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If you build it, they will come | You Can Do More! — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:01:59 +0000

[…] post, Efficacy and Safety – Middle School Strength and Conditioning, seems to have struck a chord. Many of you shared having similar discussions with […]

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By: Jeff Floyd

Jeff Floyd — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:41:16 +0000

Coach Baily, Thanks for reading and thanks for taking the time to reply and comment… both are appreciated

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By: Scott Bailey

Scott Bailey — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:20:06 +0000

Coach Floyd,

I always just shake my head in disbelief when I hear people question whether or not middle school aged athletes should be in a strength training program. I have heard many of the same concerns here at Lamar and my response goes like this…..you think they are too young for strength training but yet you expect them to put a piece of plastic with some air pockets attached to it on their heads and some plastic with some foam attached to it on their shoulders and run full speed into another person doing the same thing??? The strength training is for safety purposes before it is ever for performance purposes!

Our boys start playing tackle football in the third grade and I question our sanity when we want them to tackle full speed but invest little or no time strengthening and stabalizing their neck, shoulders and ankles.

I congratulate your district for making the changes in their middle school PE program!

Coach Bailey Lamar HS Lamar, Missouri

>>> You Can Do More! 03/12/14 10:03 AM >>> Jeff Floyd posted: “Next year our district, the Independence School District, is taking some pretty bold steps that I believe have the potential to generate some huge positive effects in our community and school district. The first step is aligning the middle schools and “

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