A Message from our Strength and Conditioning Coach- Adam Hughes
In order to grow into your optimal practice, reflection and self-awareness are essential. Strength and Conditioning at Canton High School has been providing students with the opportunity to have consistent and high quality training throughout the school year and summer since 2018. The program has offered both in-season and off-season training components. In the last two years, our off-season program and student engagement has taken a large dip. There are multiple reasons that this has happened and a shift in practice is needed for our continued growth and physical improvement of our students. This shift comes with great consideration of how to best impact all of our students and help them establish positive routines, practices, and healthy habits.
Beginning on Monday, March 6, 2023, the structure of training throughout the school year will change. We will begin offering our off-season training model after school 3-4 times per week for an hour and fifteen to thirty minutes each session. Our in-season programs will be provided with a consistent program that they themselves can execute under the direction of each coach and captains. This new model will provide in-season athletes with a stretch band to keep and a set of stick rollers for each team to use during the season. The program will be aimed at providing consistent pre-practice/game warm-up, mobility, and flexibility routines as well as post-practice/game band stretch routines for active recovery. These programs will be the responsibility of coaches and captains to facilitate each day and to hold teams accountable to doing.
This shift will allow our off-season program to build a solid foundation for our students to engage in and will promote optimal student growth in their physical strength and conditioning. We highly encourage ALL students to register on Family ID for Strength and Conditioning so that you can receive the weekly email with the scheduled sessions for the week. Should you have any questions please reach out to Adam Hughes, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at hughesa@cantonma.org.
