When We See You Next...

Tuesday August 10, 2010 will be Freshman registration. The Booster Club will have the list of players in front of each station along with the spirit pack bags ready to hand out once paperwork is verified & balances paid.

We will need from players and parents:

1. Email Addresses (are they spelled correctly are there any additional emails to add to the updates?)

2. Paperwork – ALL following paperwork is required to play:
Athletic Participation Form
Physical Date (must occur after 5/1/10)
Copy of Medical Insurance Card
Player/Parent Contact Form
Emergency Treatment Consent Card
Player Contract
Waiver for Media Publishing

3. If purchasing a spirit pack, monies due. Total price the Booster Club is asking is $130 for the Freshman Spirit Pack.

4. Spirit Pack Order (verify sizes before give bag). Freshmen will get: T-Shirt, Shorts, Practice Jersey, Socks and Girdle.

5. Beverage Donation: We are asking all Freshman to donate a case of 12 oz. soda cans.

After all the paperwork is done, we will begin to issue gear to the players. Helmets, shoulder pads, practice pants and pads for the pants. All players will be asked to share lockers. I suggest players bring a Masterlock combination lock and have a partner in mind on who to share the locker with.

I will set a priority list of players on who goes first in getting gear. Those that participated in the Lift-a-thon will have priority. Then I will divide those names in order of attendance to the Summer Camp.

All the players will be asked to wait until all the gear is issued and I will explain how everything is worn and put together. We should be done with the Freshman around 11:30 am.

Our first practice will be Tuesday night 8/10/10 at 6:00 pm. We will be in "shells", which means shorts, shoulder pads, jersey and helmet.

30 Years Ago...

One of the photos I found at my father's house is one I will keep forever. I had forgotten about this photo until I saw it on my dad's dresser. This is a photo from 1980. I had had just graduated from Patick Henry and I blew my right knee out trying out for football at Mesa College during that summer. (Right knee is still swollen)

I was asked to coach the offensive line for Coach Walt Baranski, my mentor and the JV Head Coach. On the home side snack bar of the PHHS football stadium, there is a plaque that honors Coach 'B' and the first night game at PHHS.

This is a photo of a home game and I am talking to the QB, Bruce Tollner. (Bruce is the son of Ted Tollner, O/C at SDSU, BYU and Head Coach at USC in the 80's)


Saving money by not getting a haircut: $16
A pair of OP shorts: $22
Knee high green and gold socks: $6
Playing on grass at PHHS Stadium: PRICELESS

Building Men for Others: Loving One Another

As most of you know, I went back to West Virginia to see my father as his health was failing. I was lucky enough to see him last Thursday and Friday. He was very sick, yet he recognized me as his face lit up when I talked to him. I told him I was coaching back at Patrick Henry and he squeezed my hand as if to say he was happy to see I returned home to San Carlos.

He could hardly talk, but he still was able mumble the words, "I love you." My father passed away on Saturday at 8:30 am from heart failure. I was happy to be able to see him before he passed away. I want to thank you all for your prayers and thoughts through this time in my life. I also want to thank those of you who signed the sympathy card that I received when I came back to practice yesterday.

I wanted to share a part of my experience with our players. Before practice started, I took the opportunity to Build Men for Others...

I explained how my sister LeAnn made her tearful goodbye. The thing she told our father struck a chord that will live with me for the rest of my life. LeAnn said, "I know you love me, I just wish you would have told me more." Amen.

We live in a society in where it is not accepted to tell one another, "I love you", or at least not in public. It's not macho or cool. As young boys, we were loved, coddled and nurtured in loving environment by our parents. Somewhere along the timeline of life and as we got older, we as men were taught to that it is not proper to show love to one another. Society has taught us to dis-connect the heart from the mind.

Being a Man Built for Others, that is not how I want to live my life. That is not the example I want to leave with my children, my friends and my players.

I explained to the players that life is too short. It shouldn't take us to be on our death bed to finally convey our love for the people that matter in our lives. That is why you will hear exchange on the field: I ask, "What's the coaches job?" The players respond in unison, "To love us!" I then ask, "What's your job?" The players respond in unison, "To love each other!"

In football, like in life, to be successful, you surround yourself with good people, you work hard and you tell them you love them. I gave our players an assignment. They were to go home and tell the people that were important in their lives that they loved them... Life is too short.

Lift-a-thon

Freshman Football Lift-a-thon will be this Thursday 7/15/10. The Defensive squad will be up in the weight room first doing the two lifts (Bench and Deadlift) while the Offense starts on the field. Then when the Defense is done, the two squads will switch rolls with the Defense on the field and the Offense in the weight room.

Players should be obtaining pledges from family, friends and neighbors. It is our hope that we fill up the pledge sheets and that the Lift-a-thon is a huge success.

If a Freshman player raises more than $400, that player will have their 2010 Spirit Pack paid for and they will also get a special Lift-a-thon Hooded Sweatshirt.

Coach Martinez, the Varsity Head Coach, has noted that this Freshman group already show a tremendous work ethic in the weight room and he hopes the same attitude continues on the field and in the classroom.

Xenith Helmet Fittings

There have been questions from people interested the Xenith Helmets. Hopefully this Blog will answer some questions

It is NOT a requirement to play football that you need to purchase this helmet. This is an opportunity to buy the Xenith helmet at a discount which is a higher level helmet and you would be able to keep it for yourself.

The original price is $388.13. We are hoping that with the numbers that it will be reduced to $329.57. If we get 20 orders the price will likely reduce again.

The Xenith Represenative will be at Patrick Henry (in the coaches office) this Tuesday, July 13th at 10:30am. If you are interested it would be a great opportunity to try one on.

I attached a Press release and also this is their website www.Xenith.com.

**The group order needs to be placed next week in order to receive them in a timely manner.

If you already know the information and know the details you can fill out the attached order form and fax it directly back to Mitchell at SBF (858) 271-8219. If you have already made your deposit…you are good to go.

Physicals

Dr. Robert Peters, MD will be conducting physicals for our players at Patrick Henry High NEXT FRIDAY 7/16/10 in the Coaches Office. If you need a physical, please be sure to get yours next Friday.

Physicals
July 16, 2010
9:00am – 1:00pm

Cost $25
Please make checks payable to “PHHS Football Booster Club”

ALL PROCEDES GO BACK TO THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM

You do not have to be a football player to participate

To Guarantee a time email phhsfootballbooster@gmail.com.

Times Available:
9:00am
10:00am
11:00am
12:00pm
1:00pm

We will place 12 people per hour.
We will open more spaces as needed.

If a parent is not present, please send a signed note authorizing Dr. Peters to perform the physical.

What Should Players Wear for Summer Camp?

Our summer camp is a flag football camp. We will be teaching individual techniques at the various positions, weight training and aerobic conditioning. We will work on team concepts and will scrimmage some in a flag football format and do some 7 on 7 passing.

We will not be engaging in full contact football during the summer camp.

Players need to wear a white or light colored t-shirt with their last name printed on the front and the back (That way the coaches know who the players are). Gym shorts, socks and cleats (white if you can).

Phone Manners

We live in a society where interpersonal communication has taken a back seat to e-mail and texting. It is easier to text somebody because you say what you want and move on.

I have been receiving phone calls from incoming players that are, to say the least, interesting. Players call me and start talking to me as if I know who they are and what they need. I have had to stop conversations and coach these players (and some parents) on proper phone etiquette.

I will be telling our players to use following format:
"Hello, is this Coach Dailey?"
Yes it is.
"Hi, this is Philip Rivers from the Freshman Football team."
Hello Philip. What can I do for you?
"Could you please help me with getting on the AAU website?"

The reason I chose to be the Freshman coach was to coach young men up in life. This is just a small step in building men...