Today is May 6^th; in just 30 day’s registration forms for LinemenInc 2007 are due and LinemenInc Long Beach is in just 46 day’s.  46 days!  Less than seven weeks!  Are you ready?  Have you made your summer plans and circled the important dates on your calendar?  Have you done your fundraising?  Are you in shape, I mean football shape and condition?

There is a lot to do in preparation for attending a summer camp.  Far more than just filling out your paperwork and sending in your deposit.  Let’s start with the body:  If you haven’t been in the weight room now is the time and time is running out.  Most high school teams are about to begin Spring Ball.  Spring Ball is not the time to get into condition; it is the time to learn new offenses, new defenses, new reads and adjustments.  It is the time to reacclimate with coaches and fellow players and the opportunity to make a new and fresh impression.  That having been said you should have already been in the weight room or need to get there now. 

Conditioning is what will get you through your camps as well as your practices and to the end of the game.  Jogging, wind sprints and get off work are vital to your success.  Try doing your conditioning in your bare feet.  We spend a lot of time working all the other muscles in our body but do nothing for the feet.  It is the feet that have to carry us, not our legs, which must be strong, but our feet.  Running bare foot helps to build “foot strength” and is vital to the overall endurance of the leg system.  If you don’t believe me, check in with speed coach and World Class sprinter, Aaron Thigpen, over at www.gamespeed.net.  

Getting packed:  Whatever you do, don’t forget to pack lots of clean socks and chonies.  Chonies, you know, under pants.  The two things that will knock you off of your feet are blisters and jock itch or chaffing.  So, pack plenty of clean dry stuff and change it between every practice.  A little Gold Bond powder in your bag is also a good idea. 

I see our web site get hits from all over the country everyday.  People living in Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Alaska, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Illinois, Louisiana, Arizona, South Carolina, Ohio, Montana, Idaho, Connecticut and Tennessee, and I wonder, are you guys just looking or really interested in improving?  We have already received registrations from kids in New Jersey and Iowa.  I know it’s a trip and an expense but I guarantee it will be an experience like none other and a benefit.  Besides, we’re in California and you can always take a vacation after camp. 

Okay, it is crunch time guys.  You need to get your registration forms and deposits mailed in.  Schools already with players signed up for LinemenInc 2007 are: Chaparral, Cleveland, De La Salle, Granite Hills, Hanford West, Hemet, Hoover, Laguna Creek, Liberty, Liberty Christian, Livermore, Los Altos, Maranatha, Otay Ranch, Palo Verde Blythe, WWP-South in Princeton, N.J., Summit, Venice, Woodside and Yuba City.  That clock is ticking… T-minus 30 days and counting… Click here to download your registration form  http://www.linemeninc.com/registration.php