Today, I'm hosting a free 30-minute OVR demonstration. Friday 3:00 pm CST I'll show you how coaches across the country are using OVR to create accountability, increase engagement, and recognize the things that truly matter. We'll cover: • Athlete Profiles• Objective Scores• Top 10 Leaderboards• Coach Scoring• Teammate Trivia• Upcoming Position Rankings Across the OVR League As a bonus, any coach who attends can use OVR free through the remainder of June. Zoom link:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8450... Hope to see you there.

Coach, Welcome to Week 2 of The Wednesday Coach Report. Each Wednesday this summer, I'll share something from my 33-year coaching career—or from a coach I've learned from—that you can implement immediately to improve your program's culture, accountability, and team engagement. The goal isn't to give you one more thing to read. The goal is to give you one practical idea you can use with your team tomorrow. This week's idea is simple. It takes five minutes. And it became one of the most anticipated parts of our summer program. MAKE THE LAST 5 MINUTES MATTER One of the simplest things we ever did to improve summer workouts was divide the team into squads and dedicate the final five minutes of every workout to competition. The workout was over. The heavy lifting was done. Now it was time to compete. Each day featured a different challenge: • Relay races • Tug-of-war • Obstacle courses • Medicine ball relays • Tire flips • Partner challenges Anything that got athletes competing together. We kept both individual and squad standings throughout the week. Every competition mattered because points were on the line. Consider ending each week by rewarding the winning squad. Keep it simple. Some of our best rewards were nothing more than a cooler full of popsicles, ice cream sandwiches, brownies, or cookies donated by a couple of team moms. The reward wasn't what made it work. The magic was in the anticipation. By Wednesday, athletes were talking about the standings. By Thursday, teammates were encouraging each other to show up, compete, and earn points. By Friday, everybody wanted to know who was going to win. The bragging rights lasted much longer than the dessert. And don't miss another opportunity: capture the competitions. Take pictures of the tug-of-war. The relay races. The tire flips. The celebrations. Then share them with your parent text group, social media accounts, and team communication channels. Parents love seeing their kids compete, laugh, and connect with teammates. Those pictures become visible proof that your summer program is about more than strength and conditioning.

Darrin Fisher, longtime Head Coach at Whiteland High School (IN) and 2025 State Finalist, joins us on Inside the Arena to discuss what coaches should be planning NOW to ensure their teams are playing their best football in November. Championship seasons don't happen by accident. They are built through intentional decisions made months before the biggest games are played. Join us live, ask questions, and be part of the conversation. Wednesday - 2 pm CST Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88327539116?pwd=6jtG7aj8i54GXatZi08FEjRYLuTz1P.1

Most coaches can tell you: ✔️ Who is strongest ✔️ Who is fastest ✔️ Who jumps the highest But can you tell me... Who is your best teammate? Who brings energy every day? Who is leading when coaches aren't watching? Who is consistently doing the little things right? Tomorrow at 9:00 AM CST I'll be showing OVR, a system that helps coaches track the things we talk about all the time but rarely measure. Leadership.Accountability.Teammateship.Effort. Plus athlete leaderboards, coach scoring, daily engagement, teammate trivia, rewards, and more. The demo will take about 20-30 minutes. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84501041894?pwd=R07eWebpCpgbvUF7JZlX6aBzq8seQQ.1 https://youtu.be/yOoBXFexXG8

Let's talk playbooks today. Do you have a formal playbook for your program? If I opened it to the table of contents, what chapters would I find? What have you decided is important enough to write down, teach, and reinforce every year?