The sport of football requires the athlete to incorporate all aspects of fitness from speed and power to flexibility and coordination.  In the off-season, football players must train to improve all aspects of fitness and apply them to the demands the sports puts on their body.  The most popular aspect of fitness football player's focus on in the off-season is strength and power.  The weight room is a place where kids can help themselves get better but it can also be a place where an athlete can end their season early through injury if the proper techniques and methods are not applied to meet the demands the sport puts on them.