Michigan: School's In Session
Mike Hart put the running backs through position drills, teaching the campers basics such as taking a handoff and how to hold onto the ball. It's like any other camp -- except the would-be tailbacks at Michigan's Women's Football Academy just happen to look a lot like mom.
The full-day camp, which raised more than $180,000 to benefit the Coach Carr Cancer Fund, offered 500 participants an opportunity to learn how to play the game. They went through drills, position instruction and offensive, defensive and special teams strategies, and concluded with a scrimmage in Michigan Stadium -- all under the tutelage of Wolverines players and staff.
"It's funny because it's a lot of older women that come in and they're just there to have a good time, so we just get to mess around with them and they just like taking pictures ... it's a great time," Hart said.
The academy is just one of the activities the Wolverines take part in to raise money for the Carr Cancer Fund, all while spending valuable time away from the game. Players also participated in the Carr Wash. While his teammates were off scrubbing down vehicles, Heisman-hopeful Hart avoided the work by signing autographs.
"The first half I was signing stuff, [and] the second half I got out there and sprayed some cars down," Hart said. "I wasn't doing too much washing; leave that to the younger guys."
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