One question that did not get answered was from xrayrandy, about eight pages ago:
Unfortunately, there hasn't been much news regarding the workouts since the spring, aside from maybe the players' track meet at the end of May:xrayrandy said:
http://www.coachtressel.com/news/ar...ck Meet&IMAGE=trackmeet_06.jpg&DATE=5/24/2006
Seems OSU has been mum on the subject of what exactly is going on.
Over the past couple of weeks, I know the coaches have been involved in hosting the youth camps and following all of our sage recruiting advice, 108 current and former student-athletes received their degrees at spring commencement, seven football players included in that figure (Troy Smith, Ashton Youboty, Bobby Carpenter, Angelo Chattams, Will Conroy, Rob Harley, and Stephen Winner), and Tressel has brought Eric Lichter on board the staff as the new S&C coordinator/coach.
I know Lichter has been emphasizing speed/strength training for football skills at a position by position basis, as opposed to the general one-size-fits-all weight lifting and exercise programs. To that effect, he's spent the last couple of weeks meeting each player individually and drafting fitness training and nutrition programs for each player, essentially applying what he did as a NFL draft prep trainer to the entire team full-time. This summers' emphasis was on going full-bore early and easing into the fall so that the players could recoup and hit September at the proverbial 105%, as opposed to the generally accepted method of hitting two-a-days in the fall and pushing the team longer and harder, only leaving about 60-70% in the tank when the first game rolls around. The goal is to avoid the flat start and play game one like it's game eleven.
Apparently, another goal of 2006 is to send opponents home in body bags:
"The first thing I told these guys is that there is only really one mentality, and that's the mentality of a predator, of a lion chasing down its prey. When they come into the weight room they have to be focused, and they have to have that predatory mentality, because really they're training their bodies to become hunters, predators, efficient killers."
As for what, specifically, the players are doing in their summer workouts is anybodies guess. More players are graduating on time than are getting arrested, so we're off on the right foot, I guess.
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