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Grant Rocket Football 2007 last updated May 6th, 2008
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2008 Registration Football registration for 2008 will be held Wednesday May 14th at Wendy's of Newaygo from 5:00-8:00 PM. Thursday May 15th and Friday May 16th from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM near the Varsity football field. Saturday May 17th from 9:00 AM until 12:00 Noon near the Varsity football field. The cost for registration is $50.00 per player. Late Registration will be accepted up until June 30th by appointment only for a price of $75.00.
Grant Rocket football is looking for two people to fill the position of Merchandise/Fund Raising Director along with Coaching Director.
"I know football is only 6 months away. I still think we can make it to the bottom" Morgan Manlick and Trent Throop
Board Meeting Changes All our board meetings will be held at the Brooks Township Hall on the 2nd Tuesday of each Month from 7:00-8:00 PM
Grant Rocket Football (GRF) would like to thank the Grant Public Schools for there continued support during the 2007 football season. With out their support it would be nearly impossible to create this exciting program. GRF would also like to thank the folks in the surrounding communities for all their support. Just take a look at all the vehicles with Grant stickers. Some of the vehicles look like rolling billboards. Fantastic! We are making a difference in the lives of our young players.
It was a fantastic night on Tuesday September 25, 2007. Mike McFadden of the Grand Rapids Rampage stopped by the practice field to cheer on our Grant Rocket Football players. Mike is a 252 lb linebacker for the Rampage and his visit excited all the kids. Mike spent over an 1 and 1/2 hours talking and signing autographs for all the players. Photos to come soon of this exciting evening. Thank You Rampage and Mike McFadden Check out their exciting website at www.rampagefootball.com.				Ricky is thinking, "Mike could never tackle me"!
Community Service Are you a Grant High School Student looking for your community hours?		Mission Statement: We are the Grant Rocket Football, Inc., a non-profit organization providing full-contact football for the area youth. Our emphasis is on good sportsmanship, teamwork and team discipline. Weight and age restrictions are designed to achieve equal competitive standards during game participation.					Grant High School Football and the Grant Rocket Football have been working together to create an exciting 2008 season. Take a look at the Grant High School Football website.
We are taking orders for personalized window decals now. Any sport available 6x6 for only $10.00 and 12x12 for only $20.00 To place your order call Jerry at 652-2556 Note: All sales are finale. There will be no refunds on personalized merchandise.		General License Agreement Grant Rocket Football 2007 programs are on sale now. Just $5.00 Take a look at this non printable version. Rocket Program If you coach football or play football you should watch the following video from National Athletic Trainers Association http://www.nata.org/consumer/headsup.htm					Important information: Our Board meetings are open to the public. The next board meeting is Tuesday, May 20th at 9:00 PM at the Brooks Township Hall Friendship! contact us tigers@grantrocketfootball.org 231 652 2556 Top Ten Reasons to be a Designated Good Sport 10. Because taunting, trash talk and intimidating behavior have no place in youth sports - or at any level of sports. 9. Your admission is to watch the performance of highly - impressionable 1st-6th grade children and not a license to abuse coaches, officials, players and other spectators. 8. You want others to treat you the way you want to be treated - and how many of us want to be treated with disrespect. 7. We need more positive role models for our kids. 6. People don't always remember the final score- but they always remember the fan in Section Three who made a fool out of themselves. 5. Because and officials are also teachers. Why would you harass them in their classroom? 4. A national survey indicates kids play sports to have fun - not to be number one! 3. Its how you play the game that counts. 2. It's simply the right thing to do. 1. Because sportsmanship begins with you! Team Work Mom! That was fun!
Volunteers Needed Grant Rocket Football is strictly run by volunteers, we need your help. Committees are currently being formed. Please contact Jerry Bomay 652-2556 if interested in serving on any of the following committees. Fundraising Committee Program Committee Concessions Committee Field Committee Coaching Committee "Coach I am having fun, now can I run the ball"? Home coming parade Important fundamentals to football. Sportsmanship, self-discipline, teamwork, focus, forward and backward movement, lateral movement, blocking, tackling, stances, ball handling, pursuing. No matter what system you run, some of the techniques might change slightly but all these fundamentals remain the same.		The 2007 football season is now over. The cost for running the 2007 season dramatically increased this past year. Areas of increased cost include, field rental, insurance and increased referee costs. To keep the costs relatively low for all players, Grant Rocket Football will be conducting several fundraisers over the next few months to generate revenue for the 2008. Wesco Popcorn buckets are being sold by our players. If you would like to purchase a bucket they are $4.00 and all proceeds will go to benefit the program in 2008. If you are selling buckets and need more you can contact Melissa Hepinstall at 231 834-1442. If you have Wesco popcorn buckets to sell and Melissa did not get your name, please call her and tell her how many buckets you have and sold. Congratulations! Dunham's gift cards go to: 1st Prize - Lowry's 2nd Prize - Jeremiah Johnson 3rd Prize - Montney's Wendy's Night Coming May 14th from 4:00-7:00 PM More Up coming events. Photos Needed! We are looking for photos of the 2006 and 2007 football seasons. If anybody has any photos they would like to share on the website or player program you can email them to Jerry Bomay at tigers@grantrocketfootball.org Video Cameras wanted Do you have a digital video camera you would like to donate? GRFinc. is looking for video cameras for the 2008 football season. If you are interested you can contact Jerry Bomay at 652-2556.
		Do I have to run a certain style of football if I am to coach for Grant Rocket Football? Answer. No. all coaches undergo off season training to learn to teach and coach football but there is no requirement on which style of football you play as long as it is safe and good sportsmanship is mandatory. Our obligation is to our kids to treat them with respect and give them the opportunity to win this year. Same question posed to Hugh Wyatt, one of the most successful well know football coaches in the country at youth and high school level. Here is his response so eloquently put. I coach 7th grade football. I have finished watching your "Fine Line" video and started watching your "Dynamics I" tape. My question is "Is it worth it to properly teach the DW to my kids for one year only to have them learn a different offense in 8th grade?" Your offense calls for a different snap, a different stance, a different offensive numbering system, and a different way to pull. I don't doubt my coach's and my ability to teach your system, and I'm not shy about running something different than the 8th grade or our high school. I really want what is best for our kids. It is a good question, one I get asked all the time, and one I can handle easily. It is the classic "prepare them for the next level" garbage. I think that the best situation is when there is cooperation among all parties, and it is great when a successful high school program is able to offer its services to its youth coaches and they all run the same thing, but that is the exception. Many people hear of those exceptional situations, though, and seem to think that the ideal situation in a school system or a community is for youth coaches and middle school coaches to be robots, controlled by the coaches above them. I disagree. I subscribe to the old football philosophy that you can only coach one team at a time. In high school, of course, all levels of the program should - and normally do - play basically the same offense and defense. But in most cases, youth coaches and middle school coach are free to coach their own kids as they see fit, without any input from high school coaches. (After all, it is not unusual for several different middle schools to feed one high school, or for kids from one middle school to wind up going to several different high schools.) Obviously, there are dangers if youth or middle school coaches don't know what they're doing, and high school coaches can be of great help in many areas. But the high school coach who complains that the youth coaches don't run his system is often guilty of not really providing them with proper support and direction, or with a system that they can use. A good example of the latter would be the high school coach who runs an offense that requires skills not yet found in little guys. (All too often, the high school coach has enough problems of his own without getting involved in other programs.) Your obligation as a coach of younger kids is to your kids. Period. It is first and foremost to treat them right and to help them to be as successful as they can be - this year. It is a matter of your professional judgment to decide what offense and defense are best suited to your kids to enable them to be successful. (Naturally, you need to do your homework.) It would be ideal if you and the next guy up the food chain were to run the same system, but if you are not doing so and you can't reach agreement, then assuming that you are doing what is best for your kids, is NOT your obligation to make it easier for him when he gets the kids next year by teaching your kids techniques, terminology, snap count, formations, etc. specific to his system. If he is any coach at all, he can make the necessary changes the first morning of the first practice next year. It IS your obligation to him - and to everybody else who will ever coach your kids - to teach them teamwork, coachability, good work habits and sound fundamentals (blocking, tackling, block protection, hit position, how to fall and get back up, etc.). It IS your obligation to him to try to put your kids in a position where they have the best possible chance to win, so they will develop confidence. And it IS your obligation to him to leave your kids liking football and wanting more, so they will turn out for football next year. As to any arguments that you might be stifling the kids' advancement, that is pure horse manure. In fact, if you are successful and the guy above you is not, isn't it every bit as reasonable for you to insist that the he adopt your system so that your kids will continue to be successful? Suggestion - if this proves to be a hang-up, why not propose staying with the kids for two years - 7th and 8th grade - and then starting over again? Permission was granted by Coach Hugh Wyatt to reprint the above question an answer.