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WALTER PAYTON COLLEGE PREP34

• CHARACTER BUILDING
• STREGNTH TRAINING

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L.E.A.D

• L stands for LOVE. If you are a good leader you
  lead with love in your heart.
• E stands for EXAMPLE. If you are a good leader
  you lead by example.
• A stands for ACCOUNTABILITY. If you are a good
  leader you are accountable for yourself and
  others.
• D stands for DEVOTION. If you are a good leader
  your devoted to the people you lead and your
  cause.

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WALTER PAYTON COLLEGE PREP FOOTBALL PROGRAM

• Our football program began in 2002.
• 2002-2009 we played in conference that was not
  playoff eligible
• 90 of our student athletes have never played
  contact football before
• Our entire football program over the last 4 years
  has averaged 33 players per year
• In the last 3 years that we have played in a
  playoff eligible conference we have qualified for
  the state playoffs the last two seasons

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WALTER PAYTON FOOTBALL PROGRAM RESOURCES

• PROS

• OUR ADVERSITY

• We receive NO funding for football (Account
  Balance 0)
• Prior to 2012 we did not have a safe weight room
  facility
• We do not have a locker room.
• Prior to 2009 we did not play many night games,
  most games were in the morning
• Prior to 2009 we did not have adequate or
  up-to-date football equipment
• We walk 6 blocks to our practice field
• We lack athletes and size
• We lack tradition

• Our average ACT score is a 30 on our football
  team
• We have great support from our parents

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HOW CAN WE CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE? HOW CAN WE
GET THE SCHOOL, PARENTS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE
STUDENT-ATHLETES TO BUY IN TO OUR OUR SYSTEM?
Some people see things the way they are and ask
why. I see things that never were and ask why
not-Robert Kennedy
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SETTING THE STAGE

• We fundraised by creating a team Ad Book and
  establishing the Walter Payton Classic
• We bought new helmets and shoulder pads for
  everyone on the team
• We created and bought new Uniforms
• We made wristbands with our team motto on them
• We created a team website and Facebook page
• We came up with a team poster with the team
  schedule on it
• We worked out in a personal training facility
  that was near the school
• We changed most of our games to night games and
  scheduled some suburban opponents
• We entered passing leagues and take a trip to
  Notre Dame for a passing league tournament each
  year
• We created a highlight tape for each team.

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SETTING THE STAGE

• Invited Medal of Honor Recipients in to speak
  about their life experiences
• We evolved to a No Huddle Spread Football Team
• Our team trained to become fit (leaner and
  faster). We we were forced to adapt our scheme to
  our personnel
• Our practice script is sent out before practice
  to administration, parents, and our
  student-athletes
• Presented Mrs. Payton with Walters jersey. We
  changed the uniform so that PAYTON was
  displayed above the numbers
• Every member in the Walter Payton Football
  program has a pre-season interview
• In 2012 we invited alumni to participate in a 7
  on 7 after the parents day scrimmage

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MY PHILOSOPHY

• I want every student-athlete to gain a life
  experience when they come through our program.
  Participating in football at Walter Payton will
  be different than other sports programs. Our job
  as coaches is to put our student-athletes in a
  position to be successful.
• If a man is called a street sweeper. He would
  sweep streets as a Michelangelo painted, or
  Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote
  poetry. He would sweep streets so well that all
  hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say,
  Here lived a great street sweeper who did his
  job well.
• -Martin Luther king Jr.

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TEAM PHILOSOPHIES

• Our jobs as coaches is to love our
  student-athletes
• Their job is to love each other
• HARD WORK
• EVERYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE
• We want our student-athletes to be selfless
• We will be the fittest team on the field

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TEAM FITNESS

• We expect our student athletes to be fit
• Our student-athletes must be mobile. Core
  strength is the key component. Core strength
  will allow an athlete to run, lift, and play more
  efficiently.
• Many of our student-athletes will play on both
  sides of the ball and on special teams.

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TEAM FITNESS

• Diet and nutrition our paramount and a vital part
  to an athletes fitness and performance
• Monitor student-athletes diet and activities
  (loseit.com)
• Student-athletes must always be properly hydrated

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TEAM STRETCHING

• Dynamic and static stretching is a part of every
  workout
• Foam rollers are a vital tool that can help
  decrease the risk of injury. Prevents tightness
  in the muscles, muscle pulls, or strains
• Yoga is a practice that can help improve
  flexibility, range of motion, and decrease the
  risk of injury

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FLEXIBILITY

• Today many kids are not as active as kids were in
  past generations. Child obesity is on the rise.
  Many kids lack flexibility in their hips and have
  trouble lowering their level. Concussions are
  becoming more common and can be very harmful to
  our student-athletes. Student-athletes that lack
  flexibility will have a difficult time getting
  into proper position to make a tackle or block.
  This will increase the risk of a concussion

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OFF-SEASON WORKOUTS

• We have our workouts in the mornings at 645AM
• We workout 3 to 4 times a week starting in
  January
• Each workout is roughly 45 minutes in length

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WORKOUT WEEK OUTLINE

• Power Lifts (THE BIG SIX)
• Core Workout (CORE CIRCUIT EVERYDAY)
• Cardio/Plyometric
• Basketball/Towel Tug/Touch Rugby
• Spin/Ropes/Stability ball work
• TEAM RUN
• TRACK WORK (100m and 400m)
• Boot Camp/Beach workout

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CORE EXERCISES

• Jack Knives
• V-Ups
• Side-V-Ups
• Side Crunches
• BOSU Cross-overs
• Reverse Crunches
• Toe Touches
• Cycles
• Extended Leg Cycles

• Roll-Ups
• Planks
• Side Planks
• Sit-ups w/Weight
• Flutter Kicks
• Knees to Elbows
• Pikes

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RECOVERY

• At least once a week we dedicate 45 minutes to
  stretching, foam rolling circuit, or yoga during
  summer workouts

• POINTS of EMPHASIS
• GLUTES
• HAMSTRINGS
• IT BANDS
• HIP FLEXORS
• LOWER BACK
• Calfs
• Quads

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MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPANTS THE PAYTON GRIZZLIES
Everybody has an opportunity to be apart of
greatness, because everybody has the opportunity
to serve Martin Luther King Jr.
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2011 PAYTON GRIZZLIES
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2012 CAPTAINS
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Anthony Faltintfaltin34_at_gmail.com312-718-7373

• L.E.A.D.
• If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is
  as a winner. You know what a winner is? A winner
  is somebody who has given his best effort, who
  has tried the hardest they possibly can, who has
  utilized every ounce of energy and strength
  within them to accomplish something. It doesn't
  mean that they accomplished it or failed, it
  means that they've given it their best. That's a
  winner.
• -Walter Payton 34