Speed 101: the Starting Position

What if I told you I could shave time off of you 40-yard dash right now? As avid football fans know, the 40-yard dash is the make 0r break drill for college or pro prospects. One-tenth of a second can be the difference between becoming a first round draft pick or, in some cases, even [...]

Dfwfootball Gear

Forgive me for my shameless self-promotion.  I know that the Summer is almost over, and the Fall is on its way.  It’s time for an upgrade, or . . . um . . update, to your wardrobe.  What better way than with a new Dfwfootball hoodie! We’ve partnered with Skreened.com to do just that.  We [...]

Tryouts

Players This year’s annual tryout info will be published on September 8, 2010.  Mark you calendar and make sure you have bookmarked Dfwfootball.net to find out when and where local semi pro and indoor football tryouts will be. Every year, this is the most viewed post at this website.  In fact, players have already been [...]

Welcome our New Contributors

News We are rolling in to the Fall of 2010 a little newer and a little bit more of a team.  In addition to myself, we are fortunate to have a couple new contributors to the Dfwfootball.net family.  With the addition of Chase Rader and Roger Corralez, we now have someone to cover the UNT [...]

Long Distance Running for Football???

Okay, I have to step up to my soap box for a moment. When it comes to sports performance and personal training, many strength and conditioning coaches and personal trainers tend to out-think themselves (or sometimes not even think at all…). Instead of sticking to and expanding upon simple and relative training concepts, fitness professionals [...]

Crunch Announce First Major Tryout for the 2011 Season

(North Texas Crunch Indoor Professional Football Team, Southlake, TX)–The North Texas Crunch and Owner/GM Larry Hendrix announced today that the team will hold their first tryout of the year on Friday Saturday, October 9, 2010 in Southlake, Texas. The tryout will take place at Velocity Sports Performance located at 1800 East Highway 114 in Southlake, [...]

Athletic Performance Training Principles

Here are the ten principles for building a top-notch athletic performance training program as originated by Mike Arthur, Master Strength and Conditioning Coach and the Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Nebraska. 1. Closed Kinetic Chain (Ground-based) Exercises MosAdd Newt sports are played with the feet on the ground. Sports skills are [...]

College Football Pickem

Do you like football?  Um, yeah. Do you like college football?  Um, yeah. Well, do you like to pick the scores of college football games?  Of course you do! Well, over at CFTT (Collegefootballtopten.com) I am having the third annual pickem contest.  Did you play last year?  Great!  Well, we are getting ready to go [...]

Squats

In my many years in this profession, I’ve heard every myth in the book about performing squats. The myths I hear most often are: “Squats are bad for your knees,” and “Squats can injure your spine.” Typically, I refer to ALL squatting myths simply as EXCUSES. The truth is ANY exercise can be harmful if [...]

5 X 5 Program For Size & Strength

In regards to putting on some decent size and coupling it with a solid base strength, there’s an old fashioned program that has stood the test of time: the good ol’ 5 x 5 Program. It’s an old school program that has been recommended and popularize d by world renowned strength training professionals such as [...]

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