JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================:K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?z_<$6!u^\FXUWc+}kVlH` c5,/hKoy"B[Z6//{kY `oSZ٩gK1oעg趮./c!-4sqX0Ԫa__^VpޞՌj-\^!=.cgvtr'֢0o5xX\*ͦt^FWMXQKSKUpAk읚$,OOW?AӬ[w=WUDsmh$4SjZn"ۙa#\s $\+;]W4-5;}F{VgxʀtN:fm̝yJeҠ_"n&/r")0+بcyL7vȧ7=(_Y:ٳEEh!0II ;i|'JEEYmall room.&nbsp; We set goals for the kids in football.&nbsp; Many played football and baseball.&nbsp; I saw the importance of strength training.&nbsp; Then in the 1990's, we switched to free weights and did Squats but not Cleans.&nbsp; It wasn't until Bigger Faster Stronger came around that we really had an organized specific program.&nbsp; Now we have a disciplined program and we are much stronger in the lower body.</P> <P>"Training during the season has always been a part of our program.&nbsp; To say that lifting hurts baseball is simply not correct.&nbsp; I have always been a proponent of strength training.&nbsp; I was the head football coach or assistant here at Westminster Christian for 25 years.&nbsp; You know, I just laugh when I hear that weights are bad.&nbsp; Ignorance is not an excuse.&nbsp; People need an open mind to all the possibilities.&nbsp; I became convinced that a stronger player is a better player.&nbsp; A routine fly ball becomes a home run.&nbsp; A three or four hopper becomes a