Introduction

Welcome to the 2024 football season! 

A little about coach cooperman: 

This will be my 6th year coaching football here at southern lehigh middle school and going on my 10th year teaching in the district. I have taught everything from 4th grade math and science to 12th grade math and everything in between. I also have been coaching varsity baseball here for the last 10 years as well! I live in coopersburg with my wife (Mrs. Cooperman, yes your music teacher) and 2 kids (Nolan, 4 and Cal, 2) 

Our main goal is to teach the game of football and have fun doing it. It doesn’t matter if this is your first year playing or you have been playing your whole life, you will have a great experience. Below is some very important information both for players and guardians outlining summer camps and lifting, important dates and links that you will need to know throughout the summer and school year. 

Important information

What do I need in order to play?

1. Physical/PIAA Packet (attached) or can be found on the school district website

   • FREE PIAA FALL ATHLETIC PHYSICALS

   • Wednesday, June 5th in the Southern Lehigh High School Cafeteria from 5pm-8pm.

     • Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084AACAA2DAAFBC52-49529497-southern

   • Please note that a sport physical for the 2024-2025 school year cannot occur before May 1, 2024.

   • Coca Cola Park Physicals

     • When: June 25 July 16 july 30

Time: 2:00 PM – 6:45 PM

Where: Coca Cola Park

1050 Iron Pigs Way

Allentown, PA 18109

2. Family ID Registration (information attached)

   • Southern Lehigh is excited to announce that we are now offering the convenience of online registration for Southern Lehigh Athletic Programs through our partner company, Family ID.  

     • Click for FALL Athletic Registrations

       • https://www.familyid.com/organizations/southern-lehigh-school-district

3. Impact Testing (attached)

   • IMPACT Concussion Testing is required for all 7th, 9th, and 11th grade student athletes who have not participated in a 2023-2024 fall or winter sport and anyone new to Southern Lehigh School District athletics.

4.  agreeing to the Code of Conduct

5. The Parents' Pledge.  

Summer workouts

• There will be voluntary summer Practices and lifting throughout the summer. 

  • • Monday June 17: Practice 9:30 - 11: 15   Lifting 11:30 - 12:30

    • Thursday June 20: Practice 8:30 - 10:15   Lifting 10:30 - 11:30

• • • Monday June 24: Practice 9:30 - 11: 15 Lifting 11:30 - 12:30  

    • Thursday June 27: Practice 8:30 - 10:15  Lifting 10:30 - 11:30

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    • Monday July 1: Practice 9:30 - 11: 15    Lifting 11:30 - 12:30

    • Thursday July 4: OFF

• • • Monday July 8: Practice 9:30 - 11: 15  Lifting 11:30 - 12:30

    • Thursday July 11: Practice 8:30 - 10:15   Lifting 10:30 - 11:30 

• • • Monday July 15: Lifting 11:30 - 12:30   Practice 12:30 - 2:30 ***Lifting is first and Practice

    • Thursday July 18: Lifting 10:30 - 11:30   Practice 11:30 - 1:30 goes after lifting***

• • • Monday July 22: Practice 9:30 - 11: 15 Lifting 11:30 - 12:30

    • Thursday July 25: Practice 8:30 - 10:15 Lifting 10:30 - 11:30 

• • • Monday July 29: Practice 9:30 - 11: 15   Lifting 11:30 - 12:30

    • Thursday August 1: Practice 8:30 - 10:15  Lifting 10:30 - 11:30 

• • • Monday August 5: Practice 9:30 - 11: 15 

    • Thursday August 8: Practice 8:30 - 10:15 

• Basic Lifting:

  • High school weight room

  • Starting June 13 and ending July 27, no lifting Tuesday, July 4th. 

  • This will be basic strength training exercises, speed and agility drills

• Practices

  • do football specific drills and activities

  • Learn basic offensive and defensive terminology and alignments

  • Have fun and compete in football related games and activities

The season

• The first day of practice for everyone is Monday, August 12, 2024. This is when practice becomes mandatory and missing will cause loss of playing and practice time. Attendance will be taken every day, if a student-athlete needs to miss, please communicate with coach cooperman via the sportsyou app or email.

• Sportsyou application

  • I have already put in the calendar all important information and dates. 

  • I am able to communicate with parents through the app as well as post important information throughout the summer and season

  • The information to sign up is attached in this packet

• HUDL

  • We will use Hudl on a weekly basis to film practice and games.

  • Every Tuesday we will watch film and make necessary corrections as we see fit.

  • Players are expected to sign up with their spartandocs email addresses, personal emails will not be accepted to sign up. 

  • ​​Follow the link below to submit your details and join the team. You'll be accepted as soon as we've checked them.

    • Registration page: hudl.com/jointeam

    • Team Code:  smbavd1

• Google Classroom

  • https://classroom.google.com/c/NjUyNzQ2MDI5NjMz?cjc=jrsepma

  • Class Code: jrsepma

We are excited to work with the student-athletes and teach them the great game of football. Please feel free to contact me anytime via email or through the sportsyou app.