EMS 7th Grade Football Offseason Weekly Update

Hello to all, here is our information for this week. The following is information that I previously sent out regarding our upcoming events. I just wanted to make sure that everyone had a chance to view it. This week is going to be nice according to the forecast, so we should have a lot of good time to be outside and working on our football skills. Our Spring Football begins this week and we will have it on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3:00 - 4:30. It will be a great time as we improve as a team!

1. Throughout the summer we have many fun team based activities such as two of our Penny Football Camps, and our Mad Day summer workouts. All of these events will take place at the RHS football facility.

2. The main cost involved is the MAD Day workouts, which are a very low cost of $20 total, which includes around 20 workouts. This is a fun, and effective time for our team to improve with each workout and to get ready for the upcoming season! We would like for all of our players to make it to as many workouts and events as possible! This will only make our players and team better and build great team spirit. The Mad Days brochure can be printed off and completed by visiting www.mountiesfootball. com, and then by clicking on the Special Events tab. I will also send home a paper copy of this as well. If our players can complete the brochure and send it in to Coach Hattier by the end of the school year that would be great. 

3. We will also have our Spring Football Workouts from April 30th -May 9th. These workouts will be specifically designed to improve our position specific football skills for offense and defense, as as well as installing our offensive and defensive systems. It will be allot of fun and it will be a good time for us to improve as a team. For our  Spring Football Workouts or days will remain the same - Tuesday - Thursday, but the time will change to 3:00-4:30. Our apparel will remain the same except we will be wearing our helmets during these workouts. These workouts will be non contact, and we are simply wearing our helmets to get used to utilizing our head gear as we install our offensive and defensive concepts. We will supply their helmets and mouthpieces. We have been blessed to acquire some new equipment over the last couple of years and so we have everything that your athlete needs.

4. There is really nothing new that your child needs for this.  The only exception is if your child has braces and you would like a specialized mouthpiece. Academy Sports and Best Sports in Rogers would be good places pick find this at. I am also a big fan of ankle braces. This is not required of course, it is simply a good safety measure that protects the ankles in the midst of  playing with turning and adjusting their movements, etc. Academy Sports and Best Sports in Rogers are good resources for this item as well.

Thank you for your valuable time and support! I am excited about all of these events that are on the horizon!!!

Go Raiders!!!!

Coach Hattier

7th Grade Offseason / Football - Weekly Update

Hello to all, here is our schedule for next week. We will have our offseason workouts on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3:00- 4:00-4:15. It is going to be another great week!

As we approach the summer we will give our players and parents our summer schedule. I have attached the summer schedule to this email, and I will also give our players a paper copy to take home on Tuesday. In this packet I will also  our game schedule for next season. I will try to post all of this information on our Facebook page and our web page at www.mountiesfootball. com by the end of the weekend.

1. Throughout the summer we have many fun team based activities such as two of our Penny Football Camps, and our Mad Day summer workouts. All of these events will take place at the RHS football facility.

2. The main cost involved is the MAD Day workouts, which are a very low cost of $20 total, which includes around 20 workouts. This is a fun, and effective time for our team to improve with each workout and to get ready for the upcoming season! We would like for all of our players to make it to as many workouts and events as possible! This will only make our players and team better and build great team spirit. The Mad Days brochure can be printed off and completed by visiting www.mountiesfootball. com, and then by clicking on the Special Events tab. I will also send home a paper copy of this as well. If our players can complete the brochure and send it in to Coach Hattier by the end of the school year that would be great.

3. We will also have our Spring Football Workouts from April 30th -May 9th. These workouts will be specifically designed to improve our position specific football skills for offense and defense, as as well as installing our offensive and defensive systems. It will be allot of fun and it will be a good time for us to improve as a team. For our  Spring Football Workouts or days will remain the same - Tuesday - Thursday, but the time will change to 3:00-4:30. Our apparel will remain the same except we will be wearing our helmets during these workouts. These workouts will be non contact, and we are simply wearing our helmets to get used to utilizing our head gear as we install our offensive and defensive concepts. We will supply their helmets and mouthpieces. We have been blessed to acquire some new equipment over the last couple of years and so we have everything that your athlete needs.

4. There is really nothing new that your child needs for this.  The only exception is if your child has braces and you would like a specialized mouthpiece. Academy Sports and Best Sports in Rogers would be good places pick find this at. I am also a big fan of ankle braces. This is not required of course, it is simply a good safety measure that protects the ankles in the midst of  playing with turning and adjusting their movements, etc. Academy Sports and Best Sports in Rogers are good resources for this item as well.

Thank you for your valuable time and support! I am excited about all of these events that are on the horizon!!!

Go Raiders!!!!

Coach Hattier

7th Grade Football Offseason - Weekly Update

Hello to all, I just wanted to let everyone know that we are back on schedule for another great week of offseason! Next week will be a normal week of offseason workouts from 3:00 - 4:15, Tue. - Thur. It is going to be a lot of fun as we continue to learn our offensive and defensive system. I am excited about our young men, and how they are progressing! I am looking forward to another great week!!

As I mentioned in last weeks update  we  have exciting things on the horizon such as our Summer MAD Days workouts and other various activities that will take place at the RHS football facility. In the near future I will be sending out a calendar of events for the spring and summer months.

As always please feel free to stay updated on all things EMS Football at www.mountiesfootball.com, our Facebook page, or by following me on Twitter at RyanHattier.

Thank you for your valuable time and support!!! I am looking forward to an awesome second half of our football offseason!!!!

 It is great to be an Elmwood Raider!!!!

Coach Hattier

EMS 7th Grade Football Offseason - Weekly Update

Hello to all, I just wanted to congratulate our athletes on yet another great week of offseason! We were able to improve our strength, speed, quickness, and work on our offensive and defensive positions. Our athletes are gaining confidence, and with hard work and discipline they are improving every week.

Next week is our Benchmark Testing Week at Elmwood, so we will take next week off, and we will have no offseason workouts. We will continue with our normal schedule and routine the following week.

We have exciting things on the horizon such as our Summer MAD Days workouts and other various activities that will take place at the RHS football facility. In the near future I will be sending out a calendar of events for the spring and summer months. This will be a valuable tool for our athletes and parents to keep track of these events. Needless to say our athletes are having a great time, and our team is working together to encourage each other to be their very best!

As we approach the last portion of the school year I want to encourage all of our athletes to continue to be leaders in our school by following our Core Values and by being the best students that they can be!!

As always please feel free to stay updated on all things EMS Football at www.mountiesfootball.com, our Facebook page, or by following me on Twitter at RyanHattier.

Thank you for your valuable time and support!!! I am looking forward to an awesome second half of our football offseason!!!! It is great to be an Elmwood Raider!!!!

Coach Hattier

EMS Football Offseason - Weekly Update

Hello to all, next week looks to be nice so we will be able to get outside and work on our position skills and technique. Last week we focused on offense and this week we will focus on our defensive positions. Next week will be a normal offseason week. Last week was exciting as we earned our next level for our core value wristbands. This is an honor for our athletes as they are only the second group of athletes at EMS to receive these wristbands. They are well deserved. Our athletes are having a great time, and our team is working together to encourage each other to be their best! Our athletes have received their offseason clothing if they purchased them. If your athlete was unable to make the purchase deadline for offseason clothing then no problem. A simple alternative would be to go to Academy Sports, or Wal Mart and they have a good variety of sports clothing. We just ask that our athletes have black shorts, and our color green shirt (it looks like a bright hunter green) if the shirt color is close then that will be fine. The summer will be filled with exciting events in order to prepare for the upcoming season as our athletes will work out at the RHS football field house.

As always please feel free to stay updated on all things EMS Football at www.mountiesfootball.com, our Facebook page, or by following me on Twitter at RyanHattier.
Thank you for your valuable time and support!!! I am looking forward to an awesome second half of football offseason!!!! It is great to be an Elmwood Raider!!!!
Coach Hattier

EMS Football - 7th Grade Offseason Weekly Update

Hello to all Spring Break is soon arriving, and our kids have a well deserved break ahead of them. We had another great week of offseason as we continued to work on our strength training, agility speed, and quickness. We were also able to work on offensive and defensive fundamentals. Yesterday we had a really had a good time as our players competed in our football tournament. They displayed great sportsmanship and everyone played hard. We will be working on more position specific drills after spring break. I am definitely seeing progress with each week. Our athletes are having a great time, and our team is working together to encourage each other to be our best! Our athletes have received their offseason clothing if they purchased them. If your athlete was unable to make the purchase deadline for offseason clothing then no problem. A simple alternative would be to go to Academy Sports, or Wal Mart and they have a good variety of sports clothing. We just ask that our athletes have black shorts, and our color green shirt (it looks like a bright hunter green) if the shirt color is close then that will be fine. We have a lot of exciting things planned for after Spring Break as well including our Spring Football Week. The summer will also be exciting as our athletes will work out at the RHS football field house.
As always please feel free to stay updated on all things EMS Football at www.mountiesfootball.com, our Facebook page, or by following me on Twitter at RyanHattier.
Thank you for your valuable time and support!!! I am looking forward to an awesome second half of football offseason!!!! It is great to be an Elmwood Raider!!!! Have a wonderful Spring Break!!!!!!
Coach Hattier

7th Grade EMS Football - Weekly Update

   Hello to all, and here are our announcements for this week. For next week I do not see any weather in the forecast that would prevent us from working out. Next week looks to be very nice, so we will be able to go outside and work on our defensive and offensive skills. We will have our offseason workouts on all scheduled days -  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. It is going to be a lot of fun for our athletes to be introduced to these essential aspects of football that will allow us to be successful. We will also have our “Terrific Thursday” next week, as we complete our last workout before we head off to Spring Break. We will have a great time completing our workout and playing a 2 hand touch football tournament. I will also provide plenty of refreshments to commemorate all of the hard work that they have done so far this year! I am very proud of how our athletes are progressing!
  Also, I have placed the order for our offseason clothing purchases and they should be arriving in the next couple of weeks. As soon as the clothing arrives I will distribute them to our athletes.
  As always please feel free to stay updated on all things EMS Football at www.mountiesfootball.com, by visiting our Facebook page, or by following me on Twitter at Ryanhattier.
Thank you for your valuable time and support!!
Go Raiders!!!!
Coach Hattier