Friday, September 2, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Relocation of Practice Sat 7/23
Thanks for your patience and understanding regarding the rain yesterday. I would first like to apologize for the few situations where we lost track of a few boys for a moment during all the chaos of rain and thunder. We should have been clearer on the directions to the boys and will make sure that does not happen again.
To protect the time/investment/effort that all parties have made to the success of the camp, we are making the move to the Lake Barrington Fieldhouse for our last session, tomorrow Sat 7/23. This will be done at no additional cost to you. With a 50% percent chance of rain again, we believe this will give us the best chance of success for the training of your boys.
We appreciate your flexibility in getting the boys to this other location 30 minutes away from our area, but will make sure it is worth it. You never know what Bear will show up tomorrow?!?
In addition, to a safer, cooler, and a more conducive practice field, we will be extending the session from 9 am until 2pm to provide the value of the intended camp.
Your son should bring tomorrow his Full Ride shirt, shorts, and cleats again. Arriving at 8:45 would be appreciated. In addition, having a packed lunch for him or bring some $ for the onsite cafe. We will break them for 30-45 minutes for lunch. Water bottles will not be needed.
Here is a a link of the other campers and parents contact info if that will help in car pooling to the practice:
Any other questions, please do not hesitate to call.
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Official FR 2011 Camp T-shirt
Still time to register for the 2011 Kahlil Bell Full Ride Football camp.
Chicagoland's premier non-contact youth football camp focusing
on speed, agility, and fundamentals.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Otis Wilson
Scheduled to coach at the 2011 Khalil Bell Football Camp is one of the finest linebackers ever to play the game! Otis Wilson of the 85 Super Bowl Champions!
Please learn more about Otis Wilson and his foundation here:
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Got Milk?
Great Blog Post from VerticalJumping.com
TRAINING BENEFITS OF MILK
Bovine (cow) milk has well known health benefits but how well do the components of milk relate to recovery from sports training and competition? Well there are many benefits actually, some of the main ones are listed below.- Milk has concentration of carbohydrates (in the form of lactose) similar to commercially available sports drinks.
- Milk contains casein and whey proteins at a ratio of 3:1 which slows digestion and absorption increasing blood concentration of amino acids (Protein).
- Whey protein contains branched chain amino acids, important for the muscle metabolism and muscle growth.
- Milk contains high concentrations of electrolytes, which may facilitate rehydration after exercise.
- Milk is low fat when the low fat products are selected often with just 1-2% fat.
- Muscle growth requires that protein (the main component of muscles) is created faster than it is broken down. This process requires stimulation (resistance training) and an increase in protein consumption to aid muscle growth.
- Protein and carbohydrate intake improves the bodys adaptation to resistance training.
- Research indicates that milk consumption increases protein metabolism after resistance training.
- Bovine milk as opposed to soymilk may be more beneficial: soymilk proteins are absorbed faster resulting in more protein leaving the body.
- Bovine milk maintains slightly elevated blood protein levels for a longer period of time, due to its slow absorption rate, resulting in more effective muscle use.
- Studies show milk consumption results in increased muscle mass gain from resistance training when compared with a commercially available sports drink.
- Milk consumption results in a decrease in fat mass in the same studies.
These claims are similar to those made by expensive commercially available sports drinks and protein drinks.
CONCLUSION
There is strong evidence that milk is as effective or more effective as a sports recovery drink than water or commercially available sports drinks. Milk has vitamins and minerals not found in commercially available sports drinks and it s considerably cheaper than the protein drinks promoted in the sports drink market. Milk is safe and effective as a recovery drink for lactose tolerant people.
NOTE
There are a lot of scientists who feel that drinking milk is actually quite bad for you. I personally did a 30 day no dairy diet to see if I felt any different and my own experience was that I noticed no change in how I felt, levels of inflammation, sleep patterns, etc either before, during or after the experiment. Others however swear they experience amazing benefits after removing dairy from their diets.
I am of the opinion that every day millions of people around the world drink cows milk, and have done for centuries. Modern farming practices may have changed the quality of the cows milk we drink now so I would recommend buying the best quality organic milk you can.
REFERENCES
Roy, B. D. (2008). Milk: The new sports drink? A review. Journal of International Society of Sports Nutrition. 5 (15), 1550-2783
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Theo Pickles holds a Master of Applies Science (Sports Coaching), and a Bachelor of Human Movement Science. He has worked with high level athletes both in Australia and around the world. He currently lives in Antwerp and works with the Netherlands Olympic Committee as a strength and conditioning coach.
To read more of Theo's work you can visit his website: www.australiansportsconditioning.com
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
USA Swimming - Age Group Training
A very well written article that can be applied to ALL parent's in EVERY sport.
11-13 YEAR OLD SWIMMERS (AGE GROUP III PRACTICE GROUP)
Things they love and appreciate:
- When my parents encourage and support me even after a swim that I did not drop time.
- When my parents tell me to not worry about my event, just go out and have fun.
- How my parents prepare for my meets: Drive me there, take time off to go to meet, bring healthy food.
- When my parents accept that even though I added time, I still tried my best.
- When my parents don’t put pressure on me.
- I like when my parents aren’t among the many parents screaming really loud at the children.
- When I race he tells me to swim my own race and doesn’t tell me what he thinks I need to do.
- I like how my parents encourage me to do well and encourage my swimming.
- I like it when my parents tell me they are proud of me.
- I like when my parents tell me I love you no matter what happens.
Things they don’t like:
- I don’t like it when other parents and my parents compare me to the other swimmers.
- I hate when parents yell at their kids for adding.
- I hate when my parents take things away from me when I add time at a meet.
- I don’t like it when my parents make me cry about my swims.
- I hate when my parents get mad when I add time.
- I dislike when my parents think I didn’t try my best.
- I dislike how my parents tell me things that I did wrong.
- I hate when my parents try to fix my stroke technique and try to tell me how to swim.
- I don’t like when my parents yell “go” too loud and make others look.
- I don’t like when my parents always think I should drop time in every event.
- I don’t like when parents don’t congratulate their kids, only tells them something they did bad.
- I don’t like when my parents give suggestions repeatedly and they are not what my coach wants me to do.
See more of the article at the link below...
USA Swimming - Age Group Training
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