Strength Report: Train Like A football Player
by Jim DavisStrength and Conditioning Coordinator New Trier High School (IL)

At the core of all strength and conditioning, there is one unalienable principle: a body is a body. With so much focus on sport-specific training, it is easy for a coach to be enamored with the latest, greatest, custom-built program. The truth is, however, that without a solid base, none of that matters. So, before I explore the methods by which we prepare some of the top football players in the area, I will identify the building blocks to our program.
One: Technique. We cannot control