Director of Strength & Conditioning at BGA

Joined July 2012
Nick Saban shares an universal truth about resilience and overcoming adversity. "You gotta have resiliency. You gotta be able to overcome adversity." "There can be no great victories in life unless you can overcome adversity." "You gotta be able to overcome it." The problem? Too many people come up without experiencing difficult circumstances. They've never had it tough. So when adversity hits, they don't know how to respond. "You're not gonna be the best player on your team when you go in. You gotta stay focused on the process of what you need to do to become that." That's the gap. Talent gets you in the door, resilience keeps you there. Focus on what you can control and focus on getting better (🎥ESPN )
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Everybody wants to be elite until they realize how boring becoming elite can be. Same drills. Same details. Same work. Over and over again. That’s the separator.
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Your High School Athletes are developmental Athletes. They NEED to train on and around gamedays. When they do train, they should actually train with intensity. Too many wasted inputs skipping or dogging sessions.
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Bo Bryan (@Bobryan27) couldn’t miss. 🔥 The Battle Ground Academy QB completed all nine of his passes for 197 yards and five TDs in a 62-0 victory. 🏈 Full story ⬇️ maxpreps.com/m/news/AQO-TZUE…
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Gotta work on that vert 😏 @Maddox_Porter3
“Hey Coach how good is Maddox Porter” ?
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Max Curry, son of former Mr. Olympia Brandon Curry, is making an impact for Battle Ground Academy’s (TN) high-powered offense.💪🏾 Full story ⬇️ maxpreps.com/news/vT6U__jRDE…
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Your training should be simple. It should be straight forward. It should be repeated very often. This is the stuff people don’t talk about. This is what makes Training actually successful!
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Players of the Game Offense — Bo Bryan Defense — Kaden McNeal Special Teams - Walker Ford Lineman — Brando McDonald
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Elite pregame warm-up 🔥
ANOTHER PROSPECT TO WATCH TODAY ON ESPN: Maddox Porter. (@Maddox_Porter3) The Battle Ground Academy (TN) 2029 WR/DB is already one of the most accomplished young prospects in the country. As a FRESHMAN: 🔥 78 receptions 🔥 1,556 receiving yards 🔥 27 receiving TDs 🏆 Helped BGA finish 13-1 & win a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP And the recruiting attention has followed. Porter already holds offers from Alabama, Ohio State, Auburn, Indiana and several others. 🤯 He’s only a sophomore. Today, the nation gets a chance to see him on ESPN.
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Battle Ground (TN) RB Fletcher Fields tacks on his second rushing TD of the game to extend the lead‼️
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80-YARD SCREN TO THE HOUSE. 🫣 2028 4⭐️ WR Maximus Curry, son of 2019 Mr. Olympia Brandon Curry, has REAL SPEED. ⚡️ Curry is ranked No. 168 in the SC Next 300 class of 2028.
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Battle Ground Academy (TN) takes the opening drive out of half all the way for an Emerson Tice TD 💪
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QB Bo Bryan, son of Luke Bryan, is going OFF in this ESPN Kickoff matchup 😨 1st half: 10/15, 216 YD, 2 TD 🔥
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2029 WR Maddox Porter has ARRIVED. 😨 Him and QB Bo Bryan connected on this 40-yard TD to get Battle Ground Academy (TN) on the board 🔥
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Athletes will repeatedly choose physical busy work when left to their own devices, precisely because mindless activity is easy. It's so easy it offers no challenge to discipline, skill, capacity, toughness, strength, or speed. It pays no dividend, but it costs time and fatigue.
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At times in life you cross paths with a true difference maker Thanks for the powerful words today @CoachWuellner @FootballBga is a great place because of you !
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HOW TO GET TEAM FAST ✅Sprint training 2-3x/week (top speed day + acceleration days) ✅Test speed, power & vertical every week to make sure strength training is actually improving performance ✅ Focus on sprint technique + strength work ✅ Avoid junk conditioning (gassers, long runs) which kill speed Speed is trainable⚡️⚡️⚡️
Tennessee had 12 players running over 21 mph before new strenth coach Derek Owings got here Tennessee now has 47 players running over 21 mph now since Owings has been here. Via his recent IG post 😳 #GBO
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Somewhere, a skinny 13 year old baseball player is still afraid to lift weights. Meanwhile, this guy lives in the weight room & is throwing 102 mph at 38 years old
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Congrats to Coach Johnson for being named Tennessean Coach of the Year! tennessean.com/story/sports/… #ConquerandPrevail #BGATrackandField
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