Letter from AFM - Last Call for Fall Prep

With the school year coming to a close, the next major event on the football calendar will be the start of pre-season practice. Every coach would likely agree that the weeks leading up to the season opener are critical times for conditioning, learning the playbook and fine-tuning offensive and defensive units.     For many coaches, putting together a plan for pre-season practice is a no-brainer. If they’ve been successful in recent years, especially in their opening few games, there would appear to be little reason to tinker with what’s been working.     But for coaches whose teams have struggled early in the season or for new head coaches that are now developing a pre-season practice plan for the first time, designing a daily schedule that ensures peak performance on all levels for the opening game can be a real challenge.     With that