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http://blogs.twincities.com/gophers...s-to-take-advantage-of-new-ncaa-summer-rules/
Spring practice is a week away. But Gophers football coach Jerry Kill is already looking forward to the summer when an NCAA rule is put into action allowing coaches to meet with their players.
The NCAA agreed on the eight-hour weekly workout rule for eight weeks of summer in football in October. It had already been in place for basketball. The only difference is that Football Bowl Subdivision players can only interact with coaches for team video, weight lifting and conditioning sessions.
“We can actually, instead of voluntarily, we can go ahead and make them lift weights, which has not been in the past,” Kill said Monday. “Then you get a chance to spend time with them in the film room. It’s still got to stay within the eight-hour rules. We can’t go out there and practice with them. But the NCAA has bent a little bit so you can actually have some meeting time.”.
– Probable No. 1 quarterback Mitch Leidner continues to impress Kill, especially as a leader this offseason.
“He gets everybody lined up, takes charge and goes “Hey, Let’s go! This is the way it’s going, men! This is what we’re going to do!” Kill said Monday. “He lined them up and every single drill and exercise we did, we were like that (Kill snapped his finger). We haven’t had somebody step out of the box in leadership roles (before).”
Senior safety Cedric Thompson is also understanding the responsibilities that he has to take on as a leader on defense.
The Gophers have a rule that if a player misses a class he will have to run. If he misses class twice, then the whole position group has to run. And the guy who made the mistake has to watch his teammates sweat.
Thompson told Kill it wasn’t easy to do but he would try to keep all of his secondary teammates in line.
“He embraces that idea,” Kill said. “He said, ‘I want to be the leader.’ We haven’t had those type of situations since I’ve been here. I’m encouraged by that. Each year we get a little better. Each year the schedule gets tougher. But if you want to win and be successful, you’re going to have to do that.”
Spring practice is a week away. But Gophers football coach Jerry Kill is already looking forward to the summer when an NCAA rule is put into action allowing coaches to meet with their players.
The NCAA agreed on the eight-hour weekly workout rule for eight weeks of summer in football in October. It had already been in place for basketball. The only difference is that Football Bowl Subdivision players can only interact with coaches for team video, weight lifting and conditioning sessions.
“We can actually, instead of voluntarily, we can go ahead and make them lift weights, which has not been in the past,” Kill said Monday. “Then you get a chance to spend time with them in the film room. It’s still got to stay within the eight-hour rules. We can’t go out there and practice with them. But the NCAA has bent a little bit so you can actually have some meeting time.”.
– Probable No. 1 quarterback Mitch Leidner continues to impress Kill, especially as a leader this offseason.
“He gets everybody lined up, takes charge and goes “Hey, Let’s go! This is the way it’s going, men! This is what we’re going to do!” Kill said Monday. “He lined them up and every single drill and exercise we did, we were like that (Kill snapped his finger). We haven’t had somebody step out of the box in leadership roles (before).”
Senior safety Cedric Thompson is also understanding the responsibilities that he has to take on as a leader on defense.
The Gophers have a rule that if a player misses a class he will have to run. If he misses class twice, then the whole position group has to run. And the guy who made the mistake has to watch his teammates sweat.
Thompson told Kill it wasn’t easy to do but he would try to keep all of his secondary teammates in line.
“He embraces that idea,” Kill said. “He said, ‘I want to be the leader.’ We haven’t had those type of situations since I’ve been here. I’m encouraged by that. Each year we get a little better. Each year the schedule gets tougher. But if you want to win and be successful, you’re going to have to do that.”
