Offseason Training, AFF Season 2, Ep. 6

American Football in Finland

This week American Football tackles the subject of offseason training. Perfect Pervis has an open-ended conversation with guests about different ideas involving offseason programs in Europe.

Guests this week are Evan Harrington, Dwaine Wood, Da’Ronte Smith, John Booker, and Garren Holley.

1:01 – Evan Harrington starts the topic discussing the issue with weightlifting in the offseason. The culture differences in Europe make it difficult to get full weight lifting participation. Dwaine Wood adds to the conversation that lifting heavy weights for football players has its own challenges. Fitness gyms in Switzerland are not very generous towards cooperation with players who want to throw around heavy weights in their facilities. Perfect’s opinion is that offseason training needs to complement the different players involved in the sport.

11:25 – Perfect Pervis gives an anecdotal tale about offseason training in his college years to explain what is necessary for offseason training. Perfect further explains that over training is the biggest issue with improper offseason training. Da’Ronte Smith agrees with Perfect and suggests that in the offseason players should take time to enjoy themselves outside of football. He explains that he crossed over to Ice Hockey during some of his previous offseason programs.

28:05 – John Booker explains that players and coaches need to immediately get away from the sport after a rigorous season to get refocused. Booker details the specifics of his team’s off season training program, including making offseason workouts a demanded priority. Garren Holley and Booker both suggest that when creating an offseason program, reach out to others and learn to utilize others knowledge to create your own system.