End of Spring Ball, and some housekeeping

It's always a love hate relationship with Spring football. It's fun to get back out on the field, run around, get ready for next season. But it's still 4 months before fall camp, when the actual work gets done. So as spring ball finishes up, let's take a look back at the last four weeks.

photos courtesy of catdomealumni.blogspot.com

The first week of practice was pretty basic, especially for the veterans. During meetings and film, it was basically "pay attention freshmen...stay awake veterans." On the field, it was pretty much the same, nevertheless it was fun to get out and run around. The hardest part of the first week is getting everyone's legs back, trying to stay healthy and adjusting to being on the field again.

The second week was similar, with the insertion of a few new plays and offensive schemes. The second week was a personal struggle for me. I seemed to catch a bout of shin splints, and only managed to make it through a full practice once. At least it's only Spring ball. Check out Ryan Carlson's (wildcat11) video from catdomealumni.blogspot.com for a brief on week 2.

Friday of the second week was a unique practice. Instead of cleats and turf, it was flip-flops and sandals. A couple coaches (ones who could afford to miss a Friday of their other jobs) and a majority of the players took a trip to Pacific City. It was nice to get away, and we used this time to talk about goals for next year, our motto, and making sure everybody was on the same page as far as what we need to do to get where we want to be next year.

Weeks 3 and 4 were the final two of Spring ball. Shin splints got the best of me, but the progress we made as a whole over these last 8 practices was a good way to slingshot us into a big off-season and get us excited to come to camp in August ready to go.

Linfield also released the 2010 football schedule. It features a rematch of the 2009 1st round playoff matchup with Cal Lutheran in the first game of the season, as well as the biggest game of the year, the Willamette game, in week 3. Check out the full schedule here brought to you courtesy of the Linfield athletic page.

The first wave of 2010 recruits was also released over the weekend. Get the full list and quick players bios here.