Football Practice at Pueblo East High School
 

Master Bendell shows jujitsu pressure points to players.

Dr. Sicher, Bendell Karate third-degree black belt and instructor, pumps up players with high-spirited workouts and constant attention to teamwork.
 

Coach Rick Upchurch teaches players the value of stances, balance, and intensity.

Kicks help develop better balance and coordination. Here blue belt Chelsea helps show the players good kicking form.
 

Master Don Bendell (right) demonstrates to dozens of players at a morning workout, who are linked together and pulling on Bendell's right arm, that one man properly balanced can prevent dozens of others from pulling him over --
unless they use teamwork.
 

Master Don Bendell (using his finger to emphasize his point) lets players know that Coach Upchurch is a winner whose contagious determination and intensity will make them winners as well.
 

Coach Upchurch, former Bronco football star, falls in line with his Pueblo East High School team to work punches in a karate stance. Upchurch is a second-degree black belt who knows the power of the martial arts to motivate a team and to develop skills like balance, quickness, and mental focus on the football field.