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DON BOSCO PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL

ADMINISTRATION

Director/President Rev. Louis Molinelli, SDB

Principal Mr. John Stanczak

Assistant Principal of Academics Mr. Albert DelPrincipio

Assistant Principal of Students Mr. Thomas DeLucci

Coordinator of Youth Ministry Rev. Jay Horan, SDB

Business Manager Rev. James Marra, SDB

Director of Athletics Mr. Nunzio Campanile

Director of Guidance Fr. Richard Rosin, SDB

Director of Development Mr. Richard Wisniewski

Director of Admissions Mr. Brian McAleer

Director of Technology Mr. Mark Siemon

Director of Public Relations Mrs. Rue Eisen

Director of Facilities Rev. Jack Jenko, SDB

FOOTBALL COACHES AND STAFF PERSONNEL

Head Football Coach Greg Toal

Assistant Coach Chuck Granatell

Assistant Coach Nunzio Campanile

Assistant Coach Dan Marangi

Assistant Coach Anthony Campanile

Assistant Coach Rich Templeton

Assistant Coach Andy Herre

Assistant Coach Bill Tierney

Assistant Coach Nick Nazare

Assistant Coach Steve Sweeney

Assistant Coach Pat Sempier

Head Freshman Coach Greg Samra

Assistant Coach Bob Byrne

Assistant Coach Rob DiDomencio

Assistant Coach Mark McGwire

Assistant Coach John Wilkins

Assistant Coach Joseph Werba

Assistant Coach Mike Hroncich

Football Team Statistician Calvin Harper

Football Team Physicians Dr. Nicholas Alexander

Dr. Michael Betsy

Cheer/Dance Director Rick Delillo

Assistant Coach Jessica Columbo

Athletic Trainer Ignacio Urbina

Football Announcer Patrick Daly

Clock Operator Dave Brody

Chain Crew Chief Bob Rhein

Team Video/CD Jim Houston Productions

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EXPOSURE

There are many reasons why some student-athletes are recruited more than others. The number one reason is exposure, If you need the exposure to get involved with at least 100 schools, you should begin to market yourself as soon as possible.

HOW TO MARKET YOURSELF

To market yourself, you should research as many schools as possible to obtain direct contact information. Next, compile your student-athlete profile by verifying your grades and test scores along with sport-specific statistics and conditioning levels. The profile and a concise introductory letter expressing your interest should be sent to all the schools you have researched.

There is the more traditional way of using direct mail, and the more modern approach of using e-mail. If you use either of these methods, please understand it is time-consuming and expensive to do it the right way. All correspondence must be personalized and all coaches (not just the head coach) must be contacted. Just remember, the greater the effort, the great the reward.

Also keep in mind that a quality collegiate scouting organization is an affordable and effective way to produce the contacts you need.

READING BETWEEN THE LINES

So…finally…you are receiving recruiting mail! Are the letters unsolicited? Are they in response to a letter you have written? What do the letters mean? What is the coach saying? Are you getting the message?

Read your recruiting mail carefully. It is important to evaluate each school and how interested they are in you. If you don’t like the messages in the letters you are receiving, you should broaden your search and contact a wider range of college coaches. DON’T GIVE UP

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RECRUITING CORRESPONDENCE

• Simply put-if you are not directly involved with a minimum of 100 schools; you are not giving yourself the best opportunity available.
• The most important thing for you to do is to make contact with as many schools as possible and get into their recruiting pools.
• It is vital that your return every questionnaire and any other materials requested by every school that contacts you.

The student-athlete often does not return questionnaires because of the tedious and repetitive task involved. The easiest and most efficient way is to simply staple your profile to the questionnaire and return it immediately upon request.

PHONE CONTACT

Once you have established an interest in a school, you need to find out how serious they are about you. This can be accomplished by asking a specific set of questions when phone contact is made.

1. Find out who are you speaking with?

Head Coach? Assistant Coach? Graduate/Volunteer Assistant?

2. Have they made a personal evaluation of the student-athlete?

3. Will you (Head Coach) be making a home visit?

4. Do you intend to invite my son/daughter for an official paid visit at this time?

5. Are you interested in having my son/daughter sign early?

THE HOME VISIT

The home visit is usually the first time an actual face-to-face meeting takes place. You finally get to meet the people you have been speaking with for the past several months. This is the perfect time to review and clarify any questions or answers from the phone contact. You should keep in mind that the coaches are evaluating you as much as you are evaluating them.

THE CAMPUS VISIT

The campus visit, without question, has the biggest influence on your final decision of where to attend college. This is an exciting time for the student-athlete and it is important to now the guidelines college coaches have to follow during a campus visit. Student-athlete are only allowed a total of five official paid visits. Remember to refer to your “Guides for the College-Bound Student-Athlete” to comply with these rules.

THE PARTIAL AND WALK-ON-PITCH

We find more and more collegiate coaches breaking up scholarships with partial offers and the so-called walk-on opportunity. It has even been stretched to the point where coaches will entice a student with the “preferred walk-on” status.

Student-athletes and families accept such offers for a variety of reasons, but do so primarily because they don’t have a lot of options.

The key is to get as many schools as possible interested in your academic and athletic talent to put yourself in the position to negotiate.

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Sportsgist.com is very proud to introduce Steve Leo from the Parisi Speed School. Steve has an extensive background in athletic training and will be sportsgist.com’s resident strength and conditioning coach. He will be providing the type of information that any athlete who is serious about their game is going to want to have access to.

Steve has been training for 11 years, and an employee at Parisi’s for the past 10 years. He has been hired by Nike to conduct speed-testing camps through SAQ program . Steve was a three-sport varsity athlete at Hawthorne High School in Football, Wrestling (Captain, All-conference) and Baseball. He continued his education at Northeastern and William Paterson University in exercise Science Steve has ten years of experience coaching athletes including Head Coach of Saddle River Wrestling 4 years, Hawthorne High School Wrestling 3 Years, Bergen Catholic Wrestling 1 year, ASA Softball Coach 3 years, and MABL Baseball Coach 4 years. Steve continues playing competitive baseball in the North Jersey Men’s Adult Baseball League. Steve has Five years of experience in personal training of athletes including USA National Team Wrestling, Major and Minor League Baseball, Olympic Judo, NFL & Arena football players.

Certifications: Advanced Level Certified Personal Trainer from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), National Interscholastic Federation Coaches Association (NFICA-A.C.E.P program), Member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Rutgers S.A.F.E.T.Y Cerified Instructor and VIRTUS Certified (Protecting Gods Children).

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By Gus Ornstein

San Francisco 49er tight end Vernon Davis took the time to speak to SportsGist about many topics, including his recruiting experience coming out of Dunbar High School in Washington DC. Vernon was the third ranked TE coming out of high school by recruiting expert Tom Lemming and was besieged by colleges looking to garner his services. Listen to Vernon as he takes us through the overwhelming experience of the recruiting process and how he was able to sort it all out and make his choice to attend the University of Maryland.

Click to hear the entire interview with Vernon Davis

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It would be to your benefit to take advantage of the month you have off during your winter break to stay fit and ready to go for the spring season.  A great way to do this, is to stay active for at least 4-5 days a week for 40-90 minutes at a time.  These activities can vary from soccer drills to leisurely activities such as biking, swimming, running, or playing basketball.  If you have access to a gym, engaging in light weight activities can give you a competitive advantage, but if not, doing the body weight activities (listed below), you can remain in shape. 

An average week might consist of 2 days of weight training or body weight circuits/conditioning and the other 2 days longer aerobic activities with soccer sprints in between (interval running).

It is very important to run at least 3 times a week, whether it be to work on sprints (10’s to 100’s) or longer endurance runs (1.5 miles, 1 mile, 800’s, 400’s, 200’s)

Circuit:

Always conduct a warm up before beginning any workout and a cool down after.

Body Weight Squat- 20 times

Single Leg Squat- 15 times each leg

Pull Up/ Reverse Pull Up- 10/15 time

Walk Out Push Ups- 10 times

Dips- 10 times

Single Leg RDL (body weight)- 15 each leg

Sit Ups- 20

Alternate Arm to Alternate Straight Leg (Ab work)- 20

Sit Ups- 20

Body Weight Squat- 20

Reach Crunch- 20

Move through the circuit three times with a good tempo and correct form

Overall, the emphasis of the winter workout is not on what you specifically do, but making sure you are staying active 4-5 days.  By this point, you should know your body and know how to take care of it.  Make sure you allow the needed recovery time, but at the same time continuously push yourself to become a top notch Division 1 athlete.

 

*LIFT US TO GREATNESS, RUN TO GLORY!*

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