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S/C Coach Mickey Marotti (Official Thread)

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Scout (Free) - Marotti's Offseason Program In High Gear

It all sounds so simple, really. Two days a week, the Ohio State football team does upper body workouts as part of its eight-hour-a-week offseason strength and conditioning program. Two days a week, the Buckeyes work the lower body under new football performance head Mickey Marotti and his staff. Wednesday is for mat drills, and it’s a day of the week that gives the OSU graduate a smile on his face.

That plan is not all that different from those put together by strength and conditioning coaches at the other 119 Division I institutions, though. Those athletes are putting in their eight hours a week, working their bodies to get better, too.

So what’s so good about what's going on at Ohio State these days?

“It feels like they’re exercising everything,” senior linebacker Etienne Sabino told a gathering of reporters Wednesday.

And by everything, he means everything. There is a competitive aspect to every drill the Buckeyes do, and those who don’t fight to the end in every repetition are given “loafs” that are tracked and punished by the guilty party having to wear a lavender shirt around the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.

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Ohio State football: New strength coach a colorful motivator
By Tim May
The Columbus Dispatch
Thursday February 16, 2012

In a scarlet and gray world, a lavender shirt sticks out.

And that?s the point, said Ohio State football?s new director of performance, Mickey Marotti. In putting the Buckeyes through the first winter conditioning program under coach Urban Meyer, he has made the lavender shirt the wardrobe of a loafer on the field, in the weight room, at the training table or in the classroom.

?You don?t want to wear those,? senior linebacker Etienne Sabino said yesterday.

So far, he hasn?t. Not many players have been identified as lollygaggers.

?It?s week five, the guys are training really hard, they?re buying in to what we?re feeding them,? Marotti said.

One reason is because the players know that Marotti, along with his expansive crew from the strength and conditioning division, is watching every step they take. As the players are put through the grind starting at 5 a.m. most days, someone is always keeping tabs on whether players are hustling or just trying to complete a drill, whether they?re running through the finish of a drill or just to the finish.

?I think the workouts have been tough for everyone,? senior defensive lineman John Simon said. ?Coach Marotti and all the lifting coaches, they are on us the whole workout so there is no letup or anything like that, so I think everyone is getting great workouts in.?

With the team divided into nine groups, players are judged individually on their effort during drills, but the group is penalized as a whole if an individual fails.

?If you screw up, the whole group starts over,? Simon said. ?So you really want to be accountable for your group.?


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Q&A: OSU strength coach Mickey Marotti
February, 16, 2012
By Adam Rittenberg

Most college football coaches aren't shy about praising their strength and conditioning coaches, but Ohio State's Urban Meyer took things to the next level Jan. 15. Meyer introduced his new staff at halftime of Ohio State's basketball game against Indiana. While co-defensive coordinator Luke Fickell got the biggest ovation and new offensive coordinator Tom Herman also received a big cheer, Meyer didn't describe either as "the most important hire I made on this coaching staff."

He instead saved that designation for Mickey Marotti, who Ohio State named as its new assistant athletic director for sports performance. Marotti comes to Ohio State from Florida, where he worked with Meyer during Meyer's tenure as Gators' coach. The two men are working together for the fourth time (Florida, Notre Dame and previously at Ohio State), and Marotti and his staff are implementing their program right now as Ohio State prepares for spring practice.

ESPN.com caught up with Marotti on Wednesday. Here are his thoughts:

What was your initial message to the players as you arrived at Ohio State?

Mickey Marotti: I wanted to let them know what to expect from us, from our staff. Our offseason program is going to be based on accountability and effort and attitude and performance and being competitive. That's what our deal was all about.

How would you describe your philosophy toward strength and conditioning?

MM: My philosophy is to train them so they can maximize their genetic potential and train them to be ready to play the game of football. The methods that we use are a mix of power lifting, Olympic lifting, old-school strength training, high-intensity training, from metabolic alternative methods training to strongman stuff. All the different modes of training. We've made a huge focus and emphasis on acceleration and speed. Right now is our biggest acceleration cycle.

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