A Window into 1st Mini Camp, Day 1

[Sandan]

DL Drill

Defending a outside run

OL Drills.

Mirror your partner and get your shoulders at the right angle

OL Ball Drill (from Jo's article)

Note the WRs coming off together as Jo descibed.

And last but not least ... Feeding time at the Zoo

 

[green machine]

Awesome pics, those plus that article make me excited for Cards football to start!

 

[Sandan]

For those who were interested Big is #75 and you can see for yourself how he looks

 

[azdad1978]

Good job Ian,Jo and Skkorp!!! Keep up the good work!!!

 

[Pariah]

C. Pace, W. Bryant and D. Johnson, right? Was the instruction in this drill for the DT to remain in the three-point stance until the DE's had already left?

 

[Sandan]

No idea what the plan was

 

[KingofCards]

C. Pace, W. Bryant and D. Johnson, right? Was the instruction in this drill for the DT to remain in the three-point stance until the DE's had already left?

Doubt it, looks like W. Bryant was a little slow out of the blocks on this drill.

 

[CardinalChris]

Anybody notice... is that a coach running in the outside running defense drill???

 

[Sandan]

Anybody notice... is that a coach running in the outside running defense drill???

Yes

 

[thirty-two]

Awesome pics, thanks so much!

 

[vince56]

For those who were interested Big is #75 and you can see for yourself how he looks

He looks smaller. He looks fit and trim for an OL to me, and by those pics he appears to be near in size to the other O-Linemen.

-edit- Oh, BTW, thanks Ian for the pics and your time. You guys do a great job and give a perspective mainstream media just can't.

 

[az1965]

Great pics, nidan! Thanks!

 

[az1965]

For those who were interested Big is #75 and you can see for yourself how he looks

He looks to be in good condition. How does "slow" Clement looks? How is he coming along in this fast paced training?

 

[BigRedArk]

Great pics and info. Love the detail!!!! Is this quite a contrast from McGinniss era? Does it seem like there is a lot more teaching and instruction going on so far? It sounds like maybe the players will be expected to be in better shape than previously perhaps would you say also? Go Cards!!! I can't wait till next year!!!!

 

[artp]

I love the smell of mini-camp in the morning. Smells like victory.

 

[JeffGollin]

As the "shelf life" of this sticky begins to grow a bit frayed around the edges, perhaps its thread-name could be changed to something like "Mini Camp #1 Photo Album" and kept on the site for us to go back to from time to time.

Who took the photos? They're (a) clear and (b) the rapid-fire technique of creating a series of progressive shots was outstanding - they helped us better understand what was really happening out there.

 

[Sandan]

Who took the photos? They're (a) clear and (b) the rapid-fire technique of creating a series of progressive shots was outstanding - they helped us better understand what was really happening out there.

I took them with my Cannon Powershot A70. It has a multishot buffer mode. Press and it clicks off a shot every 1/3 of a sec for about 6 shots.

What you saw there was the good ones, there are many more where I missed the action completly.

 

[MadCardDisease]

how much do those Medicine balls wiegh?

 

[Skkorpion]

I'm closing this thread and removing the sticky so it will just move off the page very soon.

Please just let it go. I'm actually fighting the urge to delete it entirely. Other media outlets haven't shown this kind of detail and we won't either until Flagstaff camp.

 

[Red Air Force]

I'm closing this thread and removing the sticky so it will just move off the page very soon.

Please just let it go. I'm actually fighting the urge to delete it entirely. Other media outlets haven't shown this kind of detail and we won't either until Flagstaff camp.

Eh? Please explain.

 

[Skkorpion]

Eh? Please explain.

I changed my mind. These are just photos of drills. I think we can show them. With a new coach, we just have to tread softly. Don't want to get on Denny's bad side.

 

[az1965]

I changed my mind. These are just photos of drills. I think we can show them. With a new coach, we just have to tread softly. Don't want to get on Denny's bad side.

There must be policies and guidelines regarding this. What is wrong if it remains within the guidelines?? If others are not doing, it is because of crapy reporting...

 

[Rats]

There must be policies and guidelines regarding this. What is wrong if it remains within the guidelines?? If others are not doing, it is because of crapy reporting...

No...I think they just have limited space and have to justify putting in certain photos and content. They arent intentionally giving crappy reports but it sure is nice to have an open not for profit site that can give us an excellent glimpse of what is going on. Thanks Nidan, Jo, and Skorp...the best reporting yet....

 

[Ryanwb]

how much do those Medicine balls wiegh?

The ones I used in high school/college were 17.6 lbs....I'm not sure if there is some sort of international coalition on medicine ball weight equality or something.

 

[Pariah]

Doubt it, looks like W. Bryant was a little slow out of the blocks on this drill.

I was simply using sarcasm to bring to light that Bryant looks pretty slow off the whistle in this drill...