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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2013 17:33:38 GMT -5
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Post by sienasaints0 on Oct 1, 2013 9:32:31 GMT -5
Great chance to see the new squad in person. Very exited about this season
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 10:34:13 GMT -5
Wait til they see my jumper. It's so smooth, it never hits anything.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 14:19:13 GMT -5
Wait til they see my jumper. It's so smooth, it never hits anything. Unless there's no nets, that's not a good thing....lol |
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Post by hankla on Oct 1, 2013 20:07:24 GMT -5
Today I attended practice . This is the tenth Siena coach's ( going back to Bill Kirsch) practice that I have observed. I have never before seen the level of intensity shown today. If tough practices translate into wins there will be more of them then most expect.
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Post by th24 on Oct 1, 2013 20:30:28 GMT -5
That's GREAT!
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Post by nolesaint on Oct 2, 2013 10:18:11 GMT -5
Today I attended practice . This is the tenth Siena coach's ( going back to Bill Kirsch) practice that I have observed. I have never before seen the level of intensity shown today. If tough practices translate into wins there will be more of them then most expect. Can you elaborate a little since there are many things I can think of that you could be applying "intensity" too when talking about a team practice. Thanks! |
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Post by playerparentcoach on Oct 2, 2013 11:56:59 GMT -5
Today I attended practice . This is the tenth Siena coach's ( going back to Bill Kirsch) practice that I have observed. I have never before seen the level of intensity shown today. If tough practices translate into wins there will be more of them then most expect. I am sure you noticed that they compete in every drill and every drill works a part of the offense or defense..with end to end transition ...Saints will run....Etherly told me during the visit that the way they run in practice helped them in the games....they run non stop in practice and compete hard vs eachother.... |
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Post by IndianSaint on Oct 3, 2013 7:09:24 GMT -5
Go Siena, thank you for the info. However, other than this post, I can't find any official announcement of this event (i.e., not on Siena's website, no Saints Alive/Season Ticket Holders'/Alumni mailing/emailing, not in Tu or 4guysinblazers). Can you elaborate where this flyer originated/distributed.
I'm sure Siena would want more than this site to be the official advertisement. Do you work for Siena and released this prior to the official college release?
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Post by DelmartianEd on Oct 3, 2013 7:10:42 GMT -5
It was an email to season ticket holders. Check your spam folder, maybe?
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Post by IndianSaint on Oct 3, 2013 7:16:38 GMT -5
It was an email to season ticket holders. Check your spam folder, maybe? Thank you. That must be it. Normally, all Saints Alive/Athletic Dept/Alumni emails get through. See many of you there but I won't know who most of you are (don't know more than 10 or so people by their User ID name). |
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Post by playerparentcoach on Oct 3, 2013 7:19:07 GMT -5
Go Siena, thank you for the info. However, other than this post, I can't find any official announcement of this event (i.e., not on Siena's website, no Saints Alive/Season Ticket Holders'/Alumni mailing/emailing, not in Tu or 4guysinblazers). Can you elaborate where this flyer originated/distributed. I'm sure Siena would want more than this site to be the official advertisement. Do you work for Siena and released this prior to the official college release? It is the same day the school is having an open house type day...that has been advertised with school event listing and welcome pack |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 8:33:43 GMT -5
Today I attended practice . This is the tenth Siena coach's ( going back to Bill Kirsch) practice that I have observed. I have never before seen the level of intensity shown today. If tough practices translate into wins there will be more of them then most expect. Can you elaborate a little since there are many things I can think of that you could be applying "intensity" too when talking about a team practice. Thanks! The "intensity" that hankla mentioned is present in all, and I mean ALL, of the drills, games, shooting repetitions, etc. that the coaches use in each practice. A 'new to Siena' piece of equipment (a bubble top - my words) was used in a very physical, intense, fast paced rebounding drill on Tuesday. The bubble top is a large ring clamped to the top of one basket with multiple (6 or 7 - hard to tell from our seats) hemispherical hard "bubbles" on top. Unpredictable rebounds come off every shot at the hoop. The drill is run with a three man offensive team and a three man defensive team - a defensive rebound is a point and if the runout to the opposite hoop results in a hoop the defense gets those points. The offensive team gets one point each time they manage three offensive rebounds before the defense scores a point. Layup drills off full court runouts (three men) go end to end with players switching on and off - they collectively have to make X number of shots without a miss in a fixed amount of time. A miss before the number gets a suicide and then a restart at zero. During earlier season small group conditioning workouts the coaches employed small traffic cones in a line radiating out from the hoop - after one sequence the line is moved - three locations were used - from the block out toward the foul line extended (both sides) and one from in front of the hoop towards center court. The cones were about 2 feet apart. The drill was run with a player running from under the hoop out through the gaps cutting back towards the hoop and taking a pass and then shooting. Once a player made a shot through the first gap, the next player in line had to go through the second gap - if the player in front of him had missed he would go through the same gap that player had missed from. Once they went through all four gaps with shots made, the next player had to run to the top of the cone line and then cut back and forth between all of the cones before receiving the coach's pass. Very intense and focused as each player had to pay attention to what the player in front did in order to determine what he had to do - very fast paced as once a player took his shot the next player started to run his sequence. Maurice White really impressed me with both his shooting and his footwork on this drill - he could go on Dancing with the Stars! Almost all of the drills are competitive - Jimmy loves the concept of "game" and divides up the "games" into innings - lots of baseball analogies (as well as from other sports). If a player screws up he hears about it and then gets to repeat the play, shot or whatever. Coaches are all very involved and very vocal. Water breaks are short and the players never sit. Lots of running and then lots of running some more. These guys will be in Hewitt like condition for games this year. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 9:16:26 GMT -5
Great recap Misspractice, two questions: how are the bigs withstanding the drills? How about foul shooting?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 9:38:05 GMT -5
Great recap Misspractice, two questions: how are the bigs withstanding the drills? How about foul shooting? That's one more improvement that I see coming from this staff. The small group conditioning drills were set up with like position players in each four man group - that wasn't always the case in the past (certainly not during the last three years!). So the bigs (Imoh, Javion, Michael and Marcus) worked together and did some of the same drills (ball handling, footwork) that the guards did but also some more tailored to their position, e.g., rebounding, shot blocking, post moves, etc.. They are handling their own spots well during the drills and don't seem any more (or less!!!) tired than their other teammates. Free throw shooting is worked into the various games that Jimmy uses and separate free throw shooting evolutions have been employed since day one. |
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