MUS Football

Monday Practice Plans

A reminder that practice on Monday (9th,JV and Varsity) will be from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. This should give most everyone a chance to get back in town. Our game this week with SBA will determine who is in 1st place in the region so we need a good week of preparation. Remember to let us know if you will miss on Monday.

Game Week Routine

WIth the start of school and our first game we will settle into our afternoon practice routine. Our practice schedule is posted on the school calendar and is connected to this blog. The JV always follows the varsity schedule unless noted.

Jamboree for 9th and JV is on Monday at CBHS. We play CBHS at 8:00 with 9th grade and 8:30 with JV.

9th Grade Game Change

Next week the 9th Grade game with ECS has been moved to Monday @ 5:30 @ ECS. We will play a double-header like we did against Olive Branch with the Frosh at 5:30 and the JV immediately following.

General Practice Schedule starting next week for 10-12 grades

Here are the general guidelines we follow once school begins and we are playing games.

Mondays - Usually a JV game and boys playing will not practice. Other boys practice from 3:45 to 5:00
Tuesdays - VERY IMPORTANT PRACTICE - 3:45 to 6:00
Wednesday - VERY IMPORTANT PRACTICE - 3:30 to 6:00
Thursday - Walk Through - 3:45 to 4:30
Friday - Game Night - In town games boys should be here by 5:30
Saturday - Free
Sunday - Weights 2:30 to 3:30, Film Review 3:30 to 4:30

We will not meet the Sunday of Labor Day week but will practice that Monday from 5:00 to 7:30

We will not practice from Oct. 6th to the 11th during Fall Break

First Week Practice Schedule

I am attaching a link to our first week practice schedule. This is an all day camp for the boys grade 10-12. The 9th graders only report for the afternoon practice. We expect the Varsity boys to stay at school all day so please refrain from scheduling midday appointments. Our goal is that this week is 100% football. If we have any conflicts, the boys should contact me and their position coach before the conflict occurs.

1st Week Schedule

 

New Heat Index Rule and Practice Schedules

As you may have read, the TSSAA has instituted a new policy that prohibits teams from practicing or competing in games when the heat index (HI) is over 104 degrees. Coach Ferebee has done some historical research and we are confident that during August we will have several days when this policy will cause us to adjust our normal afternoon practice times. His research also revealed that on days when the HI went over the limit, that it was 7:00pm before it was safe to begin. We realize that this uncertainty each day can create havoc for family schedules, not only for our players and their families, but for our coaches and their families as well.

With that in mind we will adopt the following procedure: If the forecast for the next day suggest that we will have a HI issue we will automatically go to the HI practice time which will be from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Once set we will not go back and change, even if it fails to reach the forecasted HI. This plan will allow all of us to begin the day with a plan that we can live with and that will avoid midday adjustments.

Another schedule adjustment

Usually football schedules are pretty constant, so it pains me to keep reporting changes to you but here comes another one. MAHS has to cancel their game with our 9th graders on Tuesday night. We have been able to get a game with Brighton for our 9th grade but it will take place on Thursday evening, Sept. 4 at 6:00pm. That means the 9th grade will practice on Tuesday.

Because the 9th grade game got canceled on Tuesday we will move the start of the JV game to 6:30 on Tuesday Sept. 2. Hopefully this will be the last time we need to do all of this.

Practice Starts Monday

After an outstanding summer of workouts all of us are really looking forward to don the pads and get started this Monday. The 10-12 grade players will report at 7:30am and stay at school for the day. The 9th graders will report for practice at 2:30pm and be dismissed at 4:45. The varsity players will have two practices outdoors, the first from 8:15-10:15 and then a late afternoon practice from 5:00 to 6:45. The frosh will practice outdoors from 3:30 - 4:45.

It is imperative that all of the boys have received their physicals by Monday and that their forms are in Coach Ferebee's hands. We can not allow them to practice without those completed forms.

We also want to make sure that the boys come to practice each day properly hydrated. It is always hot this time of year and we will make sure that the boys have plenty of water during practice. Please read the article posted in the left column about our policies on hydration.

We feel it is imperative to the success of the team that all boys are present for each practice. If someone must miss they need to inform their position coach well ahead of time. We try to run a very efficient practice that keeps all of the boys busy and when anyone is not there they are missed.

JV Game with BCS moved to MUS tonight!

The JV game with BCS has been moved to MUS at 6:00pm tonight. We will need some dads ready to man the chains. Thanks

Frosh/JV Jamboree Info

We will participate in the Jamboree this Monday at CBHS. Our 9th graders play at 6:00pm against ECS for one 20 minute quarter and the JV plays at 6:30 against ECS. We want the boys to go home after school and meet us at 5:30 at CBHS. After they are finished they can go home with you. We plan to tell the guys who will play with the JV team on Friday. We usually have all 10th graders and some 11th graders play in JV games but that varies from time to time. There will be a $5 admission charge.