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Golden does dodgeball, water baloon fights and home run derbys.
Meyer does mat drills http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?id=1993858
"Our purpose," Meyer says, "was to get rid of people." 2005
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"In everything we do," Meyer said, "there's a winner and a loser."
The Gators are divided into eight teams, and Marotti designs drills that accomplish his strength goals through competition. Speed work is done on Mondays. Wednesdays are for mat drills, which are mainly agility exercises that were the earliest form of winter conditioning.
On Thursdays, the Gators participate in "Run for the BCS," in which they are split into eight teams and put through a variety of strength competitions and drills. The winning teams "advance" to the "Rose Bowl," while the losers move on to other bowls that Meyer refuses to identify so as not to hurt feelings.
On Fridays, no one is saying TGIF.
Instead, it's "Full Metal Jacket Friday," Meyer said, referencing the military term and the 1987 movie of the same name. "Fridays are real hard. You've got to either walk out or finish the drill. Walk out is the easy decision. Finish the drill."
Every drill that involves running has a cone at the end to designate a finish line.
"If one person on your team quits, you have to start over," Siler said. "You got to dig deep for that. On one drill we went back 10 times. You got to go back when you're that much tireder. Give your all the first time. You got to dig deep for your team."
At the end of each session are "fourth-quarter finishers," special drills that Marotti has created to capture both the players' imagination and their last ounce of sweat — and not in that order. They may be as basic as push-up competitions. The Gators flip tires. They throw 150-pound sandbags.
"I hate to say you make it fun," Marotti said. "It's not fun. It's work. But you got to make sure you make it fun."
The most fiendish is the simplest. Two players grab opposite ends of a towel. They conduct their own personal tug of war.
"It's over when you take it out of his hand or he takes it out of yours," Siler said. "If you let go, you got to go all over again. You can't even pull because your arm is stuck. Somebody is going to let go. Five seconds, 10 minutes. Who has heart? Who has will? C'mon now. Hold the towel."
He looks down at his hands. On some nights, he said, they have been so tender that he can't pick up the TV remote. He slides it along the table and punches up the channel.
"Old school," Siler said with a grin. "No gloves. Got plenty of blisters. Old school, all old school. When it's time to fight and squeeze, it's all old-school stuff. There ain't no machine that makes you squeeze like that."
Meyer does mat drills http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?id=1993858
"Our purpose," Meyer says, "was to get rid of people." 2005
Excerpt-
"In everything we do," Meyer said, "there's a winner and a loser."
The Gators are divided into eight teams, and Marotti designs drills that accomplish his strength goals through competition. Speed work is done on Mondays. Wednesdays are for mat drills, which are mainly agility exercises that were the earliest form of winter conditioning.
On Thursdays, the Gators participate in "Run for the BCS," in which they are split into eight teams and put through a variety of strength competitions and drills. The winning teams "advance" to the "Rose Bowl," while the losers move on to other bowls that Meyer refuses to identify so as not to hurt feelings.
On Fridays, no one is saying TGIF.
Instead, it's "Full Metal Jacket Friday," Meyer said, referencing the military term and the 1987 movie of the same name. "Fridays are real hard. You've got to either walk out or finish the drill. Walk out is the easy decision. Finish the drill."
Every drill that involves running has a cone at the end to designate a finish line.
"If one person on your team quits, you have to start over," Siler said. "You got to dig deep for that. On one drill we went back 10 times. You got to go back when you're that much tireder. Give your all the first time. You got to dig deep for your team."
At the end of each session are "fourth-quarter finishers," special drills that Marotti has created to capture both the players' imagination and their last ounce of sweat — and not in that order. They may be as basic as push-up competitions. The Gators flip tires. They throw 150-pound sandbags.
"I hate to say you make it fun," Marotti said. "It's not fun. It's work. But you got to make sure you make it fun."
The most fiendish is the simplest. Two players grab opposite ends of a towel. They conduct their own personal tug of war.
"It's over when you take it out of his hand or he takes it out of yours," Siler said. "If you let go, you got to go all over again. You can't even pull because your arm is stuck. Somebody is going to let go. Five seconds, 10 minutes. Who has heart? Who has will? C'mon now. Hold the towel."
He looks down at his hands. On some nights, he said, they have been so tender that he can't pick up the TV remote. He slides it along the table and punches up the channel.
"Old school," Siler said with a grin. "No gloves. Got plenty of blisters. Old school, all old school. When it's time to fight and squeeze, it's all old-school stuff. There ain't no machine that makes you squeeze like that."
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Anyone have insight into how grueling Canes' practices are?
There was a quote from a player on the 2001 championship team who said the practices were harder than the games. That's how it should be. Going through challenging practices makes the games easier.
Golden gives the team days off when they're tired.
There was a quote from a player on the 2001 championship team who said the practices were harder than the games. That's how it should be. Going through challenging practices makes the games easier.
Golden gives the team days off when they're tired.
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this....he would be someone who could talk to the media and pump up people's feelings...keep him away from anything football related, such as coaching, game day preparation
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Of Course what type of question is that!
Golden would be the best weather reporter there is on the team because all he sees is ****!ng Clouds!!
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You're confusing what was said then. The comment, I don't remember it exactly, but the competition was tougher in practice than playing games. Simply put, we had a ton of talent, even the second team was better than our opposition. It wasn't a comment about grueling practices.