Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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New coach Nick Giovinozzo instructs line Out ot the football frying pan Despite a green, inexperienced football team, Val- ley College saw its first win on the gridiron in three years last fall. Turning the tide and whipping up a- fighting football team this year was new head coach George Ker. The Lions can boast a fine young club, with the average age of the players around 19 years, as Coach Ker eagerly awaits the arrival of next year's football season. Most of the players from this year's squad will be returning for another year, and, with a little luck, the Monarchs should be a first rate ball club. This year the team worked out during practice session to a time schedule. The entire squad was divided into two groups, all those playing offense grouped together and all those playing defense grouped separately. The offense spent two-thirds as much time on offense as on defense. The reverse held true for the defense. Coach Ker, along with new line coach Nick Gio- vinazzo, worked strictly on offensive plays with both units. Mike Wiley and the late Bus Sutherland con- centrated on the defensive plays with both units. The coaches decided to use the platoon system as much as possible. This gave the offensive unit more rest since they were only in the game when Valley had possession of the ball. The defensive unit bene- fited likewise, only playing when th o osin team had the ball. D e PP g During the season. it was Coach Ker's policy to scout each team twice before Valley faced them. The scouts' reports were then coordinated with films of previous Valley encounters and a plan of attack formulated. It has been Ker's policy to get together with his staff every Sunday for about five hours to review films and scouting reports. At these meetings it was decided who would play what position, which defense looked good against certain teams and which offense would be most effective. All of the decisions made were the joint opinions' of the entire coaching staff. The coaches knew few idle hours this season. W'hen they weren't working with the team directly or scout- ing other teams, the Valley coaches were out scouting local high, school games, looking for possible talent for future Valley teams. Coach Ker's building program has been enhanced by a class this spring called field sports which includes all members of the squad and those who are planning to play football next fall. The class drills in running plays, blocking practice, working with weights and general physical conditioning. This year's inexperienced team will be next year's football veterans. The team's expectancy this fall is summed up by Coach Ker, who says, c'There'll be no excuses next year.

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P.E. program. The ancient sport of archery is a popular addition to ValIey's Ancient Sport lives on Dorothy Cromwell, winner ofthe women's fall archery tournament. ,m-,f Sgr f '! no FP 3 1 I -was fs

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I X P A building program PW The late Bus Sutherland barks out orders. '