. Only in special cases will players ride home with parents.

• Play this game the way it was meant to be played----with great enthusiasm!

What will Coaches Expect (con’t)

• NO HORSEPLAY IN THE LOCKER ROOM, WEIGHT ROOM, BUS TRIPS, AND ESPECIALLY DURING PRACTICE. COACHES CONTROL THE RADIO IN LOCKER ROOM.

• NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL----DON’T EVEN START WASTING YOUR TIME WITH THIS JUNK! VAPING IS A GATEWAY.

• Return all equipment at the end of the season. You will pay for what doesn’t get returned. We will inventory all equipment you use, be RESPONSIBLE!

• All players will wear a Collared shirt when we travel unless otherwise approved that week. Look Good, Feel Good, Play Good! We are a classy outfit.

• Players will wear their jersey to school on the Fridays of home games. For away games, players will wear their jersey to school on Thursday and their This may sound harsh, but YOU collared shirt on Game Day. YOU ARE REPRESENTING SOMETHING GREAT!

• All players will wear the same color sock for games. We will all look the same. First Class! No exotic face painting or flashy face stickers.

• INJURED PLAYERS WILL STILL ATTEND PRACTICE. REPORT ALL INJURIES IMMEDIATELY.

• IF YOU CAN’T PRACTICE TUE. AND WED. YOU WILL NOT START FRI/NEXT GAME

IN-SEASON LIFTING

• 9TH GRADE WILL LIFT MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTER SCHOOL. WE ARE WORKING TO GET THE MONDAY IN THE AM TO ALLOW MORE PRACTICE TIME.

• 10-12—MOST WILL LIFT EARLY BIRD IN PLACE OF PE OR AT OTHER DESIGNATED TIMES TO EARN THE PE CREDIT.

• Varsity Saturday Routine Changes: (Saturday is an optional 3rd lift for grades 9/10)

Following a HOME game: (Following a Road Game everything starts at 8:00am)

7:00-7:30 Destry-Led Shakeout/Stretch

7:30-7:45 O groups---10 Clips by OL/Skill group on GPEC TV’s

7:45-8:00 D groups---10 clips—GPEC TV’s

8:00-8:15 K groups---10 clips---GPEC TV’s

8:15-8:30 Final Words

PLAYING TIME PROTOCOL

• 1ST COMMUNICATION COMES FROM THE PLAYER

• COACH WILL MEET WITH PLAYER

• IF FURTHER COMMUNICATION IS NEEDED, THEN WE WILL SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE PLAYER-PARENT-COACH

LEADERSHIP

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMeuk0ZtLM0

• WHO EATS LAST AT FAMILY THANKSGIVING?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-KyQ90XByY

HUMILITY=HUMUS=DIRT

WORKING TO DIFERENTIATE “PAIN”

• WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT PAIN?

• CAN ANYTHING GOOD COME FROM PAIN?

• PLAYERS DISPLAY “PAIN” AND “PARENTS” WILL TURN INTO BEINGS THAT WERE CREATED TO “PROTECT.”

• WE ASK PLAYERS AND PARENTS TO WORK WITH COACHES TO DIFFERENTIATE PAIN, ASK FOR HELP, COMMUNICATE, GROW BOYS INTO MEN.

THE VISION CREATES THE PASSION TO BECOME THE BEST

STUDENT, ATHLETE, AND TEAMMATE YOU CAN BECOME…..

2020 FOCUS: LEAVE NO DOUBT

• WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? 2020 CAPTAINS EXPLAIN

• WHEN A PLAYER LEAVES THE GPEC OR PRACTICE, THERE IS NO DOUBT HE HAS EMPTIED HIS TANK.

• WHEN WE LEAVE THE FIELD, THE OPPONENT HAS NO DOUBT THEY’VE BEEN IN THE MOST PHYSICAL GAME OF THEIR LIVES.

• WHEN THE SEASON IS OVER, THERE IS NO DOUBT WE, (PLAYERS, PARENTS & COACHES) MAXIMIZED THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT ONE OF THE TOP PROGRAMS IN CLASS 3-A PLAYING & WATCHING A GAME WE SHOULD NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED. COVID-19 HAS BEEN OUR TEACHER.