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D94 Departments In Focus - Strength and Conditioning

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Source
YouTube / wcchsd94tv
Date
2024-02-23
Location
DuPage County, IL
Material
Transcript
Extent
404 words · about 3 min
Collected
2026-06-05

Transcript

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001at we go one of the big things with our strength and conditioning program is having the kids infest in the program whether it's during the school day or with the different athletic teams we have over 10 teams that are coming in regularly getting offseason lifts in inseason lifts and just continuing to lift year round uh a lot of students have really invested in what we're doing here have seen a lot of personal growth in lifting weights on a regular basis to see that Improvement um not only athletically but also Fitness as well we're lucky enough to have a great program by the name of Team Builder this program is being used by professional athletes and many other high schools and colleges it allows us to have one place where all strength coaches are able to

002put in their programs and for students to access wherever and when ever they are inside the weight room we have iPads on any given iPad we can have four athletes it makes tracking the weights a whole lot easier for teachers and coaches because we can just run a report all that information is right there at our fingertips the technology allows us to not only have the students look at what the different lifts are it allows them to also access videos a big part of the incentives that come along with our strength and conditioning program is students are allowed to track their own lifting to see their growth over time you've got diffing lifting tiers for both boys and girls allowing them to earn free Wego gear it's an opportunity to walk around the school and

003say hey I'm a part of the Navy tier the white tier a huge part of the students buying in is seeing the benefits whether it's on the court on the field or in the pool a lot of the coaches are doing a great job of having those connections with students drawing them into the weit room making sure that they know that this is a a space where everybody's coming to get better a space for growth not only Just Fitness but also socially getting the confidence to be better people in general we've seen a lot of great success with our sports teams with the football team soccer team both swim team wrestling volleyball as well continuing to have their teams do better one of the things that I've been working with Sergio and Tom our athletic

004trainers is also tracking data on injuries one of the big aspects of strength and conditioning is the stronger you are the more flexible you are that reduces injury in a lot of athletes now you're on the court you're on the field you're able to play which allows the team to stay healthy stay better for a longer amount of time as as much as it it is we're bger stronger and faster it's also we are healthier which is a huge part of what we're trying to do [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] here

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