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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S COLUMN Hello Everyone!

Hopefully your winter seasons are going well and you survived the winter deep freeze in January!

As I was putting together this issue, I was reflecting on leadership. We talk about leadership all the time in ath - letics. Coaches often comment, “He’s a great leader.” “We need leaders on this team.” “How can we develop leadership with our athletes?” “She is a born leader.” But what is leadership? One of my favorite books on developing leadership is Competitive Leadership by Brian Billick, and in his book he says, “It’s not about being Drew Potthoff a perfect leader. It’s about being effective in the way you draw the best from yourself and your team.” Executive Secretary Illinois Coaches As coaches we have to be leaders. Whether you are the assistant freshman coach or the head varsity coach, you Association have a responsibility to be a positive and effective leader for your athletes and your fellow coaches. How do you become a great leader or how can you better lead your staff or team? I have not found one definitive answer to that question. What I have learned through my years as a coach and athletic administrator is that we never stop learning how to lead. We learn from our mentors, from coaches that we had as high school and collegiate play - ers and even way back when we participated in youth sports. Seeking out the people you admire as a leader and talking with them about how they lead and inspire is an ongoing process. It can be fellow coaches, school administrators, business leaders, anyone who leads young people or adults. We need to be great leaders, inspire our athletes to be great leaders, and help them build their leadership skills. The athletes we have today will be the leaders of tomorrow!

I hope you enjoy this issue of the TORCH; we have tried to add more coaching content with every issue. We have some great articles this edition including an article about Sally Roberts, the author of “Wrestle like a Girl” that is especially inspirational! Another new venture we are embarking on with the Illinois Coaches Association is hosting, in conjunction with the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association and USA Football, the first Illinois Youth Football Summit in April.

Good luck to everyone as we head to the finish of our winter seasons. I look forward to seeing many of you at the state tournaments, clinics and all-star events. The Illinois Coaches Association is here to help you anyway we can. If you need something please do not hesitate to contact us!

Coaches, in the end, our career W/L record just won’t matter. It won’t be what we will want others to remember us by. All that will matter will be who we helped, how we went about it & the lasting impression we left on those who crossed our path. live each day with tHAt in mind. NEW FOR THE ILLINOIS COACHES ASSOCIATION

We are excited to announce that the ICA website has a new look and many new features that will Beneﬁt our membership. Please go to d www.icacoach.org d

Did you know that the Illinois Coaches Association now has a Twitter account? d Follow the ICA, coaches and high schools around the state: @ICA_Illinois d

“Coaches Corner” in every Torch that will include articles written by our coaches for our coaches. If you have an article, idea, new drill or special play you would like to share, please send it to me. Email your articles directly to me at [email protected] I have taken the liberty of the ﬁrst “Coaches Corner” to submit my own article. This article is d for all of the coaches who have had, or will have the pleasure of coaching their own d son or daughter. Coaching your own children can be a challenge, but the rewards can be limitless. The submission is something I wrote for my son when I was coaching him in youth football. Check it out in “Coaches Corner”; I hope you enjoy it.

We can’t stress the importance of our corporate partners in the operation of the ICA. Check their website and ad in this edition. Remember - Give them your support!!! They are the lifeline of our programs!!! WHEN PURCHASING, USE THEIR PRODUCTS PLEASE!!

Coaches should all be aware an ICA membership includes the $2,000,000 Liability as a benefit. Inform your fellow coaches of this ben - efit and encourage them to obtain a membership. Urge your Athletic Director to take advantage of the school membership and at least purchase for the Head Coaches. At the ICA, we feel this is a benefit which all coaches can take advantage of by becoming an ICA Member. (Check the information in this publication) RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP! TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BENEFITS AVAILABLE.

The ICA is constantly working to improve sports activities for young people as well as benefits for coaches. Get Involved! Be a member! Help make a difference! 1 2 Lighting the way by sharing ideas DATES TO REMEMBER INDEX Illinois Coaches Association 1 Executive Secretary’s Continued 2 Adrenaline Fundraising Advertisement Serving All Coaches in All Sports 3 Dates to Remember 1520 Senaca Court / Woodstock IL 60098 3 Sports Chairmen 4 Salley Roberts Article Phone 815-405-3821 5 ICA Scholarship Winners 6 Scholarship Website—www.icacoach.org [email protected] 7 Gatorade 8 Membership March 7-9 & 14-16 ICA conducts 3 point contest at IHSA Boys 9 Ken Jakalski Article 10 Sport Decal State Basketball Tournament 11 IBCA Hall of Fame 12 ICA MC Strong Baseball All Star Game March 28-30 IHSFCA Spring Clinic, Hilton Garden Inn, 13-17 Illinois High Footbal Coaches Association Champaign, IL 18 ICA Shrine Photos 19 Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites TBA Spring Board Meeting 20 MaxPreps June 15 ICA/Shrine All State Game @ Illinois Wesleyan 21 Athletics After School 22 Good Reads, All State Softball Site University 23 Wilson, Porter, Gatorade 24,25 Loomis & Lapann, Inc June 25-26 NHSACA Awards Program - Bismark, ND 26 NHSACA Awards TBA ICA/MC Strong All Star Baseball Game 27 USA Football 28 Three Reasons Corn Crib Stadium< Bloomington, IL 29 Loomis & Lapann 30 JasonFoundation 31 ProTech Achieving Peak Performance 32 Gatorade 33 Riddell 34 WWW.ICACOACH.ORG The Illinois Coaches Association is endorsing Educational Resources as a source for Graduate Level Classes. This program has been quite successful in adjoining states and offers valuable opportunities for any educator. To Gain Complete Information and review testimonials visit the website of the CURRENT SPORTS CHAIRMEN course sponsor—www.educresources.info CHAIRMAN SPORT SCHOOL EMAIL Carlin Nalley CAPS Lisle H S [email protected] Dave Rodgers Baseball East Peoria HS [email protected] Football Officials Needed-Illinois High Schools Steve Allen Boys Basketball Springfield Lutheran HS [email protected] Chris Neville Golf Pekin HS [email protected] Coaches and Athletic Directors are encountering much difficulty in securing offi - Mike Manahan Wrestling Olympia HS [email protected] Henry Johnson Athletic Director (Retired) [email protected] cials for Football Games. Many games are being moved to alternate dates, thus Skip Tarran At-Large (Retired) [email protected] disrupting the organization of high school teams. Their is definitely a need for inter - Zach Keene Girls Basketball Macomb HS ested parties to become involved as a high school football official. This a great way Sara Kinney Membership [email protected] Ken Jakalski Boys Track Lisle HS [email protected] to stay involved in high school sports and work with young people. Encourage Ken Jakalski Cross Country Lisle HS [email protected] young people interested in football to pursue this avocation, or at least visit with Lucy Gilbert Softball Deer-Creek Mackinaw [email protected] some veteran official about the benefits of this involvement. Who knows where it Kevin Crandell Football Rochelle HS [email protected] could lead them!! Contact the IHSA 309-663-6377 Ed McNally Soccer Mother McAuley HS [email protected] Jim Caliendo Swimming (Retired) Open Positions Tennis, Volleyball, Lacrosse HELP NEEDED AT GIRLS STATE TRACK MEETS—Due to many conflicts and the overlapping with Boys Sectional Meets, The IHSA Girls State Track Meet has Anyone interested should contact: a need for event officials. Interested parties contact Kraig Garber at Drew Pothoff / ICA /1510 Seneca Court / Woodstock, IL 60098 309-663-6377 or 2715 McGraw Drive, Bloomington, IL 61702-2715 Phone or Fax: 815-405-3821 • [email protected]

THERE WILL BE OBSTACLES. THERE WILL BE DOUBTERS. *Remember, we work daily with parents’ most THERE WILL BE MISTAKES. prized possessions, their children. *************************************************** BUT WITH HARD WORK, The ICA is constantly working to improve sports activities for young people as well as benefits for coaches. Get Involved! Be a member! THERE ARE NO LIMITS. Help make a difference!

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Sally Roberts ... a life saved through wrestling By Randy Kinred Wesleyan’s Shirk Center for the Midwest World Cup championship and world The goal is to help them “become lead - Laborers 15th annual Midwest Nationals bronze medals in 2003 and 2005. In her ers in life.” She will tell you that starts Wrestling Tournament, lending support sights was a spot on the 2008 Olympic with establishing more high school girls Sally Roberts has a voice and a platform. to a push for more sanctioned girls high team. She was “utterly convinced” it wrestling programs and state tourna - She has earned such things through school state wrestling tournaments would happen. ments. time in a juvenile detention cell, on a nationwide. wrestling mat and in combat gear. Roberts made the finals at the Olympic “When girls are able to wrestle against A two-time world bronze medalist, Trials but finished second. Only the win - other girls, there is an increase in reten - Her story serves to empower and Roberts found success on the mat ... ner qualified for the Olympic team. tion rate and a decrease in injuries,” inspire. Five minutes into an appearance and so much more. Introduced to Roberts said. “Beyond that, girls tend to Friday at Illinois State, she had a slouch - wrestling in eighth grade, her first victo - feel more comfortable wrestling against ing 60-year-old sportswriter sitting up ry was over the life she was leading. “It completely devastated me,” she said. other girls and society tends to feel straighter in his chair. Imagine her “I went into a deep depression.” more comfortable having girls wrestle impact on the folks who really matter. other girls. “Growing up, my mother had been mar - ried five times. I didn’t like being at Newly divorced and her Olympic dream Roberts travels the country on behalf of home,” Roberts said. “After school I was crushed, Roberts said she sat on the “At the end of the day, whatever the Wrestle Like A Girl, the nonprofit organi - shoplifting, breaking into houses. I got edge of her bed and “cried for about mechanism is that’s going to increase zation she founded in 2016. Its mission arrested so many times, a detention offi - three months straight.” those female wrestlers or female athletic is multifaceted, but at its core is “the cer said, ‘If you don’t find something to participants, we want to encourage that. premise that girls can do anything and do after school, you’re going to be going And then? The platform of wrestling, the platform of that through sport, they can realize their to jail.’ athletics, is the building block for the full potential.” next generation of leaders.” “I did what any irrational, depressed “I tried out for softball, volleyball, basket - person would do. I went to the nearest You’ll find that in her bio on the Wrestle ball. I got cut from all of them. I was not There is no better example than Roberts, Like A Girl website. In person, you see it Army recruiter and said, ‘I want the athletic. Wrestling was a no-cut sport absolute toughest job that any woman a confident and courageous woman who in her eyes, hear it in her impassioned and I thought, ‘If I never quit, I won’t to will fight for herself, her team, her coun - words. can have right off the street,’” Roberts go jail.’ That forever changed the trajec - said. “He said, ‘Welcome to Special try and, now, anyone with the desire and tory of my life.” Operations.’” commitment to ‘Wrestle Like A Girl.’ Roberts spoke to ISU female athletes Friday, imploring them to “fail forward” The youngest of three children, she She served six years as a special opera - USA Wrestling’s Woman of the Year is a and “lead from the front” and “get com - became the first in her family to gradu - 38-year-old dynamo who makes you aim fortable with being uncomfortable” and tions soldier and volunteered for deploy - ate high school, college and earn a mas - ment to Afghanistan. high. “be brave.” She urged them to be confi - ter’s degree. dent and advocate for themselves and “be thankful for the hurdles in life.” After considering herself “a failure as an And sit up straight. After wrestling against boys through athlete and a failure as a wife,” Roberts junior high and high school, Roberts says she ultimately, “Failed forward.” Why hurdles? began to excel in women’s wrestling and spent eight years as a resident of the “Those hurdles are what even the play - U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Now, married again and living in ing field,” she said. Springs. Colorado Springs, she is committed to creating opportunities for girls and women through wrestling. Saturday, Roberts was at Illinois She won three nationals titles, the 2003 4 Lighting the way by sharing ideas 2018 Illinois Coaches Association Scholarship Winners For the twentythird year the ICA has scholarships available to a Students application process includes an essay, academic stand - son or daughter of a ICA member. This year the offerings ing and recommendations by school personnel. The screening include four young adults. We feel that this is a substantial ben - process is handled by the ICA Board of Directors. efit of membership.

Madison Williard Zach Williard Jake Potthoff Aliyah Welte

Jake Potthoff Marian Central Catholic High School Attending Illinois Wesleyan University Madison Williard Carbondale High School Attending Truman State University Zach Williard Carbondale High School Attending Truman State University Aliyah Welter Monticello High School Attending Louisville University Jane Thomas Geneseo High School Attending St. Ambrose University (Picture Not Available) Congratulations!

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Drew Pothoff/ 1520 Senaca Court / Woodstock IL 60098 6 Lighting the way by sharing ideas KE EP THE M HYD RATED, KE EP THE M S AFE

5 TIPS T O HELP A THLETES S TAY HYDRA TED 1 KEEP HYDRA TION T OP OF MIND • R emind athletes to check their urine color before practice. If it’ s the color of pale lemonade, that’ s a sign of being hydrated. • T ake weather into account and give athletes opportunities to drink during practice. • T each athletes to pay attention to how they feel, including their thirst and energy levels. 2 KEEP FL UID LEVELS UP • A thletes should drink enough ﬂ uid to maintain hydration without over-drinking. • Flavored, cold, lightly salted sports drinks like Gatorade® Thirst Quencher are important, because sodium helps maintain the athlete’ s desire to drink and retain the ﬂ uid consumed.

3 KEEP THE BOD Y COOL • R emind athletes to drink cool fl uids to help maintain their body temperature. • If your athletes experience heat illness, help them lower their body temperature by laying them down in a cool place with their legs elevated, applying cool, wet towels to their body and having them drink cool fl uids. 4 KEEP HYDRA TED BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER A CTIVITY • A thletes need to think about their entire athletic schedule when it comes to fueling (not just when they are competing). • Encourage them to drink plenty of fl uids throughout the day to replace the fl uids lost through sweat. 5 KEEP A RECO VER Y SCHEDULE • R est and recovery are an essential part of avoiding heat illness. • Ensure your athletes have time for breaks during practices. • Encourage athletes to get 6-8 hours of sleep each night in a cool environment if possible.

THE EFFECTS OF DEHYDRA TION:  DECREA SED PERFORMANCE  DECREA SED FL UID ABSORPTION  DECREA SED MENT AL FUNCTION  DECREA SED T OLERANCE T O HEA T  DECREA SED MO TOR SKILLS

THE S YMPT OMS OF DEHYDRA TION:  LIGHT -HEADEDNESS  NA USEA  F ATIGUE/EXHA US TION  V OMITING  HEAD ACHE  L OSS OF MUSCLE COORDINA TION/  F AINTING  WEAKNESS DECREA SED PERFORMANCE  POOR CONCENTRA TION/ AL TERED MENT AL S TATUS

ATTENTION - CAOATCHTES, EATHNLETTIC DIIROECTNORS: & PRINCIPALS The ICA appreciates those of you have joined in the past. The school membership program makes it possi - ble for more coaches to become members of their professional organization at a small cost per coach. Membership in the ILLINOIS COACHES ASSOCIATION also gives you membership in the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. We are the only coaching organization that can offer this bonus. ALL ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE: MEMBERSHIP IN NHSACA, WHICH INCLUDES: • The ICA Newsletter ‘The Torch’ • Clinic Participation - locally, statewide, nationally • $1,000,000 Liability Insurance Policy • Opportunity to earn up to 6 credit hours with clinic participation • Illinois Coach of the Year Awards • Increase in recognition for deserving coaches • Eligibility of Son or Daughter to Compete for one of five $750 • Reduced fees to all Clinics Scholarships Annually • Sponsor of Annual All Star Games in Football and Baseball • Nomination of Coaches for IHSA Advisory Committees in All Sports • Sponsor of Service Award Program

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FILLING TANKS OR GOIND FULL THROTTLE? ARE WE TRAINING ATHLETES FOR THE REAL DEMANDS OF THEIR SPORT?

There is a good reason why gas pump nozzles have an auto cut-off, but many of us aren’t happy unless we put in just a little bit more because we believe that a little more is better. That is the dilemma facing coaches when it comes to how much strength and condition - ing is needed for the multi-sport high school athlete. And if we “over - Ken Jakalski fill” our athletes, the result is more complicated than unnecessary spillage. It is the possibility of injury. In the words of Coach Kurt Hines, “I’m all for innovation and Strength and Conditioning, but some of this stuff is getting out of hand. Rather than trying to impress each other on Twitter, let’s help our players to master the basics, build upon the fundamentals, and to actually get better at the sports they play.” But our concerns are real. If we believe we are under-filling our athletes’ tanks, we worry that our players might not be able to produce on the field at critical times late in the game. How many times have you heard coaches say things like, “we seemed to run out of gas in the fourth quarter, so we train to prevent that from happening,” Some coaches can remember when the 1.5 mile test run was the standard for football. The result was subjecting players to the kind of activities that would enable them to “pass that fitness test.”

For football, we were conditioning our athletes for game plays that required bursts of seven seconds by having them run 400 meter reps or half miles, things that Mike Boyle refers to as “non-specific foolishness.” In other words, we were training to give our athletes a full tank in order to achieve a standard we thought the sport demanded. Ironically, the test we were training them to pass never reflected the realities of actual game play, or the amount of time at high intensity players actually performed. Basically, we were training for a test that didn’t even apply to the actual tests athletes would experience on the field. This kind of “tank overfilling,” at least as it related to football, may have come to an end thanks to Plainfield North’s football and track coach Tony Holler, (insert Holler image)whose “Feed the Cats” training program emphasized planned dosing of high intensity sprints. He questions whether football players and track sprinters need to develop the endurance capacity of distance runners. And he applies a simple overarching philosophy: keep everything less than five seconds and at full intensity.” Taking a distance training approach with athletes whose success on the field comes down to being explosive and fast will be detri - mental to developing the actual qualities we are trying to maximize. What we know will benefit a distance runners may be unnecessary for an athlete who sport depends on speed or power. Sprinters are the “top fuel dragsters” of track Dragsters traditionally raced for a quarter of mile, not twenty-five times one mile.

As Holler says in his “Feed the Cats” Data Driven Speed Training Program: “Don’t apply distance principles for sprinters; forget about endurance, V02 max, sit and kicks, threshold runs, Joe Newton, triathlons, race strategy, EPO, drafting, getting boxed in, blood doping, fartlek runs, intervals, Jack Daniels, junk miles, LSD, neg - ative splits, tempo runs, and Prefontaine. Forget it all. Sprinters are different. Don’t treat your cats like dogs.”

This approach is catching on, as evidenced by the number of football and track clinics Holler has been speaking at around the country.

Controversial? No doubt, but Holler raises a valid question: Do we really need to improve the aerobic capacity of athletes whose sports require explosive movements and high speed?

It is not enough for coaches to have simple answers to such questions. We need to question the answers themselves. If we did that, we might discover, as Holler has, that filling the tanks to go farther and longer should really not be the priority in all sports.

We need to have engines tuned to achieve high intensity bursts of speed. If the sport requires athletes to perform like top fuel dragsters, we shouldn’t be concerned with filling tanks to move—like tanks. To conclude with a point established earlier, drag - sters race for a quarter of a mile, and even less now that the speeds they achieve can be dangerous. They shouldn’t be tuned to run a quarter’s worth of miles. NEW! H DHD D ECAL K IT! • Includes 9 de ca ls • Each d ecal k its c omes o n i ts o wn s heet – perfec t fo r h el met d ec oration n ight • Ultra-tough v inyl l asts a ll s eason a nd w ill never c rack o r f ade • Extremely p liable m aterial g uarantees e asy application o n a ny h elmet s tyle • New C NC c utting p rocess a llows f or a perfec t cut -to-fit d ec al e very t ime • Full-color p rinting m eans u nlimited dec oration po ssi bilities • Easily r emovable ( only w hen y ou a re r eady to c hange o ver) f or p layoffs o r e nd o f s eason

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IBCA Hall of Fame Coaches

Facing off for the first time in one of the biggest events of the season, were two former teammates, both Hall of Fame Coaches and both winners of 800+ games. The Nokomis Redskins hosted the Lincoln Railsplitters in a non-conference game that packed the gym with former classmates, relatives, and great basketball fans. Preceding the Saturday, January 26 game, the IBCA recognized Nokomis High School for their 1526 all-time wins and counting. Since the 1909-1910 season, the Redskins have won countless conference and tournament championships, captured 23 district or regional titles, and earned 5 trips to the IHSA State Tournament.

Past coaches who were also inducted into the IBCA Hall of Fame include: Loren Wallace – who travelled from Arizona to witness the game between his two former players - and the late Maury Hough who also coached the Lady Redskins to class 1A state championships in 1998 & 1999.

The last Illinois coach to surpass the 800 victory mark was current IBCA President Neil Alexander during the 2017-18 season. Coach Al gladly presented his former teammate with a Silver Whistle – a token of apprecia - tion from the IBCA.

At this time, the IBCA congratulates Coach Steve Kimbro and all players, coaches and fans – past and present – on both great achievements.

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ILLINOIS COACHES ASSOCIATION

2019 SENIOR ALL-STAR GAME

th th Date: Saturday, June 29 (45 Annual) Venue: The Corn Crib – Normal, IL (Home of the Normal Cornbelters) Presented by: The Illinois Coaches Association and The Michael Collins Foundation

Things to know about the nomination process:

➢ Nominate only deserving SENIORS based on their 2019 season stats, citizenship, and college opportunity ➢ No limit on the number of SENIOR nominations per school ➢ You may nominate your senior as a pitcher, as a position player, or both ➢ If you wish to nominate a player for BOTH pitcher and position player, you must complete ALL requested information for BOTH st th Online SENIOR nominations will be open May 1 – May 24 at the following link ➢ bit.ly/icamcstrongallstar Any questions, please contact Dave Rodgers (309-657-5502 by call/text) or email at [email protected] ➢ ➢ All varsity coaches will receive an email in late April with a NOMINATION LINK ➢ Put a reminder in your calendar to nominate your top senior(s) May 1st Why this event? ➢ ALL FREE! No cost to participate ➢ One 9-inning game ➢ Wonderful venue – all turf, 6,000 seat Corn Crib Stadium ➢ Provided to participant: Batting Practice Jersey and All-Star Plaque ➢ An MVP award for both teams

2019 Selection Committee At-Large: Jim Collins (Chairman), Dave Rodgers (Chairman), Jim Hall (IHSBCA) South: Tim Funkhouser – Edwardsville, Jim Steinwart – Springfield, Dave Greer – Pleasant Plains Central: Chris Hawkins – Normal West, Eric Stone – Metamora, Wayne Meyer – Leroy-Pete Meyer - Lisle North: Mike Napolean – New Trier, Jay Wayland – Rock Island, Eric Regez – Herscher, Bria Aversa – Kaneland

12 Lighting the way by sharing ideas ILL INO IS HI GH SC HOOL FO OTB ALL COACHES AS SO CIATION 2019 FOO TB ALL CLI NIC SCHEDULE (Ten tat ive) THURS DA Y M ARC H 28 , 20 19

3:00-7:30 PM Registrati on Hi lto n Garden I nn

3:30-5:30 PM Demo/Practic e Mem orial Stadium/I rw in Center

Il li nois Staff /Te am

7:00-9:15 PM Il li nois Fo otbal l St aff Sp eaki ng Hi lto n/Ho liday I nn (fo rmer ly Ha wth orn)

9:30-11:30 PM Ch alk T alk /So cial Ho ur Al umni R oom

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HOLI DAY INN (fo rme rly Ha wth orn S uites )

 Mike Babc ock – McK end re e Un iv ersit y Head C oach , “The Ver tical Passin g Ga me” – Whi te Oak s 1

 Mark Yanu le – St . Xav ier Unive rsit y Assi stant C oach , “Pass Prote ctio n” – Whi te Oaks 2

 Ky le L an ghoff – Mac Murra y C oll ege As sistan t Co ach , “ 4-2-5 Defe nsi ve Co ver ag es v s Trip s” – Grand P rair ie 1 & 2

 Ch ad Brau n – Monmouth Coll ege Head C oach , “Defe ndin g t he Trip le Optio n – Savoy Roo m

 Matt Fo ste r – Coll ege of DuPag e Head Co ach , “Defe nsive s ec ondary Play – Ch ampaig n Room

 Nick P esik – Wi sco nsin Whi te wa te r Wid e Rece ivers C oach , “Devel opin g W id e Re ceiv ers” – Grand Prairie 3 & 4

HOM EWO OD S UI TES

 Dav e Rag one an d Ke egan J ones – Augustana C oll ege Assi stant Head Co ach an d Run nin g Back s C oach , “Sp ecial Te ams-Dril ls /Skil ls I mple mentati on” – Il li noi s Roo m (H omew oo d Suites )

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2018 ICA SHRINE FOOTBALL

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"A goal is just an awesome way to force growth on yourself." ―Deena Kastor

"Amateurs practice until they get it right; Pros practice until they can't get it wrong." ―Navy SEALs

"I learn something new about the game almost every time I step on the course." —

Don't let fatigue make a coward of you." — Steve Prefontaine

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COMPETITIVE LEADERSHIP

Calling all Authors! Do you have an article, coaching drill, coaching philosophy or innovative idea you want to share? Send it to us and we will put it in the TORCH and on ethe webiste: Email submissions direct - WRESTLE LIKE ly to [email protected] A GIRL

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2019 NHSACA Coach of the Year Finalists Rich Montgomery Athletic Director Rock Falls High School Neil Alexander Basketball Lincoln High School LeRoy Milsaps Boys Track & Field Cahokia High School Don Iverson Girls Cross Country Naperville North High School Mike Bare Soccer Peoria Notre Dame High School Donne Dulle Volleyball Mt. Pulaski High School Mike Hahn Wrestling Glenbard North High School

2019 NHSACA Hall of Fame Inductees

Dan Sharp Joliet Catholic High School Ken Leonard Springﬁeld Sacred Heart-Griﬃn High School

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Shar e id eas, best pr actic es and discuss issues facing y outh f ootball t o pr epar e f or the 20 19 season.

This open f orum will bring t og ether y outh Wher e: Illinois W esl eyan Univ er sity football l ead er s fr om l eagues thr oughout Bl ooming ton, IL the entir e stat e of Illinois. When: April 6, 20 19 This f orum is br ought t o y ou b y the 10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p .m. Illinois C oaches Association, Illinois (check -in star ts at 9:00 a.m.) High School F ootball C oaches Association and US A F ootball t o help advanc e and Topics Includ e: gr ow the game t og ether . • F ootball De vel opment M od el • Stat e l egislation updat e A c omplimentar y lunch will be pr ovid ed. • P ositiv e c oaching • To wn Halls with pr ominent high school coaches and y outh l eague c ommissioner s REGIS TER

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3 reasons why your child should play youth football

By Peter Schwartz 2. Physical activity. We live in a society where an increasing number of chil - dren are inactive. According to a 2017 Centers for Disease Control and A few years ago, my son’s football team was handing out game jerseys during train - Prevention report , 1 in 6 U.S. children are obese. A little fun playing Madden ing camp. Our program orders the jerseys in advance in assorted sizes with num - is fine, but not moving around is not good for a child. Kids need to be active bers already on them. Once they’re given out, the last names are added to them. and playing something. Whether it’s tackle or flag football, those are great Bradley looked at the jerseys in his size and settled on No. 3. A short time later, ways for a child to run around and stay in shape. another child picked out his jersey. I don’t remember exactly what number it was, 3. Teamwork and discipline.˚ but let’s just say it was 65. One of his parents was overheard saying something to During my 26 years in sports media, I’ve had the effect of … many football players tell me the sport played a big role in their lives, not just on the field, but also off the field. I’ve also had many parents tell me how important it is for their kids to play, and I’ve seen this as well during the six “That number is not good. My son is a wide receiver, and wide receivers don’t wear years that Bradley has played. Playing youth football is a great way to build that number in the NFL.” discipline in a child, and it is a terrific tool for learning how important team - work is. It’s a sport where you really have to concentrate on your job and be able to trust what your teammates are doing. I really don’t know if the parent was serious, but it brings up an important topic. If Every kid who plays youth football dreams of making it to the NFL. It could just be your child is playing youth football because you think he’s making it to the NFL, then having a catch with a parent or sibling, and children will pretend they are hauling in he’s playing youth football for the wrong reason. The numbers against that happen - the game-winning catch in the Super Bowl. ing are just astronomical.

It’s great to dream and to have goals in life, but that’s just a kid being a kid. A parent The funny part is that my wife and I joke with people from time to time that when it shouldn’t have such lofty expectations or put that kind of pressure on a child. comes to Bradley, we don’t need the NFL. We just want a college scholarship. Calm down. We know that the chances of that are also slim. In fact, the NCAA publishes those percentages each year so parents have a realistic view of what’s in front of Children should play football because they like it, to have fun and to learn some their children. important life lessons. My son Bradley loves playing football, and he would love to play at the next level. We go to see our local high school team play from time to time, and Bradley wonders what it would be like to be out on that field in five years Now, there is no doubt there are kids who are playing youth football today who will or so if the opportunity comes about. make it to the NFL. Others will reach the college level, and most will see their play - ing careers end in high school or earlier. The dream of playing at the highest level possible is admirable, but it should not be the reason your child takes the field. But that’s not why he plays. He plays because it’s fun, he’s making friends for life, and he’s using it as a tool to grow. That’s all my wife and I can ask for as parents.

Here are three reasons why your child should play youth football: Peter Schwartz is a sports anchor for the CBS Sports Radio Network, FOX News Headlines 24/7 and WCBS 880 Radio in New York. His older son, Bradley, plays 1. For the love of the game.˚ Children should never play a sport they don’t youth tackle football on Long Island while his younger son, Jared, plays flag like. My wife and I discuss that with both of our children. Bradley plays football football. Peter, his wife Sheryl and the boys are busy cheering on the New York because he loves the sport. He’s been around it from a young age as I used Jets when they’re not at a youth football field. to take him to practices when I was the radio announcer for the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League. From the baby carrier to running around with the players after practice, Bradley fell in love with football and carries that passion to this day.

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