The Penn High School Freshman Football team has been on another level of dominance in its history, with multiple undefeated seasons.
Many people wonder how the team is able to do this and dominate.
Domination isn’t just built on the field during the season.
According to Freshmen Football head coach Keith O’Connell, the off-season is vital to success.
¨I always spend time making sure to communicate with incoming players and their families about some of the off season opportunities (summer camps, workout days, etc.),¨ O’Connell said.
This is the first thing that he said about the off-season preparation seems simple, but is huge. Giving the incoming Freshman Football
players an opportunity to attend these great off-season programs by Penn is a major advantage and helps creates a gap between Penn and the competition.
¨I work on our pre-season practice calendar and make sure our game schedule is updated and accurate,” O’Connell said about his off-season duties. Both of these items require the help and assistance from our athletic department.¨
This also seems like what every team should do, but this is very valuable. If the schedule is wrong even one day the whole season, that sets the team back majorly because it messes up the entire rhythm of the team and puts them a full day of practice behind. So when Penn shows up and they haven’t missed a single day of practice, and they took advantage of the offseason events Penn offers, do not be surprised when they continue to dominate every gameday.
