Good morning America; It's Friday! Game Day!! Friday is my Favorite Day!!!

Well, the playoffs have begun. Hard to believe it is here already, but our friend Doug Ekmark has entered the playoff seen in MN, winning their first playoff game on WED. They play again on TU; win that and play again on SAT. To me . . . that is a screwy way to run the playoffs . . . BUT we have always done it this way. So . . . There's a phrase, one of those Adminitraitor phrases (that one is for you Martin) that I do not miss anymore. Just like I do not miss those TU AM faculty meetings talking about the tardy policy . . . . AGAIN!

Yesterday, I visited a school that is building a new field house, so they will need some strength training equipment for their new facility. Here's the deal, the trainer, as in athletic trainer, is the guy who runs BFS in the weightroom. Interesting, as I met the newly hired football coach in the weightroom who hustled me off to see the A.D. about things and really did not want to talk. The Trainer said that the BB team uses BFS and is having great success, been to the state finals recently, and other teams are using BFS with success . . . However, "The football coach does not; he has his own ideas about training," said the Trainer. Interestingly, the football team is struggling greatly winning only 1 game so far this year.

BFS has been in business for 32 years; has helped literally thousands of schools and coaches be more successful; withstood the test of time and is constantly working to improve the system, it constantly amazes me that guys out there think they have a "better system."

Perhaps (as we do many, many times), we will be called in to pick up the pieces and put the thing back together again. As a matter of fact, I know we will. Sooner or later. Our customer list for the state of Ohio is L O N G, goes on for page after page - two columns, single spaced. But "the football coach has his own ideas about how to train the team to a single victory" - Amazing.

Read this from our KY clinician Tom Sullivan who got a note from an A.D. who called BFS in to help right the ship:

Tom: . . . a quick sampling: since BFS has been implemented at SHS, we have won 2 State Championships, almost a dozen All-State athletes, a number of District Championships and a slew of County and Conference Championships, many of which are the first in the history of those sports. In fact, mathematically, the past 5 years have been the best in the history of Susquehannock High.

Thanks,k

We get statements like these all the time. There are hundreds of articles online in our archive section at http://www.bfsonline.com/ and you can read for yourself. Amazing to me how people can stare success in the face and turn their back on it.

Anyway, things like this is the reason for the BLOG and the coaching clinic. We ALL can share information on what we are doing to put kids in the position to be successful. The more you share, the more coaches and kids can be helped. The reason for the EQ in the first place was to put athletes out there, on the field, up against the odds in their best position to be successful and compete with the BIG Boys. And a foundational stone upon which that success was built was to assist the kids in getting bigger, faster, stronger.

Good Luck with your games this week. KSA!!!

RF