Maple Grove Senior High School Football

The foundation of the Maple Grove Football Program is based on three criteria.  These criteria apply to all coaches and players who participate in the program.

1.         Trust

            Can we trust you?  Trust and loyalty work together.  Be loyal to one another and to our school.  We must pull together. 

2.         Commitment

            Are you committed to excellence?  Show your commitment every day with a burning desire to Improve and be the Best you can be. 

3.         Caring About Others

            Do you care about other people?  We want people who care about the program, and care about other people and what happens to them.  Love comes from the football family, when players care about one another.  We want to know when there is a problem, question or concern.

These criteria will form our Attitude and Self-Image.  The greatest power we have is the “Power to Choose.”  Attitude is something you control.

Football is the most complex game ever invented.  The game is constantly changing.  New strategies and the need for communication add to the ever increasing complexity of the game.  The challenge is to keep the game simple for us, and complex for our opponents!

Through all the excitement and challenges of participating in football, we cannot lose focus on who we are and what our purpose is.  In order to be successful and to meet the challenges ahead, we must understand what is expected of us.

What the coaching staff expects of our student athletes:

The Maple Grove football family will live and operate according to three principles:

1.         Do What’s Right (avoid what’s wrong)

2.         Do Your Best (for family, in school, in football)

3.         Treat others the way you would like to be treated

These principles apply to the classroom, hallways, field, sidelines, and our community.  Our players and coaches are ambassadors of Maple Grove Senior High School and the Maple Grove Football program.  We will represent ourselves as champions in all that we say and do.  Our desired outcome is to become the best possible people we can be.

What you can expect from the coaching staff:

We believe coaching is teaching fundamentals.  Our focus is teaching and improving fundamentals!  All players will be coached in their techniques and fundamentals on a daily basis.  All students who participate in the Maple Grove Football program are considered players.  Each player has a role in the program.  A player’s role may be to start or to be an alternate.  Each role is equally important in this program.  This coaching staff respects and cares that the student has made a decision to participate.

1.         To see our players improve as students

2.         To see our players improve their fundamentals

3.         To have a winning season

4.         To win our Conference Championship

5.         To win the Section 6-5A Championship

6.         To win the State Championship

Strength and Speed Development Program Goals

*SUCCESS IS NOT FOUND IN A BOTTLE*

** NUTRITION @ WORK ethic="SUCCESS"**

1.   Discipline (structure, routine, order)

2.   Togetherness (through accomplishment)

3.   Leadership

4.   Quickness

5.   Conditioning

6.   Fundamental Athletic/Football Position (exercise design)

Team Policies

1.         School Conduct

            All players are expected to contribute positively to school climate.

            “No Cut Rule.”  All players will be required to attend all class periods and study halls.  Any player that “cuts” any class period or study hall can be suspended or removed from the team.

2.         Minnesota State High School League policies

3.         Maple Grove Senior High/District 279 student regulations and policies:  Any In-season training violation will make the player ineligible for the remainder of that season.  The player may remain with team at the discretion of the coach.

4.         Team Conduct

            All players are responsible to contribute positively to team morale.  Any player that disrupts team morale can be suspended or removed from the team.  Any unsportsmanlike behavior or unsportsmanlike penalties can require game suspension or removal from the team. 

5.         Community (city and school)

            The Maple Grove community is excited to support Maple Grove Senior High School and this program. All players will be respectful of our community.  Any behavior that misrepresents our program can require game suspension or removal from the team.

6.         Lettering (varsity), Certificates (soph/frosh)

            All team members (players and managers) that participate the entire season and contribute to the improvement of the team will letter or receive a certificate.

1.         Obedience

            Be willing to follow and obey rules.

2.         Purpose and Cause

            Have a cause and purpose in doing what you are doing.

3.         Confidence

            Say something and then follow it up with action.  Confidence comes from knowing what to do, and being prepared from experience.

4.         Faith

            Have faith in your coaches.  Show faith in your teammates.  Have faith in yourself.

5.         Use Your Own Equipment and Do The Job to the Best of Your Ability

            Don’t worry about what you don’t have.  Use what you have to the best of your ability, and develop it to its fullest potential.

6.         Do Not Listen to the “Nay-Sayers”

            Find the good and the positive.  Eliminate the negative.

7.         Selectivity

            Use the greatest ability you have, which is to choose and make decisions.

8.         Action

            Put “wheels” to your plans, dreams, and goals.

9.         Finish the Job

            Be disciplined to maintain your commitments in the classroom and on the field.

10.       Overcome Defeat

            Defeat comes to everyone, it is an important part of life.  Success does not last; people who overcome defeat do last!

Maple Grove Senior High School Football

Player Goal Sheet

“Turning Desire Into Development”

Student:  _____________________________          (current)Grade/Year:  ___________

Years in Football Program (Jr. & Sr. High):  ___________________

1. Do you plan on playing MGSH Crimson Football next year?  _________________

2. Student Academic Goal (G.P.A.): Current: ________  Goal:________

3.   Study Skills (what do you need to improve?):

4.  Team Goal (what I want our team to accomplish):

5.  Position Goal (What do you want to play/at what level?):

6.  Fundamentals Goal (what technique do I want to improve?):

7.  Speed Goal (40 yards): Current: __________ Goal:__________

8.  Strength Group Goal (Gold, Crimson, Elite, Super, Universal): (write in Group)

      Current Bench:____________   Current Dead Lift:___________

      10 Month Goal Bench:__________        10 Month Goal Dead Lift:___________

9.  What other sports do you play at MGSH?  __________________________________

10.Will you help develop TEAM UNITY by making a commitment to lift with your    teammates at the MGSH SDC?

            When: M/W/F 2:15 – 4:30 p.m.; Strength and Conditioning Class; SS&S? (circle)