Ranger Nation,

We hope you have had a restful spring break. Our staff is excited about this coming week. We will have open weight room this Monday from 4 to 5:30 pm. Throughout the week we will continue our cycle of lifting, agilities, footwork, plyos, and football skill work. On Wednesday we will be hosting our Football Spring Parent Information Meeting at 6:00 pm in the Vista Ridge HS cafeteria.

This meeting will provide information on the following:

• Spring Football Training Schedule
• Spring and Summer 7 on 7 League and Tournament Play
• Summer Football Camps
• Summer Strength and Conditioning Camp
• Fall Start Up Football Dates
• Fall Event Details
• Opportunity to meet our football booster club board and get plugged into your child’s football program.

Have a blessed week.

Go Rangers!

Coach Scott & Staff

Off-Season Week #17 (Phase III), 3-21

Monday (Family)
8am Staff Professional Development/Student Holiday
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Tuesday (Character) (DL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Weights-Lift/Agilities/Footwork/Plyos
Ranger Time VAR/JV – Cafeteria (Commitment), VAR/JV LC Meeting
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Wednesday (Toughness) *Full Day (LB/H/TB/QB Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Thunder – Weights / Lightning – Agility/Plyo/FB Skills (Turf)
Ranger Time: JV/VAR – Team Meeting (Spring Football Expectations & Calendar)
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries
*Football Spring Parent Information Night 6:00pm Cafeteria

Thursday (Relentless Effort) (DB/Sams Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Thunder – Community Service (Assist with Ranger Relays Track Meet) / Lightning – Weights, then switch.
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Friday (Payday/Finish) (WR Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Thunder – Agility/Plyo/FB Skills (Turf) / Lightning – Weights

Chad Scott
Head Football Coach & Athletic Coordinator
Vista Ridge High School

Wednesday, 3/23 at 6pm VRHS Cafeteria

Ranger Nation,

We are hosting a Spring Football Information Night on Wednesday, March 23rd at 6:00 pm in the VRHS cafeteria. We would like to invite all incoming 9th graders and all current 9th through 11th grade parents. If you are playing football next year at VRHS, this meeting will provide information on the following:

• Spring Football Training Schedule
• Spring and Summer 7 on 7 League and Tournament Play
• Summer Football Camps
• Summer Strength and Conditioning Camp
• Fall Start Up Football Dates
• Fall Events Details
• Opportunity to meet our football booster club board and get plugged into your child’s football program

I look forward to seeing you there and sharing more details about the upcoming spring, summer, and fall.

Chad Scott
Head Football Coach & Athletic Coordinator
Vista Ridge High School

Ranger Nation,

This is the last week before spring break. It is amazing how fast the year has gone by so far. Please encourage your son to finish this week strong in the classroom and fight to get all assignments completed before the break. We will continue Phase III of our offseason throughout this week. It has been nice to begin adding football skills training during the athletic period. On Monday we will have several athletes attending the optional Bowie lift off at Bowie HS. Those attending will leave on the bus at 4:15pm from Vista Ridge. The event will begin at approximately 5 pm and we should be back at Vista Ridge at approximately 8 to 8:30pm. Please email robb.wilgoren@leanderisd.org if you have any questions related to the lift off.

Have a blessed week.

Go Rangers!

Coach Scott & Staff

Off-Season Week #16 (Phase III), 3-7

Monday (Family) (OL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP- Thunder – Weights / Lightning – Agility/Plyo/FB Skills (Turf)
Ranger Time 9th – In the Study Hall/Ridge Scholars Ceremony (9th & 10th) in Cafeteria
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries
4:15pm Leave for Optional Bowie Lift Off @ Bowie HS, Return to VR will be approximately 8 to 8:30pm for questions about this event please email robb.wilgoren@leanderisd.org

Tuesday (Character) (DL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Weights-Lift/Agilities/Footwork/Plyos
Ranger Time VAR/JV – Cafeteria (Commitment)
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Wednesday (Toughness) *Early Release Day (LB/H/TB/QB Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP- Thunder – Agility/Plyo/FB Skills (Turf) / Lightning – Weights
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Thursday (Relentless Effort) (DB/Sams Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP- Thunder – Weights / Lightning – Form Running/Speed Training/FB Skills (Turf)
Ranger Time: Optional FCA Meeting (Small Gym)/ *Ridge Scholars Ceremony (11th & 12th) in Cafeteria
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Friday (Payday/Finish) (WR Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Velocity Lift/Competitions

Chad Scott
Head Football Coach & Athletic Coordinator
Vista Ridge High School

Ranger Nation,

Phase III of our offseason continued strong last week. I told the team that we gained an advantage on our opponents that had a delay or cancellation. Our weight sessions have been paying off and we are getting quicker and faster through our agility and plyo training. We finished the week with our competition teams going head to head in a series of rep maxes and battling in hand to hand combat in flag wars on the mats. It was great to watch them get after it with passion and excitement. This week our leadership council will lead the team by presenting possible team mottos/themes throughout the week. We will follow that up with a team vote for next year’s motto/theme.

Have a blessed week.

Go Rangers!

Coach Scott & Staff

Off-Season Week #15 (Phase III), 2-28

Monday (Family) (OL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Weights-Lift/Agilities/Footwork/Plyos
Ranger Time 9th – Cafeteria
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Tuesday (Character) (DL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP- Thunder – Weights / Lightning – Agility/Plyo/FB Skills (Turf)
Ranger Time VAR/JV – Cafeteria, LC Meeting
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Wednesday (Toughness) *Early Release Day (LB/H/TB/QB Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
*SAT for JRs
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP- Thunder – Agility/Plyo/FB Skills (Turf) / Lightning – Weights
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Thursday (Relentless Effort) (DB/Sams Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP- Thunder – Weights / Lightning – Form Running/Speed Training/FB Skills (Turf)
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Friday (Payday/Finish) (WR Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
*Pep Rally
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – All Velocity Lift/Competitions

**Optional Lift Off vs Bowie HS @ Bowie has been rescheduled for March 7th 5pm

Chad Scott
Head Football Coach & Athletic Coordinator
Vista Ridge High School

Ranger Nation,

Last week was a great week for Ranger Nation. The team went after it and accomplished their goal of a perfect day in boot camp on Wednesday. They were on fire. Our staff is sure proud of them. We concluded the week with a team meeting to discuss where we were at as a team, where we wanted to go, and how we were going to get there. Our leadership council led the team discussion and we finished by writing our team goal down. I challenged the players to post the team goal somewhere they could see it often as a reminder to keep them focused throughout the offseason, summer training, and fall season. This week we transition to Phase III. This phase will consist of a mixture of weights, agilities, plyometrics, footwork, and football skills training.

Have a blessed week.

Go Rangers!

Coach Scott & Staff

Off-Season Week #14 (Phase III), 2-21

Monday (Family)
8am to 4:00pm Teacher District Professional Development
No Open Weight Room

Tuesday (Character) (DL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Trust
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP– Start of Phase III Weights-Lift – All, Academic Check
Ranger Time: Cafeteria
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Wednesday (Toughness) *Full Day (LB/H/TB/QB Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Commitment
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP- Thunder – Weights / Lightning – Agility/Plyo/Skills
Ranger Time: Cafeteria
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Thursday (Relentless Effort) (DB/Sams Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Courage
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP- Thunder – Agility/Plyos/Skills / Lightning – Weights
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Friday (Payday/Finish) (WR Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – All Velocity Lift/Competitions

Chad Scott
Head Football Coach & Athletic Coordinator
Vista Ridge High School

Ranger Nation,

Boot camp is under way and it is sure fun to see the growth that we have made as a team over the past week. Expectations and demands have been set to give total effort and compete with passion and enthusiasm at each station. We have seen great leadership emerge when things have gotten tough or not worked out in their favor. It is clear that this is a special group of young men and we are expecting great things to come. This week we will continue our Boot Camp and strive to achieve a perfect day at each station. They are charged with completing each routine in the allotted time given per station. It will take minimizing mistakes and working together at a high rate of efficiency.

Have a blessed week.

Go Rangers!

Coach Scott & Staff

Off-Season Week #13 (Phase II), 2-14

Monday (Family) (OL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Toughness
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Boot Camp (Mats, Ropes, Command Weights)
Ranger Time 9th – Cafeteria
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Tuesday (Character) (DL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Enthusiasm
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP– Boot Camp (Mats, Ropes, Command Weights) Academic Check in cafeteria
Ranger Time: Cafeteria
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Wednesday (Toughness) *Early Release (LB/H/TB/QB Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Effort
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP– Boot Camp (Mats, Ropes, Command Weights)
2:30-4:00pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Thursday (Relentless Effort) (DB/Sams Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Trust
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP– Boot Camp (Mats, Ropes, Command Weights)
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Friday (Payday/Finish) (WR Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Commitment
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Boot Camp (Mats, Ropes, Command Weights)

Chad Scott
Head Football Coach & Athletic Coordinator
Vista Ridge High School

Ranger Nation,

I hope everyone stayed warm and safe over the past few days. We are excited to get back to work and are looking forward to beginning our phase II of offseason (Boot Camp Phase). We will focus our efforts in three primary stations during this phase. A mat room routine, a jump rope routine, and a command weights station. In this phase we will be working to develop that total effort mindset, the discipline of mental toughness, and how to work together as a team to accomplish a common objective. Each player will work harder than they ever have worked before. Our staff can’t wait to see the guys grow through this experience and develop into the leaders this team needs them to be.

Have a blessed week.

Go Rangers!

Coach Scott & Staff

Off-Season Week #12 (Phase II), 2-07

Monday (Family) (OL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Persistence
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Boot Camp (Mats, Ropes, Command Weights)
Ranger Time 9th – Cafeteria
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Tuesday (Character) (DL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Character
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP– Boot Camp (Mats, Ropes, Command Weights) Academic Check in cafeteria
Ranger Time: Cafeteria
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Wednesday (Toughness) *Early Release (LB/H/TB/QB Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Teamwork
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP– Boot Camp (Mats, Ropes, Command Weights)
2:30-4:00pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Thursday (Relentless Effort) (DB/Sams Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Faith
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP– Boot Camp (Mats, Ropes, Command Weights)
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Friday (Payday/Finish) (WR Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Word of the Day-Attitude
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Boot Camp (Mats, Ropes, Command Weights)

Chad Scott
Head Football Coach & Athletic Coordinator
Vista Ridge High School

Ranger Nation,

Last week the players worked extremely hard. They are continuing to make strength gains and improve on their footwork and agility. The boys showed great discipline and handled the orientation of our command weights well on Friday. They are responding to each other’s leadership and encouragement. This week will be a little bit different. We are going to use some of the days for weight training and maxes. Our JV/VAR group will have some classroom character development sessions as a team. The extra lifts will be extremely important to attend this week. We have been gaining a physical edge on our opponents and will now be looking at making strides on the mental side of things. Thank you for entrusting us with the care of your child.

**On Thursday we are having an optional Lift Off vs Bowie High School at 5:30pm. This is not an official UIL event. This is something we have done over the last few years to add some competition to see where everyone is at. We will ask the kids about it on Monday to see which ones are interested in going on Thursday after school. Coaches will have a bus to take those who are interested to Bowie HS after school. There will be 2 divisions (9th/VAR) and players will be competing against other players in the same body weight category. We will bus the players back to VR at the conclusion of the event. Please contact Coach Wilgoren if you have any further questions about this event. Robb.Wilgoren@leanderisd.org

We are asking that our players be diligent about locking up their valuables during athletics and before/after school. Please help us by reminding them as well.

Have a blessed week.

Go Rangers!

Coach Scott & Staff

Off-Season Week #11 (Phase I), 1-31

Monday (Family) (OL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Weights – Lower Body – (9th Lift), (JV/VAR Lift & Max)
Ranger Time 9th – Cafeteria (Commitment)
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries

Tuesday (Character) (DL Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – 9th Weights – Chest/Shoulders / Study Hall Academic Check in cafeteria
AP – JV/VAR Team Meeting/Character Development / Study Hall Academic Check in cafeteria
Ranger Time JV/VAR: Cafeteria (Commitment)
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift

Wednesday (Toughness) *Early Release (LB/H/TB/QB Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
8am National Signing Day (Big Gym)
AP- 9th Weights/Testing
AP – JV/VAR Team Meeting/Character Development
2:30-4:00pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift

Thursday (Relentless Effort) (DB/Sams Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
9am UIL Realignment
AP – Weights/Testing 9th/JV/VAR / Family Time Character Talk
4:00-5:30pm – Open Weight Room/Extra Lift- Auxiliaries
**Optional Lift Off vs Austin Bowie @ Bowie 5:30pm (Squat, Bench, PWR Clean, 9th &VAR Divisions)

Friday (Payday/Finish) (WR Locker Room/Cafeteria Clean Up Duty)
Pep Rally After 2nd Period (11:41-12:11) *May postpone if weather is bad, TBD
7:30am Open Weight Room/Extra Lift – Auxiliaries
AP – Orientation for Boot Camp

Chad Scott
Head Football Coach & Athletic Coordinator
Vista Ridge High School