OK, so like 99.9% of football programs in the world, this is "optional workout" time for our HS football program. Every day from 7:30 to 9:30 the team gets together and lifts, does speed drills, footwork, etc.
My son, whose whole brand in life has been about putting his head down and focusing to get stuff done, has been skipping these workouts once or twice a week and I am honestly not sure how to manage the situation. For context, he will not have a problem making the team, he is very good at a position where he faces little competition and he won some nice awards for his play last season. But he is also a teenaged boy and that means that there is a ton of silliness roaming around his head.
As his dad, I know he wants to be a captain this season (he will be a Junior, but the Senior class is very weak), and I have used that to motivate him a bit....but once or twice a week he wakes up on death's door, surely about to die, and then around 11:00 he does a "James Brown with the Fabulous Flames" revival and is ready to go do the usual kid summer stuff.
I get this. I HATED summer practice. When I walked off the field for my last game as a senior and everyone was so sad that it was their last game I could only think "I will never do a push up in August again in my life" and I was filled with glee. But I never didn't go. Does anyone have any thoughts or advice on how to manage this?
My son, whose whole brand in life has been about putting his head down and focusing to get stuff done, has been skipping these workouts once or twice a week and I am honestly not sure how to manage the situation. For context, he will not have a problem making the team, he is very good at a position where he faces little competition and he won some nice awards for his play last season. But he is also a teenaged boy and that means that there is a ton of silliness roaming around his head.
As his dad, I know he wants to be a captain this season (he will be a Junior, but the Senior class is very weak), and I have used that to motivate him a bit....but once or twice a week he wakes up on death's door, surely about to die, and then around 11:00 he does a "James Brown with the Fabulous Flames" revival and is ready to go do the usual kid summer stuff.
I get this. I HATED summer practice. When I walked off the field for my last game as a senior and everyone was so sad that it was their last game I could only think "I will never do a push up in August again in my life" and I was filled with glee. But I never didn't go. Does anyone have any thoughts or advice on how to manage this?