“One of the best things I enjoyed about it is the kids were able to compete with not just themselves, who they see during the whole offseason, but other teams,” said Fairborn assistant coach Jarrod Smith, who oversaw the drills inside the opulent Fairborn weight room. “So they got to see where they measure amongst teams that they might not play in the season and get a good glimpse of where they’re at.”
High school football 7 on 7 in Fairborn on May 19, 2025.
While the quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, defensive backs and linebackers compete outside on two fields, the linemen hit the two-man sled, did the bench press, cone drills and other workouts in front of representatives from several colleges, including Dayton, Defiance, Indiana State, Cincinnati and Kentucky.
“The other thing is it’s good to have one place where college coaches can look at multiple kids from multiple schools because that’s what it’s about,” Smith said. “To get these kids to love the game more, and then if there’s opportunities to further their education, then I’m all for it, not just as a teacher at Fairborn, as a coach a Fairborn, but we just owe it to the next generation kids for sure.”
One of the drills involved two players going against each other on a push sled, a device that somewhat resembled a waiter’s cart. Simulating a one-on-one block, it forced the competitive to get low to try to create leverage to get movement with their lower body.
Credit: Marcus Hartman
Credit: Marcus Hartman
“That’s relatively new,” Smith said. “A lot of coaches were asking me about it. One of them joked around, like, ‘I’m gonna take that with me. You cool with that?’” Smith said. “And I think that there’s some inquiry towards that now.
“I’ve used it very briefly, but from what I’ve seen, the kids seem…
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