As part of the Senior team’s preparations for the 2016 season, the third and final non-residential training camp of the pre-season takes place this weekend at Bedford International Athletics Stadium.
The weekend kicks off at 8.30am on Saturday morning with a welcome meeting in the BIAS committee room, before the team splits to work on special teams installations.
A lids-only practice session follows heading into lunch, before a review of the film from the recent Kent Exiles scrimmage, second practice session and positional film review in the afternoon and evening.
Sunday starts with another install review and lids-only practice, and ramps up after lunch with a final positional film review and practice in full pads.
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Offensive Coordinator Neale McMaster was very pleased with how the team has come together during this off-season’s training camps so far.
The second non-residential camp of the winter took place in Bedford this past weekend, and was attended by over 50 players across the two days.
Commenting on the sessions, McMaster said:
Offensively, I thought we had a terrific second camp, not just in terms of installing plays, but coming together as a team and a family.
We’ve spent a lot of time together as an offense over the past two camps – over 36 hours – and I really started to notice a difference on Sunday evening’s practice.
We’ve developed the offense and guys have picked it up so quickly, we’ve made the leap now from correcting basic playbook knowledge to correcting technique and minor details, and that normally doesn’t happen until later in the season so it’s pleasing to see that happening so early.
In particular I’ve been impressed with how well our senior players have taken to mentoring our younger rookies, and how much our rookies have progressed in a few camps.
That kind of bond is what makes championship teams, and I’m hoping to see a big performance from our offense in what should be a good test against the Kent Exiles on Sunday.
This weekend the team welcome Kent Exiles to Bedford International Athletics Stadium for a controlled scrimmage, which gives rookies and first-year players valuable game day experience, and an opportunity to embed what has been learnt during the pre-season so far.
As a result of this weekend’s scrimmage there is no practice for the senior team on Sunday. Youth Team training will take place at BIAS on Sunday afternoon between 1 and 3pm.
Defensive Coordinator Darren Hill described himself as being “delighted” with the progress made by the team during this off-season’s training camps.
The second non-residential training camp of the winter took place in Bedford this past weekend, and was attended by over 50 players across the two days.
Commenting on the sessions, Hill said:
The second camp was another great success. Both days saw a combination of scheme install, individual and group skills, film review, group and team practice.
I am delighted with the progress the team is making as a whole and all the players have improved tremendously over the last two days.
This weekend the team welcome Kent Exiles to Bedford International Athletics Stadium for a controlled scrimmage, which gives rookies and first-year players valuable game day experience, and an opportunity to embed what has been learnt during the pre-season so far.
As a result of this weekend’s scrimmage there is no practice for the senior team on Sunday. Youth Team training will take place at BIAS on Sunday afternoon between 1 and 3pm.
As part of the Senior team’s preparations for the 2016 season, the second non-residential training camp of the winter takes place this weekend at Bedford International Athletics Stadium.
The weekend kicks off at 8.30am on Saturday morning with a welcome meeting in the BIAS committee room, before the offense and defense split to work on installations.
A lids-only practice session follows heading into lunch, before a second practice session and positional film review in the afternoon and evening.
Sunday starts with another film review and lids-only practice, and ramps up after lunch with a final positional film review and practice in full pads.
We are always on the lookout for new players, coaches and commercial partners. If you would be interested in joining one of our teams in any capacity please do not hesitate to get in touch.
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The Eagles Senior coaches have hailed the first camp of 2016 pre-season schedule as a huge success.
More than 50 players attended the weekend-long mini-camp, which consisted of a combination of installations, walk throughs, targeted practice sessions and film reviews.
Commenting on the weekend, Defensive Coordinator Darren Hill said:
“Our first ever training camp was a tremendous success. We got our returning players quickly back up to speed, demonstrated to our rookies the standards expected to play football for OVE and embedded a huge amount of both scheme and technique”.
Offensive Coordinator Neale McMaster believes the team is further ahead of where he expected them to be.
“Given that was our first camp, I was delighted with both the enthusiasm and the progress,” he said.
“To be so far along so early in the season is terrific, and it gives us a great platform to build on”.
This weekend the team travel to Cambridge for a scrimmage with the Cambridge University Pythons, and the coaches are looking forward to giving rookies and first-year players exposure to game days, and returning players a chance to knock some rust off ahead of the new season.
“The scrimmage against Cambridge Uni will really cement the plays we have installed and give our rookies much-needed game-like experience,” said McMaster.
Coach Hill added:
“Everyone is looking forward to our scrimmage against Cambridge Uni as a means of solidifying the huge steps we have taken already, as we look towards another challenging schedule in 2016”.
As a result of this weekend’s scrimmage there is no practice for the senior team on Sunday. Youth Team training will take place at Bedford International Athletics Stadium on Sunday afternoon between 1 and 3pm.
