Lane Hendricks

Since we have JH kids posting announcements on where they will be attending high school, I thought I’d join the trend. #RespectMyDecison

A little project I have been working to help our young team get lined up right.

We have used the entire school year to teach our pre athletics kids how to use a weight room. Etiquette, polices, procedures, proper technique, etc. It has taken us all year to teach the clean. Here is how they look after multiple progressions and months of work!

Your Middle School athletes have the unique advantage of being smaller… which means you can raise their Relative Strength Ratio very quickly. It also means if you start them early, you don’t have to play catch up strength wise later. They are adaptation machines!

Good to know on test days.

If anyone tries to get you to pay money for this as “speed & agility training,” you are wasting your money…

I was there the day that time wouldn’t even get you on the podium in Texas

What it takes to be a successful athlete

⚡️ Real plyometrics What can we learn from the godfather of plyometrics, Yuri Verkhoshanksy? Plyometric principles: 1. Utilize elastic energy 2. High mental effort 3. Quality over quantity 4. Long rest periods to allow quality Use ground energy to bolster output!

Strength training is linked to better grades Among 67,281 students, at 4 days/week: ↑ 42% higher odds of better literacy grades ↑ 39% for math ↑ 31% for English Benefits peaked at 4-5 days/week.

Weightroom Wednesday 1st hour off-season has been working on “scarecrow cleans” the last couple of weeks. It’s a progression we have to help with speed under the bar. The goal is to move your body under the bar without moving the bar first.

@CoachClintRider Week 1 - 5 yards Week 2 - 10 yards Week 3 - 15 yards Week 4 - 20 yards. Repeat We keep rolling through these 4 week cycles

What does everyone use for the lead in to their Flying 10’s?

Baseball showcase companies taking money from parents who’s kids throw 72 mph

If a private trainer is not measuring jumps or timing sprints they’re stealing your money Every single one says they’re improving speed/jump but if they’ve never tracked it… If your school program tracks sprints/jumps/KPIs then go pay for extra SKILL work

Thank God every athlete in our district lifts 2-4 times a week, year round, from 6th-12th grade.

Go back to pencil & paper.

Nick Saban said he’s never had an NFL Team ask him how much a guy played as a Freshman. They want to know what type of player you DEVELOPED into.

When asked about the value of the Athletic Period, 81.12% of student-athletes said they’ve used what they learned in athletic period in other areas of their lives, and 89.52% said it’s the best use of their time during the day. At a time when many districts and policymakers were questioning whether to cut the athletic period, this data made the impact clear: it’s not extra time-it’s essential time. These findings helped the @THSCAcoaches bring real student voice into state legislative sessions and superintendent study councils, grounding decisions in evidence, not assumptions. The full report dives deeper into how intentional coaching and structured athletic periods develop skills that last far beyond sport → shorturl.at/Xx7wT

In 1986, kids moved by default. In 2026, kids have to be given permission, space, and structure just to move. Back then: Walked or biked everywhere Recess was long and unsupervised Neighborhoods were the playground Boredom = movement Now: Car rides door-to-door Shortened or lost recess Screens replace exploration Movement is “extra,” not assumed The scary part isn’t that kids don’t want to move — it’s that the environment quietly removed the need to. Which means: Athletic development today isn’t about creating better athletes. It’s about restoring what used to happen naturally. Or said another way: Kids haven’t changed. The world around them has — and movement paid the price.