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  3. Good Luck to......

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    the following throwers from the area competing at the State Track Meet.

    Wish each of you the best.

    5a

    Zac Zellers--Baytown Lee--Discus & Shot Put

    4a

    Jarrade Lee--Ozen--Shot Put

    3a

    John Fortune--Tarkington--Discus & Shot Put

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  15. Regional lifters compete today

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    As I stated previously by the rule, the "V" of the hip is below the knee cap.

    I also noticed how many kids go with an extremely wide base with their feet.

    The wider you go, the harder it is to get deep for your squat. 

    The mechanics of the hip joint will not allow it.

    A statement was made that they go to a personal trainer.  In the "old" handbook, it stated that the the athletes could only work out at the school.  I went back to look to see if it was still in there since you mentioned it and I have yet to find it.

    I have been coaching this sport for 19 years.  The best thing I have ever seen that has helped this sport is the use of the Power Squat rack.  Kids today do not have to be afraid of crashing all the way to the floor.  The old single jack standards were scary and dangerous.

    I have been in the coaches meetings and there is a push to go away from the suits or to designate one type of suit or bench shirt.

    This sport is about the strength of the individual, not the suit they wear.

    The rage, phenom and f6 can all add an additional 40 to 70 pounds to a bench.  I have witnessed kids who cannot "touch and go" in a weightroom with 275 be able to pause bench in a meet with 350 and make it look easy.  To me, that is the shirt doing the lifting.

    The great Marcus Henry from Silsbee never competed in a suit and he did perfectly fine. 

    From thspa.us

    D.    All competitors must be sponsored and coached by a full time staff member of his school. Training for competition is to be done using school facilities and under the direction of the above-mentioned coach.  Competitors who use private clubs or gyms as their primary training site may be declared ineligible for competition by the T.H.S.P.A. Executive Committee.

  17. Regional lifters compete today

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    The judging was not as bad as people state.  The ones that are disgruntled are the ones that did not get the calls they thought they should have.  I witnessed the lifts and have seen many of the lifters attempt squats that were not deep enough.  The rule states that where the "v" is formed at the hip at the bottom of the squat must go below the top of the kneecap.  Before you start talking about the judging, how come the coaching did not put them where they were supposed to be.  And yes, I had two lifters there, they got their lifts but did not medal. 

    Teams have gotten away with high squats all year due to judges at invitational meets that do not strictly enforce the rules.  Then when you go to regionals and state, they want to complain that the judging is too tough.

    Today at the boys meet, the same thing happened.  In the 220 class, only 3 lifters were still in the meet at the end.  There were kids that bombed out as well as disqualified for dumping the bar and cursing. 

  24. PN-G gridder turned Marine isn’t pleased with what he reads

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    I am a coach, but not at PNG.  Reading the article by Sgt. Evans made me even more proud to be in the profession in which we are in.

    The previous reply about being successful is related to total number of wins.

    Let me bring up 3 people in our history that was successful with only win after the hundreds and thousands of failures.  These men are President Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, and Louis Pasteur.

    Each of have heard of their history and the failures they had in their lives.  But 1 successful event made them some of the most important people in history.  Imagine what it would be like today if they were to "give-up" after some failures.  These are the men coaches relate life changing stories to young men and women on how to overcome failures. 

    When you talk about winning to an extent of all costs, little things get overlooked and leave holes in the process. 

    I will leave it to the rest of you to continue this discussion.

  25. Big Throws

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    Some big throws already by High School Boys that have competed in an indoor meet.

    May be a good year for throwers.

    Who are going to be some good throwers in the area?

    69-7½i, Stephen Saenz, Rio Grande City

    56-3i, Brandon Haynes, Dallas Jesuit

    55-6i, Alejandro Garza, Rio Grande City

    55-0½i, Casey Strong, Round Rock McNeil

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