Post by Oneback on Aug 6, 2022 14:44:28 GMT
Are Most School-Age Boys To Soft?
Admittedly, football training – especially the first two weeks of it – is about the roughest physical experience a boy can undergo. It is all hard work and sweat. There's no glory, no color, no cheering co-eds, no games to provide an incentive. But the boys who gut up and conquer such situations are much better for the experience.
If they have the ability and are willing to pay the price, the rewards come later in game competition , excitement, trips, perhaps honors – and most important of all – improved character, sportsmanship and physique. But many boys, when they are in the throes of early season training torture, aren't able to look ahead to the benefits that will accrue to them if they just stick it out.
Many coaches are disturbed over the small number of football candidates at their schools. There are alarming indications that most school age boys are too soft. It doesn't come to light, however, until a boy who is accustomed to living a lazy and pampered existence bumps into something as rough and demanding as football training.
The point is that many boys who could make good athletes – if they would apply themselves – have dropped out. Apparently, they found the row to rugged to hoe.
As Coach Chester Fritz said, “I am afraid we are allowing our young people to get too soft”. Coach Al Rinaldi added, “boys are generally just TOO SOFT; boys can't walk or ride bicycles anymore – they have to have motor scooters or hot rods”. Coach Bill Long said that “you can hardly get a boy to mow a lawn anymore unless has a riding lawn mower”.
NO EASY WAY TO PREP FOR FOOTBALL: There's no easy way to prepare for football. It's rough and demanding. A boy must be well-conditioned and ready mentally and physically – because all his foes will be. You can't get a football player in shape by pampering him and coddling him. And also, you can't get a boy in shape for life by pampering him and coddling him. There are rough spots which he will have to face with courage and fortitude. That's why football training is so valuable .... After a few weeks, the boys will be in shape and football will start being fun. They'll have the incentive of looking forward to the next ball game. Let's quit pampering our boys, for their own good!
Coach Bill Mountjoy
PS: Attached is a good letter to parents written by a prominent Coach. It is worth reading by every parent:
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Admittedly, football training – especially the first two weeks of it – is about the roughest physical experience a boy can undergo. It is all hard work and sweat. There's no glory, no color, no cheering co-eds, no games to provide an incentive. But the boys who gut up and conquer such situations are much better for the experience.
If they have the ability and are willing to pay the price, the rewards come later in game competition , excitement, trips, perhaps honors – and most important of all – improved character, sportsmanship and physique. But many boys, when they are in the throes of early season training torture, aren't able to look ahead to the benefits that will accrue to them if they just stick it out.
Many coaches are disturbed over the small number of football candidates at their schools. There are alarming indications that most school age boys are too soft. It doesn't come to light, however, until a boy who is accustomed to living a lazy and pampered existence bumps into something as rough and demanding as football training.
The point is that many boys who could make good athletes – if they would apply themselves – have dropped out. Apparently, they found the row to rugged to hoe.
As Coach Chester Fritz said, “I am afraid we are allowing our young people to get too soft”. Coach Al Rinaldi added, “boys are generally just TOO SOFT; boys can't walk or ride bicycles anymore – they have to have motor scooters or hot rods”. Coach Bill Long said that “you can hardly get a boy to mow a lawn anymore unless has a riding lawn mower”.
NO EASY WAY TO PREP FOR FOOTBALL: There's no easy way to prepare for football. It's rough and demanding. A boy must be well-conditioned and ready mentally and physically – because all his foes will be. You can't get a football player in shape by pampering him and coddling him. And also, you can't get a boy in shape for life by pampering him and coddling him. There are rough spots which he will have to face with courage and fortitude. That's why football training is so valuable .... After a few weeks, the boys will be in shape and football will start being fun. They'll have the incentive of looking forward to the next ball game. Let's quit pampering our boys, for their own good!
Coach Bill Mountjoy
PS: Attached is a good letter to parents written by a prominent Coach. It is worth reading by every parent:
Attachments: