Conditioning to start next Monday

By Sam Waller

Plans have been finalized for Albany Junior/Senior High’s summer conditioning program, which will start Monday, June 12.

The program is open to all incoming seventh through 12th graders who plan to participate in interscholastic sports.

Summer workouts are subject to UIL regulations.

Boys sessions will be held Monday through Thursday through July 20. Workouts will be from 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. each day and include weight lifting, agility drills and conditioning.

In addition, skill workouts will be held at 5:00 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays starting Monday, June 19.

Albany head football coach Denney Faith said the schedule works around July 4, which falls on a Tuesday this year, and the THSCA convention.

The girls program will run five weeks with a two-week break the first half of July, resuming Monday, July 17 and concluding Thursday, July 27. Workouts will be 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. each day.

Sport-specific instruction for girls will be held 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Mondays for high school athletes and Tuesdays for junior high athletes.

Preseason practice for high school football and volleyball will begin Monday, July 31. Junior high sports cannot hold practice until school starts.