Hold The Rope

Every year a professional basketball team wins the championship. Every year a college basketball team wins the NCAA title. Every year the best high school team wins a state championship. All these teams have one thing in common. No matter how tough it became throughout their season.

They did one thing---they held the rope!

What is “holding the rope”? Imagine that you are hanging from the edge of a cliff with a drop of twenty thousand feet. The only thing between you and a fall to your death is a rope with the person of your choice on the other end. Who do you know that has the guts to pull you to safety? Who will hold the rope? Who do you know that is going to let that rope burn his hand and not let go? How many people you know are going to withstand the burning pain and watch the blood drip from their hands for you?

If you can name two people….that is not good enough, because those two people might not be around when you need them. The next time your team is together, look around and ask yourself; who could I trust to hold the rope? Who is going to let their hands bleed for me? When you can look at every member on your team and say to yourself that they all would hold the rope, you are destined to win a lot of ball games. You see, the team that holds the rope when the going gets tough is winners. When you are down by four points with thirty seconds to go, don’t give up. Yell at your teammates to hold the rope, let it burn, but don’t let go.

Every year there are winners and losers in all sports. Every year the winners hold the rope. You don’t have to be the best team on the floor to win the game. If you play with poise and do what your coaches ask of you and most of all----hold the rope----you will be successful. No matter what sport you play, in order to win, you have to have a commitment to your team. If you are supposed to run three times per week, do it. If you have to lift weights three times per week, don’t miss. Once you start letting up at practice or start missing your workouts, you’ve killed the team because you didn’t hold the rope.


Don’t let your team down. You’ve got to hold the rope!

Important Dates and Information for Summer

Summer, Pre-season and In-season Schedules for 2009

Weight Room at Brooklyn Tech
Open 10am—1pm
Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Big Apple Games @ Grand Street Campus
850 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
(L train to Grand Street, B54, B59)
July 6th-August 6th
Monday – Thursday 5:30-8:30

Two-A-Day Practice
Sunday, August 16th 2009 – Friday August 21st 2009
Varsity Practice: 9:00 am – 2pm
JV Practice: 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm
(Times are subject to change)

Camp 2009
Saturday, August 22th 2009 – Wednesday, August 26th 2009
Thursday, August 27th - Scrimmage @ New Utrecht: report to Wang field @ 8am
Friday, TBD
Saturday, August 29th - Scrimmage @ Tech 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Practice Schedule:
Sunday, August 30th - Off
Monday, August 31st - Practice 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesday, September 1st – Practice 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
Wednesday, September 2nd – Practice 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
Thursday, September 3rd – Practice 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Friday, September 4th – Practice 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Saturday, September 5th First Game @ Midwood— Players report at 7:00 am

Regular Season Practices (Based on Schedule) will be from Monday – Friday 3:45 pm to 6:45 pm.
Regular Season Game Schedule, directions to away fields and other information is available on www.psal.org

110's

Alpha at Buffet

During this off-season, Brooklyn Tech's Football program was divided into 4 groups made up of varsity and JV football players. These groups participated in the running program together and competed in 3 categories; off-season attendance, increases in lifts and team grade point average. Team Alpha was the winner and on June 4th enjoyed the fruits of their labor, all-you-can-eat buffet at East in Flushing. Also in attendance were Dwayne Wright and Mr. Bomser of the parents association.

D-up

Malik Alexander had the play of the day on Monday with a finger-tip interception in zone coverage. Took it to the house, too.

As spring ball and the school year wind down, it is important to take care of grades and fund raising before the summer starts. Use tutoring and study hall to your advantage. Use the liftathon to raise money. Take care of business.

Those of you that are interested in the Golf Outing (Saturday June 20th at LaTourette Golf Course on Staten Island) send me an email and I will fill you in on all of the information.

brooklyntechfootball@gmail.com

I leave you with this:
There are 92 days until we play Midwood.

Consistency and Efficiency

Tech once again got in 3 practices without getting affected by the rain. The defensive practice was highlighted by some players coming through when challenged. Saiquone Selby was challenged and represented the secondary well by refusing to get beat on a wheel route and coming up with a great interception.

On offense, the run game is looking solid with Denzel McLarty and Tarrance Taylor.

Next Practice Monday.

Leverage

Tuesday's practice included some nice interceptions on defense, high tempo and the correction of earlier mistakes.

Tuesday focused on Leverage.

Leverage defined:
1. the action of a lever.
2. the mechanical advantage or power gained by using a lever.
3. power or ability to act or to influence people, events, decisions, etc.; sway:

Leverage can defeat strength.

“The greasiest leverage you can create for yourself is the pain that comes from inside, not outside. Knowing that you have failed to live up to your own standards for your life is the ultimate pain." - Unknown

I want to make note of the solid work being put in this spring by Abdul Jalil and Gavin Gratson, two rookies that have shown impressive work ethic.