Football Strength/Conditioning Question

[dvldog]

He's getting darker also.

 

[92tide]

i would be that alot of the difference in those photos is due to; he is wearing a different shirt in the second picture accentuating his shoulders, his arms are flexed and presenting a cross-section of his biceps instead of a frontal shot, his chin is down in the second making his head appear larger, and the lighting is darker in the second making him appear overall larger.

you can't tell anything from two pictures.

 

[deliveryman35]

Strength and Conditioning Staff (extracted from Rolltide.com)

Rocky Colburn, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Scott Cochran, Associate Head Strength and Conditioning Coach/Football Strength and
Conditioning Coach
Eric Grantham, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
Terry Jones, Assistant Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Dedrick Agee, Athletics Intern
Michelle Martin Diltz, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
Tommy Perry, Athletics Intern
Robert Sale, Athletics Intern
Jesper Sjokvist, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

If memory serves, Rocky Colburn was brought in by Mike Shula as the football strength and conditioning coach, replacing Ben Pollard. Colburn in turn was replaced by Scott Cochran soon after Saban took over. Unlike Pollard, Colburn was retained and reassigned within the athletic department.

Keep in mind these people administer s/c training for all athletic programs at the university, not necessarily with any emphasis on football, perhaps with the exception of Scott Cochran, who by the way may be very good, it just seems we don't ever hear or see much from him, either in print or otherwise. With our state of the art weight facilities, it just seems to me we would see more and hear more about whoever is heading up our FOOTBALL s/c. As a fan, I would love to just sit back and either read or hear his philosophy on the whole subject, if nothing else. if i recall correctly, both Ben Pollard and Terry Jones had master strength coach certifications that supposedly are very difficult to get, gave interviews more often(Ben did anyways), and at least more was made open for public consumption about the program(night of champions, etc.etc...).

 

[BamaSully]

Ya, where is that guys other hand?

I had to laugh out loud at that one. I totally missed it the first time but after your post, dvldog, I looked back at it and nearly spit Dr. Pepper all over my PC. It looks like the big guy is really enjoying his yearly prostate exam.

 

[Dallas4Bama]

The strength and conditioning coach's philosiphy is usually whatever the head coach tells him it is. Coaches have preferences as to what they want the emphasis to be on in the program. I know that Coach Stallings for instance wanted the focus on speed first, strength and then endurance. Fran focused on strength first and I'm not sure Shula ever had a focus, or a clue for that matter.

 

[Sorak]

i would be that alot of the difference in those photos is due to; he is wearing a different shirt in the second picture accentuating his shoulders, his arms are flexed and presenting a cross-section of his biceps instead of a frontal shot, his chin is down in the second making his head appear larger, and the lighting is darker in the second making him appear overall larger.

you can't tell anything from two pictures.

bwhahahahaha!!!!!

you cant be serious...smh

 

[TexasTideFan]

I wonder how often teams or players are tested especially at the HS level? These "tests" aren't free and with the number of HS's, players within these HS's and the cost of administering these tests I'd be curious as to how frequent they are given and the odds of a player from your team being selected for testing.

Right now, I don't think many schools do more than randoms on maybe a handful of players because as you pointed out, the cost isn't exactly cheap. However, there is a definite incentive to use steroids in your larger schools where competition is fierce to get playing time, kids can actually afford them, and maybe even earn a chance at a a scholly. The downside is that kids that do use are now labeled as cheaters unlike when I played and getting busted is a surefire way to ruin any chance of geting to the next level. Honestly, I have helped train several HS football athletes in one of the biggest districts in the state of Texas and none of them used steroids and didn't know anyone on their team that did. That's not saying it isn't there or that it isn't easily available because it is, but I don't think it is as widespread now as it used to be.