Last week without contact from coaches and I think its killing most of the boys. Zach and his teammate went out today- on Sunday to run routes - I think that says a lot about their coach Andy Ewald. Ewald has the kids wanting to work hard without his constant direction; this is a good sign - they are hungry for the season to begin.
Big week for things to get done, the usual school lifting and throwing this week but on top of that Zach has Acceleration MN training Monday through Thursday with his final pro-agility testing on Thursday; hoping for good results for Zach. Tuesday night is meeting with coach and Thursday is the parent/player football meeting. Although no games going on there is enough football speak to pacify everyone's thirst for the game.
When talking to a couple of Zach's teammates they are ready for pads and 2-a-days. They are thinking positively about the season and working hard to accomplish their goals. Time will tell....
Need to plan out meal plan for 2-a-days; that's my week ahead :)
Go PARK!
SLPfootballmom
Showing posts with label football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label football. Show all posts
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Intro to Zach (XAQ) by mom
Hello, I have wanted to blog for so long about this journey but never felt more ready than I do today. This is my first blog.
One of my biggest passions in life is watching my children grow to be men and I think football teaches a lot of life lessons that can be applied on or off the field. This blog will allow me to praise, vent, dream, witness all of the trials and tribulations of Zach getting into college as a student athlete all the while sharing that the journey with you.
Let's begin. Zach will be a junior in high school this fall 09 and it will be his first full season starting varsity Football. (He played both JV and Varsity last year) He stands nearly 6 feet, 185 lbs and is the starting running back for the St Louis Park Orioles in MN.
Zach has had a great off- season putting on 15 pounds from the end of last season to now. This wasn't easy though. He worked out, ate nutritionally following a suggested diet of 4000-5000 calories a day, drinks his protein and creatine and gets plenty of sleep. Now we are nearing the end of summer and there are 9 days left until 2 a days begin- oh I can't wait for this. The summer has been filled with opportunities for Zach. He is on a passing league team where they traveled to tournaments at both U of Minnesota, U of Notre Dame and NFL Vikings Training Camp. Every Tuesday he played in 7-on-7 passing league in Hopkins, he attended FBU - Football Ball University camp and now he is finishing up his training at Acceleration Minnesota - Plymouth location. August 17th it all begins for the 09 season. Zach has 9 days left before the season begins, 9 days left before he demonstrates all of the hard work from the off-season, 9 days left before he and his team band together for a great season.
I hope you return to this blog for updates on Zach. He WILL play college football - that I know for sure- this will detail how he gets there.
Signing off,
GO PARK!
SLPfootball mom
One of my biggest passions in life is watching my children grow to be men and I think football teaches a lot of life lessons that can be applied on or off the field. This blog will allow me to praise, vent, dream, witness all of the trials and tribulations of Zach getting into college as a student athlete all the while sharing that the journey with you.
Let's begin. Zach will be a junior in high school this fall 09 and it will be his first full season starting varsity Football. (He played both JV and Varsity last year) He stands nearly 6 feet, 185 lbs and is the starting running back for the St Louis Park Orioles in MN.
Zach has had a great off- season putting on 15 pounds from the end of last season to now. This wasn't easy though. He worked out, ate nutritionally following a suggested diet of 4000-5000 calories a day, drinks his protein and creatine and gets plenty of sleep. Now we are nearing the end of summer and there are 9 days left until 2 a days begin- oh I can't wait for this. The summer has been filled with opportunities for Zach. He is on a passing league team where they traveled to tournaments at both U of Minnesota, U of Notre Dame and NFL Vikings Training Camp. Every Tuesday he played in 7-on-7 passing league in Hopkins, he attended FBU - Football Ball University camp and now he is finishing up his training at Acceleration Minnesota - Plymouth location. August 17th it all begins for the 09 season. Zach has 9 days left before the season begins, 9 days left before he demonstrates all of the hard work from the off-season, 9 days left before he and his team band together for a great season.
I hope you return to this blog for updates on Zach. He WILL play college football - that I know for sure- this will detail how he gets there.
Signing off,
GO PARK!
SLPfootball mom
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