Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Prospective Marauders ease into fundamentals

By Brad Brown
HERALD STAFF

Prince Albert Daily Herald
Tuesday, June 6, 2006







For the 77 students attending St. Mary High School"s weeklong spring football camp, the first day was a positive one. The strange part was that they"re all rookies.
“How many of you think you"re going to like football?”? Marauders head coach Curt Hundeby asked at the end of Monday"s workout, drawing a chorus of cheers from the gridiron hopefuls who are to help revive St. Mary"s football program after an 18-year absence.
The enthusiasm was welcome considering Monday"s activity consisted mainly of the most basic of football drills ”? among them form tackling, stance drills, cone drills, agility drills, and light throwing and catching.
St. Mary will field a junior team made of Grade 9s and 10s, and a senior team of Grade 11s and 12s in nine-man leagues in the fall.
Derek Skomorowski is one of those hoping to earn a spot on the senior team.
“I really liked the hitting, even the slow stuff with no equipment we were doing today,”? the Grade 11 student said, adding it"s “definitely”? something he thinks he"ll enjoy.
It wasn"t all easy for Skomorowski, who hopes to play on the team"s defensive line, but he says he"s not deterred in the least.
“It was very tiring,”? he said. “Lots of work, lots more than I expected.”?
The two teams won"t be selected until fall, but Hundeby likes what he sees so far. “They"re all learning from square one ... but there are some very good natural athletes in this group,”? he said. “It"s just a matter of turning these volleyball and basketball players into football players.”?
Players were fitted for equipment after Monday"s practice and will engage in much of the same today, except with pads and a bit more contact.
Hundeby hopes to have a better idea by today where potential players fit in so he can run three or four offensive patterns and some basic defensive coverage before a Friday scrimmage.
“We"re just going to drill the fundamentals into them time and time again,”? he said. “They"re all learning from ground zero, so we don"t want to overwhelm them.”?


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So, this is where Thomas has been after school till 7, each day this week
It's also why we had to go buy cleats on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.


Hope he does well at it, and enjoys it.


4 comments:

  1. Now is that what we over here call American football or what you call Soccer....

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  2. Ian,

    It's called Football, as in American Football.

    We are a backwards nation, I guess.

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  3. You know I never realized until your last post on this subject that St. Mary's disolved their football team. And if there really has been an 18 year absence it happened right after my high school graduation. Does Carlton still have a team. What that town must have been lacking all these years without the consistent rivalry between those two teams. Many of my high school memories revolve around those football games.
    Well I guess you never really can go back home again. At least not how it really was.
    And yes.. I already knew that.

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  4. Good for Thomas, I hope he has fun. And that he doesn't break any bones.

    Of course since my kids attend Carlton, I need to cheer that the Crusaders will crush the Marauders.

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