Practice Recap - Tuesday July 15 2008

Well, where did all that rain come from??? It was really wet. There was no lightning around so we went forth with practice.

I changed up the warm-up routine as Frank does not seem to care about the breakdown stuff. We all agree that our players need better legs. As a result of this i substituted the breakdown with a set of squats. After practice, speaking with Tony, it was decided that we should do at least two sets of these.

We took the entire team down to the sled area today. We ran the entire team through the same drills we did yesterday. It was a good opportunity to see some of the others that i had not seen recently. For instance, i have only seen Seth practicing i think twice. Some the kids really got into it and are starting to pull from within to hit harder. It is coming but it is slow. As i mentioned we did the same drills, this included running the chute.

While doing the chute it is noteworthy to mention that Joseph knocked Coach Tony down to the ground. It was riot and got everyone laughing. Tony said that it was emotional support. Yeah, right. It was very good for the group as more tried to do the same.

After about an hour the team headed back up front. At this point we separated into our groups to do individual drills. In the OL/DL group we did one on one blocking drills.

My Thoughts
It was really nice to work with the skill players. I think the drills we are completing are great for getting out the aggressive side. This is definitely something that we need, as a team.

I do think though that we should break the entire team into two groups at two different stations. This allows the players to get more reps.

In the individual session, i saw some good work and some bad work. The players do seem to be coming off the ball they just are not explosive. They don't have the bad intentions that we are looking for. I need someone to step up to the plate.

Ranking the Lineman

1. Andrew Kirkland
2. Peter Makerides
3. Jordan Holder
4. Kristian Santana
5. Dallas Veale
   
6. Sage Larson
   
7. Kyle Norris
8. Tony Alvarez
9. Wyatt Brimner
10. Joshua Cardinal
11. Nicholas Yeagley
12. Ihram Cabellero
13. Todd Woodmansee
14. Tyler Lumpkin

I am also seeing that our OL do not have the footwork needed to remain square in front of the defender.

Defensive line speaking, without any instruction at all there is a good portion of the guys that already know how to bull and jerk....