2/26/2008 - Good practice with a bad ending

Today's practice was very organized and very strict on timing. The initial hour of practice was separated into healthy and injured people. Allen lead the injured players to the ARC for a gym workout, and KG lead practice. Practice was structured and organized.

Started promptly at 6pm.

-Warmup & plyos
-Diamond Breakmark drill
New drill, which was done in 2-parts.
-part 1 - focused on the angle of a cut and the throw to open space. The introduction of the concept of an "electric fence," which was an analogy to having an invisible border to no man's land. No man's land is a place on the field that cuts off both the next cutter's cut and the handler's upline cut.
-part 1.5 - phase 1 with defense

In between, there was a scrimmage to 3. The difference in score was the number of 40-yard shuttle runs.

-part 2 - focused on using the clear as another cut. It also imposed the new habit of clearing horizontally across too the other side of the field.
-part 2.5 - phase 2 with defense

Scrimmage to 3.
The difference in score was the number of 40-yard shuttle runs.

Rest and normal scrimmage to 7.
Dark: Box, Sherlock, Miller, Yang, Peter, KG, Jerry, Josh
Lights: Khosh, Phil, Roeder, Stig, Thundercat, Baumer, ChrisP
Sideline: Me, Sam, Allen, Truffles

During the middle of the scrimmage, the grad students needed to go and there were only 6's.

All in all it was a pretty good practice. KG emphasized what he called the ABC's of cutting.
A - Angle (your cut)
B - Breakmark (cut)
C - Clearing (out cut)

At the end, there was a huge argument involving the Wednesday morning track workout between both the officers, and then with KG and the other players. It was very heated, very long, and very loud. I don't think anything actually resolved either.