Fall Schedule 2010: Respect All, Fear None
Head Coach: Mike Neidhold
H: 375.0995
C: 438.2697
RHS: 967.6535
E: Mike.Neidhold@rsd.edu
2010 Freshman Football Practice Schedule
Dear Players and Families,
Welcome back! I have had a long winter-spring-and summer waiting for this football season—so have you—and now here we are. From top to bottom, myself, the coaching staff, and most importantly, the returning players reviewed what we were doing as a football program and more importantly, how we were doing it. All of us with something vested in our football team were unhappy with the results of last season. Simply said... we needed to change what we do and be better.
My father had a saying that went like this... "if you always do, what you have always done, you will always get what you always got." My dad was right. We made some changes. We changed the expectations of how we spend our off season; the weight room was full of players that were not out for a winter sport—same for the spring. Spring football came and our hard work over the winter has paid off. We made a more than impressive showing this spring. Now it is time to continue or journey—the expectations for this year are high.
Will we wear our gold pants on cold Saturdays in November? It is up to us to decide, and whether we think we can or we can’t, we will be 100% correct. We can—let's go get 'em.
PARENTS: SPORTS CLEARANCE NIGHT Sports clearance night is set for August 16th, 2010 in the RHS cafeteria at 6:30 PM. PLEASE PLAN ON ATTENDING THIS IMPORTANT MEETING Packets for the football season are available in the main office right now. Please have all the proper forms signed and ready to go at this meeting. If you have any questions about the sports clearance process or the fees involved, please contact me or Mike Edwards, [Athletic Director] at Richland High School. The phone number is 967.6535. There will be a parent meeting immediately after the clearance process, plan on attending. Important information about the season will be handed out and announced.
PLAYERS: CONDITIONING CLINIC: August 9-12 and August 16-17 On August 9th at 9:00 AM, plan on attending our preseason conditioning clinic. There is no cost to attend. If you plan on playing this year—BE AT THIS CLINIC If you cannot be there, you need to call me on one of the numbers listed in this letter. NO EXCEPTIONS. The conditioning clinic will run from 9-11AM, and be held at our practice facility at Carmichael. After the conditioning, we will take care of any gear issues left over from the spring camp and hand out any equipment to new players. Again, it is important that you plan on attending this conditioning session. More information about the season, player meetings, team meetings and other important items will be delivered during this time.
ACADEMIC CLEARANCE: There are new WIAA academic guidelines in effect this school year. YOU MUST HAVE PASSED 5 CLASSES AT THE END OF THE YEAR SEMESTER REPORTING PERIOD TO MAINTAIN YOUR ATHLETIC ELIGILITY. Our athletic department has done grade checks from the end of the school year as well as summer school; you will be notified if you are academically ineligible. If you are academically ineligible, you must start the season with the team and attend all scheduled practice sessions to retain your playing status.
WIAA RULES STATE THAT ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE 12 PRACTICES BEFORE YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY IN YOUR FIRST GAME. [2 A DAY PRACTICES COUNT AS ONE DAY]
Hope to see all of you soon—if you have any questions—please call...phone numbers are at the top.
Coach Neidhold
