Nick Maruca @_Maruca49

Today was awesome. First time back in a in school class with female teams since I left MCA. Everything I talked about in the article from 2019 held true! What a blast!! Gonna be a great year with the Lady Sharks athletics!! The Rewards of Training Female Athletes simplifaster.com/articles/train…

Was talking to our female athletes about some of the differences in training males and females….i said “One big difference? No ego lifting …in fact I can almost guarantee that when I walk out of here and into the weight room one of our football players will be pinned by a barbell because they didn’t listen to what I told them”…. Five minutes later I walk in and the VERY FIRST rack and see someone miss and have to get a bar pulled off their chest 🤣🤣🤣🤣 The girls were all like “you told us!!” All good! Love this crowd boys and girls. First full period with baseball tomorrow!!

I saw this data the other morning. I was confused because we had not had a MaxV day planned…and only WR and CB had top end MPH. Turns out 7v7 had gotten pretty competitive. In fact that’s a PR for Jackson! Exactly why we make sure to hit one or two MaxV runs each week. You don’t use it much but you never know when they’ll need to hit that gas!! Great work!! @StJamesFB

Sprint/Performance Based football…year 1 began March 4th when the new staff arrived! Regular season starts now. A little highlight video of our guys learning to train in a high performance setting! Just the first steps and far from where we plan to be!! @StJamesFB @scagle12 @_Maruca49 @Tony_Villani_ @pntrack @coachbdixon @CoachFortney @dormanstrength @WGF1 @bighousepower

Been getting messages like this for a week from friends of mine. Especially after last nights efforts. Very proud of these guys for buying into the new culture! Performance based training is a new piece to their puzzle. And it sometimes seems odd to them 🤣⚡️⚡️⚡️ As much as I love this? I love the fact that we have not had anyone miss time with injuries except for a turf toe….and he could have played but they decided to let it rest. Sprint based/Performance based 🏈…. Had a guy on the sideline at the Kickoff Classic mention our speed and how we are moving (which is cool because it’s been a priority) but I told the HC that he got the best compliment he could have from same person. He said “the biggest change is I see St James playing with passion and having a lot of fun doing it. Joy for the game is a difference maker and it shows” @scagle12 and staff are doing an incredible job building a culture of trust and standards. Glad @_Maruca49 and I are here to support his and the staff’s efforts!! Building a program from one that’s been historically one of the worst in the state isn’t gonna be easy…but it will be fun!! @StJamesFB

Great morning with our 9th grade program! This is a really special group and you can see it from a mile away… @StJamesFB

Rain had us inside…but today was a day we had scheduled for some MaxV work. So we took advantage of the hallway! No matter what happens we are going to find a way to sprint and jump!! @StJamesFB

Not QUITE a week but the @StJamesFB performance program is on 🔥🔥 We sprint with max effort, we lift with peak speed, we jump as high and as far as we can….and accept nothing less!! Love this team!! @pntrack @wcsRHSstrength @coachbdixon @Tony_Villani_

We’ve been box squatting since March, switching it up for a few weeks. Our first actual day of back squats! Our nose tackle Big Nate weighs in at 340 and can run. He will own the all time school back squat record by the end of the year. Before that we started with hamstring iso bridge, spring ankle and loaded jumps with 20% of squat max. @StJamesFB

St James HS athletic PE classes this year? 3rd block freshman and male athlete. 4th block Football, Men’s Hoops, Baseball and Female athletes. With two fully certified and qualified strength and conditioning professionals and four other head coaches. At least one of those coaches is a USAW certified coach. When you have a great admin…it leaves clues…😎

Meanwhile in the Aux Gym Block 0 and Block 1 football guys with @_Maruca49 75 9th and 10th graders…10 trap bars, dumbbells and plates. Nick has the MUCH tougher job on the staff 🤣🤣🤣 @StJamesFB

Great first “official day” of 🏈! Adding in a few new twists that we will use in season. Transitioning some technology changes… A1 Loaded Jumps with 20% of squat max (tracking peak power to use as a guide in fatigue as season moves on) A2 vertical jump A3 Lying hamstring iso A4 Spring Ankle B1 back squat (touch and go to continue to work on depth…) 4x4 at 85%, mean floor of .35 PIVot peak of 1.00 B2 Loaded DB jumps 50-60% or A2 @StJamesFB

Post Day 1 🏈 camp lift…finished with a little 3 broad jumps to cover 30 feet competition…using @pntrack gauntlet This is after practice and squats…🐇🐇🐇 How far these guys have come since March 4th is beyond belief!! @StJamesFB @St_James_Sharks

Best practices update: turns out with 70 kids in the room that people still almost step on, step into the beam etc. Found out that the hallway as a designated location improved flow. Great thing about the @DashrMPS is it’s smaller than a cell phone and wireless. So I was able to move all three stations myself in less than a minute!! @SimpliFaster

Mark Hoover @MarkHoover71

3 weeks ago

New vertical and loaded jump set up. @DashrMPS no need to write anything down…scroll name on the app just like we do sprints. Doing a baseline vert in our first tier and then going to 50% decrement DB jumps in second tier. Video explains my self developed reasoning for all the

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New vertical and loaded jump set up. @DashrMPS no need to write anything down…scroll name on the app just like we do sprints. Doing a baseline vert in our first tier and then going to 50% decrement DB jumps in second tier. Video explains my self developed reasoning for all the cones. Those are not required 🤣🏈 @StJamesFB

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St James rising sophomore OL Austin Jones! Gonna be a monster. Finally got him in on the @SHREDmillSpeed @StJamesFB 🔥🔥🏈

Love a good #FamilyFriday! This pic is from our most recent NATCON, and it’s our annual McKenna Hat Pic. Meeting John McKenna is one of my first NHSSCA memories, along with meeting Garrett and Nick at our first NE Regional, which John hosted. #Family

Official NHSSCA @nhssca_us

12 months ago

🎉 #FAMILY Friday 🎉 It’s more than just strength & conditioning… it’s community, connection, and memories that last a lifetime. 💪 📸 Retweet this post and share your favorite NHSSCA memory from a past event! 🙌 Don’t forget to tag another coach who’s part of your journey and

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