Programs

FM Football Player Development Program
Schedule and location listed at end
Join us Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings over the summer for the F-M Football Player Development Program, designed to provide personalized attention to address individual strengths and areas for improvement, build strength, and enhance your performance on the field.

Open to all players entering grades 7–12, our comprehensive program focuses on strength building, conditioning, and player development, ensuring you're in peak form for the upcoming season. Strength training sessions will be coordinated and facilitated by Coach Ben Rayland of Rampage Strength and Conditioning, providing athletes with expert instruction in developing football-specific strength, power, speed, and injury prevention strategies.

Features include:
1. Strength Training: Tailored workouts targeting muscle groups crucial for football success, emphasizing power, agility, and endurance.
2. Conditioning Workouts: High-intensity cardio sessions to enhance stamina, speed, and agility—preparing you to outlast opponents.
3. Skill Development: Position-specific drills led by the football staff to improve ability, refine technique, and increase schematic understanding and football IQ.
4. Injury Prevention and Recovery Strategies: Techniques to promote muscle recovery and target football-specific muscle groups and stress areas to strengthen and prevent injury.

Practice Equipment Option: Players will have the option to wear helmets with Guardian Caps and shoulder pads during practices. Some sessions may include very limited player-to-player contact (thud), but there will be no full-contact to the ground at any time. Contact will primarily involve bags, shields, and sleds. Wearing helmets and shoulder pads allows players to practice with greater tempo, refine technique in a more realistic football setting, and get acclimated to wearing gear ahead of the season.

Participants must bring workout clothing, a water bottle, and athletic shoes and cleats.

For those opting into wearing equipment: a Helmet, Guardian Cap, Shoulder Pads, Practice Jersey, and Mouth Guard will be provided by the Football Program.
FEE: $140.00 per participant, payable to “Town of Manlius.”
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Schedule:
Monday Nights: (7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3)
F-M High School Weight Room
Strength Training Only: 4:00 – 5:15 PM

Wednesday Nights: (7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 8/5)
Strength Training and Practice: 3:30 – 6:00 PM
F-M High School Weight Room and Hornet Stadium

Thursday Nights: (7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 8/6)
Strength Training and Practice: 3:30 – 6:00 PM
F-M High School Weight Room and Hornet Stadium