In the midst of battle, coaches can forget that they are coaching kids. During San Marcos’ bye week, the coaching staff has taken some time out of practice to enjoy moments with the family they’ve built over the season.
It’s been through competition the Rattlers have rekindled that feeling of being relaxed and not always having to focus on a game coming up. Offensive coordinator Lee Vallejo has been competing with the quarterback group every Wednesday in a game of football golf. An object is placed 30-40 yards down the field towards the sideline, as each player takes a turn seeing who can get closest to it or hit it.
Assistant football coach Mike Strunk caught his kids quoting a scene from “Facing the Giants.” The players in the movie were tested with what they call the “death crawl.” A player hangs on the back of another player, holding their shoulder pads as one player crawls as far as possible. San Marcos stole a page from the movie and the offensive linemen were challenged with that mission.
