This past weekend (June 5-6) we held our first Ole Football Youth Camp at the Manitou Practice fields. The turn out was good for our first year and we are excited by the response that we received from the parents as well as the kids about how much the kids got out of their time with us. The Ole Football Staff did a great job of teaching basic football skills to the campers and the kids did a great job of picking up the skills during the weekend. This is going to be an annual event, held the first weekend of June, for a long time to come.
With the youth camp taken care of, the staff and I now turn our attention to the offensive, defensive and special teams playbooks. We wrapped up the special teams staff meetings last week and now the offensive and defensive staffs are in the process of cleaning up and improving what we ask our young men to do on the field. There are a lot of good discussions going on in both meeting rooms about the changes we are going to make in order to give our kids a better opportunity to succeed.
Circle July 19 on your calendar for the Ole Football Golf Tournament. Last year, we had record numbers and we hope to keep that trend going. Here is a link with more information about this great event:
http://www.oletouchdownclub.org/2010-golf-tournament-info/
God Bless & Go Oles
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Great Weekend/Great Week
It was a great Memorial Day Weekend. Full of activity and remembrance of all those that gave the ultimate sacrifice for this great nation and the families and friends that carried on after that sacrifice.
On Sunday we had another chance to honor the 22 graduating seniors. A special group of young men who finished their playing careers in the fall, finished their classes this spring but will never be finished as part of the family.
After that, our football trainer Angie Selseth got married. It is always nice when the coaches can get together and celebrate and it was made even more special with the occasion. Angie is a great help to the young men in our program (and sometimes the old coaches too!) and all the coaches were honored that she wanted us to be part of her special day.
Monday - the reason for the long weekend - was humbling. Many great men and women gave everything for this great nation and the future generations to enjoy the freedoms that are sometimes taken for granted.
Of course, with the weather being almost perfect there was plenty of time for celebrating as well. The Olszewski family spent some great quality time together out on the lake. I don't think I will ever forget the smiles on my children's faces as we sped them around the lake on an tube being pulled by the boat. I did my best to try to dump'm in the water but they hung on for all they were worth!
Today we are back in the offices hard at the preparations for next fall. Our new OL coach, Matt Bacoulis, and I met all morning on some run game stuff. That meeting was followed by a meeting with Coach Stern on some Special Teams issues and now Coach Bacoulis and I are about to get into pass pro.
Tomorrow and Thursday we have special teams meetings with the full staff - I love working with guys that are so passionate about our kids and this program. A lot of work to be done between now and August 14 - a lot of fun work.
God Bless & Go Oles!
Coach Olszewski
On Sunday we had another chance to honor the 22 graduating seniors. A special group of young men who finished their playing careers in the fall, finished their classes this spring but will never be finished as part of the family.
After that, our football trainer Angie Selseth got married. It is always nice when the coaches can get together and celebrate and it was made even more special with the occasion. Angie is a great help to the young men in our program (and sometimes the old coaches too!) and all the coaches were honored that she wanted us to be part of her special day.
Monday - the reason for the long weekend - was humbling. Many great men and women gave everything for this great nation and the future generations to enjoy the freedoms that are sometimes taken for granted.
Of course, with the weather being almost perfect there was plenty of time for celebrating as well. The Olszewski family spent some great quality time together out on the lake. I don't think I will ever forget the smiles on my children's faces as we sped them around the lake on an tube being pulled by the boat. I did my best to try to dump'm in the water but they hung on for all they were worth!
Today we are back in the offices hard at the preparations for next fall. Our new OL coach, Matt Bacoulis, and I met all morning on some run game stuff. That meeting was followed by a meeting with Coach Stern on some Special Teams issues and now Coach Bacoulis and I are about to get into pass pro.
Tomorrow and Thursday we have special teams meetings with the full staff - I love working with guys that are so passionate about our kids and this program. A lot of work to be done between now and August 14 - a lot of fun work.
God Bless & Go Oles!
Coach Olszewski
Friday, May 14, 2010
End of Spring - Start of Off-Season
We wrapped up Spring Ball with a flurry trying to beat the rainy weather. Going three days in a row was a big challenge for our guys as the move closer to the end of the semester academic challenges that St. Olaf provides for them. Not one of our guys complained or lost the enthusiasm that they displayed all spring.
It was a great spring for our team. We got better. A lot of young guys that will need to step up in the fall started doing that very thing this spring. There is a hunger and willingness to compete against each in order to get better to a much greater extent than we have had in the past. To say the least, I was very proud of the effort and improvement from our team this spring.
The challenge for our guys and the 46 incoming freshmen will be to maintain that intensity as we head out for the summer. Once again, Coach Stern has put together a very challenging summer workout program for our young men. It won't be hard to tell which guys did the work when they report on August 14.
Here is the breakdown by state of the recruiting class:
23 - Minnesota
14 - Florida
1 each from:
Texas, Washington, Oklahoma, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Massachusetts and California
Alumni and friends of Ole football need to mark down - July 19, 2010 on your calendar for the Ole Football Golf Tournament. Let's make it even better than last years awesome get-together!
GO OLES!
It was a great spring for our team. We got better. A lot of young guys that will need to step up in the fall started doing that very thing this spring. There is a hunger and willingness to compete against each in order to get better to a much greater extent than we have had in the past. To say the least, I was very proud of the effort and improvement from our team this spring.
The challenge for our guys and the 46 incoming freshmen will be to maintain that intensity as we head out for the summer. Once again, Coach Stern has put together a very challenging summer workout program for our young men. It won't be hard to tell which guys did the work when they report on August 14.
Here is the breakdown by state of the recruiting class:
23 - Minnesota
14 - Florida
1 each from:
Texas, Washington, Oklahoma, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Massachusetts and California
Alumni and friends of Ole football need to mark down - July 19, 2010 on your calendar for the Ole Football Golf Tournament. Let's make it even better than last years awesome get-together!
GO OLES!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Spring Ball Day 2
We started spring practice on Tuesday of this week. It is so nice having the opportunity to get together with our players again - it was a long winter away. The NCAA needs to look at letting us to have more time with our young men.
This spring I am working with our OL - it's been a while since I coached the big'ns but it is going to be a great spring with these guys. The theme for our team this spring is to Improve, Compete, Encourage. It is so refreshing to hear our guys talk and continue to work on being better and achieving all they are capable of achieving.
This spring I am working with our OL - it's been a while since I coached the big'ns but it is going to be a great spring with these guys. The theme for our team this spring is to Improve, Compete, Encourage. It is so refreshing to hear our guys talk and continue to work on being better and achieving all they are capable of achieving.
The weather is beautiful, again, and as always, the Son & sun are shinning down "On the Hill".
All alumni are welcome to join us for practice on Tue/Thur. 4:00pm - 5:45
GO OLES!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Recharged and Reset
Well, it has been a very busy winter as my staff and I have been working hard to secure the next class of Oles. With a little over 2 weeks to go, we are at 22 recruits with about another 17 still making their decision.
At the same time we have been evaluating how we can become more modern in our recruiting efforts - that is - we are trying to answer the question, "How do we do a better job of reaching our target audience earlier in the recruiting process?" We are excited about some of the new ideas that we have and the new policies and recruiting tools we are going to be incorporating in our recruiting efforts for next years class (which Coach Stern has already started handwriting notes to a select number!)
In the next few months you can look for:
-Web video of "A Day as an Ole"
-A new updated TD Club web page & blog
-More active Twitter activity from OLEFOOTBALL
Exciting times "On the Hill"!
Make It Great!
Coach Olszewski
At the same time we have been evaluating how we can become more modern in our recruiting efforts - that is - we are trying to answer the question, "How do we do a better job of reaching our target audience earlier in the recruiting process?" We are excited about some of the new ideas that we have and the new policies and recruiting tools we are going to be incorporating in our recruiting efforts for next years class (which Coach Stern has already started handwriting notes to a select number!)
In the next few months you can look for:
-Web video of "A Day as an Ole"
-A new updated TD Club web page & blog
-More active Twitter activity from OLEFOOTBALL
Exciting times "On the Hill"!
Make It Great!
Coach Olszewski
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Seeing the trees
Saturday was a great college football game. Too many times we get caught up on the final score. I am guilty of that myself. All week I asked our team to believe and compete - to leave it all out there on the field. They did that. As disappointed as I am for our guys, I am proud of how hard they played. We gave up a couple of plays but played a great defensive game - the best against a Bethel team in years. Offensively we moved the ball but failed to convert in the red zone.
If not for the final score we could feel good about how we played. However, the reality is that the final score does matter and we need to continue to improve. We are off this week so my staff and I will spend a little more time on recruiting (Need to get some more playmakers!). The guys will get some time to heal up before we gear up for our next challenge. A road game in the MIAC!
GO OLES!
If not for the final score we could feel good about how we played. However, the reality is that the final score does matter and we need to continue to improve. We are off this week so my staff and I will spend a little more time on recruiting (Need to get some more playmakers!). The guys will get some time to heal up before we gear up for our next challenge. A road game in the MIAC!
GO OLES!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Ole Football
As disappointing as our lose last week was I often wonder if the players or the coaches have the tougher time letting go. Our guys responded well to the challenge. They know that Bethel will be a great test for them to see how to respond to the adversity of letting the Goat get away. What I saw from our team this week is a group of guys who were committed to each other and in having fun. The goals we set at the beginning of the year are still within our reach. This is a good football team and they need to believe that in order reach their potential. Look forward to seeing everybody "On The Hill" tomorrow!
GO OLES!
GO OLES!
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