Arrowhead High School Workout Program Helps Student Athletes
Arrowhead High School gives students the ability to participate in Cross Country, Football, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Swim and Dive, Gymnastics, Basketball, Skiing, Bowling, Hockey, Soccer, Dance, Wrestling, Tennis, Golf, Lacrosse, Baseball, Softball, and Track.
Arrowhead also provides a workout program at school on Mondays from 2:50 pm to 4:15 pm, Tuesdays from 2:50 pm to 4:15 pm, Thursday from 2:50 pm to 4:15 pm, and Friday mornings before school starting at 5:50 am till 6:45pm. The program also runs through the summer, Mondays through Thursdays, starting at 6:30 am and going till 8:15 am. Although there is no need to sign up for ACC during the school year, to sign up for ACC during the summer, use the sign up form online that is available in late spring according to Liz Arsnow the activities assistant. The workout program is known as the Arrowhead Conditioning Camp (ACC). It is in place to get student athletes mentally and physically strong for the sport they participate in.
ACC occurs for 10 months. It starts in June and ends in July. In the summer, Arrowhead student athletes are expected to arrive at 6:30 am and report to the football field to begin stretches and then complete the workouts.
At the program, student athletes learn how to run in the correct form, according of Chris Herriot. Herriot is one of the leaders of ACC and the Boys Varsity Track coach at Arrowhead High School.
Along with Herriot, instructors include Rick Witte, the Varsity Girls basketball coach, Nick Brengosz, the Boys Varsity Baseball coach, and Fritz Rauch, the Boys Varsity Football coach.
Ethan Hill, a student athlete at Arrowhead High School, says he has been attending ACC for the past four years.
Hill says, “Physically I have gotten stronger and in everyway, and I have gotten a lot faster. [In] everyway, I have gotten better as an athlete because of that program.”
“It helps me learn to wake up, know what I need to get done and do it. I see what the programs does to me and I see that it can make me stronger and faster which makes me feel better as a person,” Hill says.
“For the most part, the teachers are far more intense than the athletes, whereas the athletes are more laid back, they know what they need to get done but don’t take it as serious as the coaches do,” says Hill.
Jacob Boray, another student athlete at Arrowhead High School, says, “I enjoy ACC. I enjoy waking up early and working out because I know that time is limited to get better here at Arrowhead.”
“I definitely felt that I have gotten better with speed due to the drills provided by coach Heriot. I also feel that I have gotten stronger in the weight room,” says Boray.
“Socially, I have learned to become better as a teammate and they have pushed me to get better and I have gotten better because of them,” says Boray.
The program is trying to promote for more upperclassmen to attend. “If you are not at ACC after school you should be! Great to see our freshmen and some sophomores up in the weight room getting better. Juniors and seniors: We need a presence. Get here and work. Demonstrate the work ethic and commitment,” says the Arrowhead Varsity Baseball twitter @DiamondWarhawks.
