WALTER PAYTON COLLEGE PREP

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CHARACTER BUILDING

&STREGNTH TRAINING

L.E.A.D

“L” stands for LOVE. If you are a good leader you lead with love in your heart.

“E” stands for EXAMPLE. If you are a good leader you lead by example.

“A” stands for ACCOUNTABILITY. If you are a good leader you are accountable for yourself and others.

“D” stands for DEVOTION. If you are a good leader your devoted to the people you lead and your cause.

WALTER PAYTON COLLEGE PREP FOOTBALL PROGRAM Our football program began in 2002.

2002-2009 we played in conference that was not playoff eligible

90% of our student athletes have never played contact football before

Our entire football program over the last 4 years has averaged 33 players per year

In the last 3 years that we have played in a playoff eligible conference we have qualified for the state playoffs the last two seasons

WALTER PAYTON FOOTBALL PROGRAM

RESOURCES PROS OUR ADVERSITY

Our average ACT score is a 30 on our football team

We have great support from our parents

We receive NO funding for football (Account Balance $0)

Prior to 2012 we did not have a safe weight room facility

We do not have a locker room.

Prior to 2009 we did not play many night games, most games were in the morning

Prior to 2009 we did not have adequate or up-to-date football equipment

We walk 6 blocks to our practice field

We lack athletes and size

We lack tradition

“ Some people see things the way they are and ask why. I see things that never were and ask why not”

-Robert Kennedy

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SETTING THE STAGE

• We fundraised by creating a team Ad Book and establishing the Walter Payton Classic

• We bought new helmets and shoulder pads for everyone on the team

• We created and bought new Uniforms

• We made wristbands with our team motto on them

• We created a team website and Facebook page

• We came up with a team poster with the team schedule on it

• We worked out in a personal training facility that was near the school

• We changed most of our games to night games and scheduled some suburban opponents

• We entered passing leagues and take a trip to Notre Dame for a passing league tournament each year

• We created a highlight tape for each team.

SETTING THE STAGE

• Invited Medal of Honor Recipients in to speak about their life experiences

• We evolved to a No Huddle Spread Football Team

• Our team trained to become fit (leaner and faster). We we were forced to adapt our scheme to our personnel

• Our practice script is sent out before practice to administration, parents, and our student-athletes

• Presented Mrs. Payton with Walter’s jersey. We changed the uniform so that “PAYTON” was displayed above the numbers

• Every member in the Walter Payton Football program has a pre-season interview

• In 2012 we invited alumni to participate in a 7 on 7 after the parent’s day scrimmage

MY PHILOSOPHY

I want every student-athlete to gain a life experience when they come through our program. Participating in football at Walter Payton will be different than other sports programs. Our job as coaches is to put our student-athletes in a position to be successful.

“If a man is called a street sweeper. He would sweep streets as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or

Shakespeare wrote poetry. He would sweep streets so well that all hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a

great street sweeper who did his job well.”

-Martin Luther king Jr.

TEAM PHILOSOPHIES

Our jobs as coaches is to love our student-athletesTheir job is to love each

other

HARD WORK

EVERYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE

We want our student-athletes to be selfless

We will be the fittest team on the field

TEAM FITNESS

We expect our student athletes to be fit

Our student-athletes must be mobile. Core strength is the key component. Core strength will allow an athlete to run, lift, and play more efficiently.

Many of our student-athletes will play on both sides of the ball and on special teams.

TEAM FITNESS

Diet and nutrition our paramount and a vital part to an athlete’s fitness and performance

Monitor student-athletes diet and activities (loseit.com)

Student-athletes must always be properly hydrated

TEAM STRETCHING

Dynamic and static stretching is a part of every workout

Foam rollers are a vital tool that can help decrease the risk of injury. Prevents tightness in the muscles, muscle pulls, or strains

Yoga is a practice that can help improve flexibility, range of motion, and decrease the risk of injury

FLEXIBILITY

Today many kids are not as active as kids were in past generations. Child obesity is on the rise. Many kids lack flexibility in their hips and have trouble lowering their level. Concussions are becoming more common and can be very harmful to our student-athletes. Student-athletes that lack flexibility will have a difficult time getting into proper position to make a tackle or block. This will increase the risk of a concussion

OFF-SEASON WORKOUTS

We have our workouts in the mornings at 645AM

We workout 3 to 4 times a week starting in January

Each workout is roughly 45 minutes in length

WORKOUT WEEK OUTLINE

Power Lifts (THE BIG SIX)

Core Workout (CORE CIRCUIT EVERYDAY)

Cardio/Plyometric

Basketball/Towel Tug/Touch Rugby

Spin/Ropes/Stability ball work

TEAM RUN

TRACK WORK (100m and 400m)

Boot Camp/Beach workout

CORE EXERCISES

Jack Knives

V-Ups

Side-V-Ups

Side Crunches

BOSU Cross-overs

Reverse Crunches

Toe Touches

Cycles

Extended Leg Cycles

Roll-Ups

Planks

Side Planks

Sit-ups w/Weight

Flutter Kicks

Knees to Elbows

Pikes

RECOVERY

At least once a week we dedicate 45 minutes to stretching, foam rolling circuit, or yoga during summer workouts

POINTS of EMPHASIS

GLUTES

HAMSTRINGS

IT BANDS

HIP FLEXORS

LOWER BACK

Calfs

Quads

MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPANTS & THE PAYTON

GRIZZLIES

“Everybody has an opportunity to be apart of greatness, because everybody has the opportunity to serve” –Martin Luther King Jr.

2011 PAYTON GRIZZLIES

2012 CAPTAINS

Anthony Faltintfaltin34@gmail.com

312-718-7373

L.E.A.D.

“If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner. You know what a winner is? A winner is somebody who has given his best effort, who has tried the hardest they possibly

can, who has utilized every ounce of energy and strength

within them to accomplish something. It doesn't mean that they accomplished it or failed, it means that they've given it their

best. That's a winner.”

-Walter Payton #34