Dr. K. Anders Ericsson is a psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University responsible for the study (2007) leading to the development of the 10 year/10,000 Rule for developing expert performances and written about by Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers (2008), and Geoff Colvin, Talent Is Overrated (2008).

The implication for educators is that if we want our students & athletes to perform their absolute, level best as an 18 year old Senior, they need to be actively engaged in deliberate practice on or before age 8.

For 35 years, Bigger Faster Stronger has been in the business helping coaches and athletes raise the bar on athletic performances pioneering the BFS Readiness Program in the early 80s for use in Junior High and Middle Schools.

With these points in mind, in 2007 BFS Clinician Jeff Sellers established the State Championship Club of Fort Branch Indiana with the stated goal of playing for the 2015 AAA Football State Championship in Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis IN.

The first State Champion Club group with 4th graders. There now are 3-4, 5-6, 7-8th groups that working together. They have just finished football season and the 8th graders have chalked up a 37-0 record over the 4 year time period. Success at all levels and sports (football, basketball, baseball) is off the charts.

We are in the initial stages of gathering information and developing a program that can be “Cloned” and implemented in your setting.

I am checking interest. What are your thoughts? We know that following the BFS Core Program enhances athletic performance. Everything we do at BFS is designed to help athletes run faster, jump higher and be more explosive. From our personal experience with family members (and other clinician children), the program works at all levels, all ages. On a scale form one to ten, how interested would you be in starting a State Championship Club program at your district?