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catmandoo
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posted 10-22-2012 08:45 AM
Sounds like Twany is playing with passion.
It’s hard to believe, but the Cats have already had 12 practices since opening the season at Big Blue Madness.
They practiced twice a day last Saturday and Sunday and twice a day again this weekend. In between the weekend workouts, they practiced four times during the week.
After some early growing pains, it’s fairly obvious that John Calipari has another supremely talented team. They’re as young as ever and have even more to learn than his previous three UK teams, but the pieces are there to have yet another special team.
•If you remember back to last Sunday’s video report from Calipari, he said he was “depressed” after the morning workout and “inspired” by his team’s resolve in the afternoon session. By no means have the practices been perfect since, but they have been pretty good. It seemed like the players needed a little bit of an eye-opener last Sunday to make them realize that they have to bring it every day at Kentucky.
•Twany Beckham has returned from his back injury and is not making life easy for Alex Poythress. Calipari has been on Poythress to play hard all the time, but nobody in the first week made him pay the price for taking plays off when he gets tired. Beckham has changed that. Embracing his role as a defensive stopper, Beckham has been all over Poythress and made things extremely difficult for him. He’s physical and is forcing Poythress to step his game up.
•The dreaded treadmill is back in the corner of the gym. If a player isn’t giving it his hardest or loses in certain drills, they get so many seconds on the treadmill going about 10 miles per hour. Coach Cal will often have strength and conditioning coach Mike Malone turn it on just as a motivational tool. It’s funny how the hum of a treadmill can make the players go just a little bit harder.
•Really love this quote Calipari used Sunday (and talks about in the video above): “Let’s sweat today so we don’t have to bleed tomorrow.”
•After Archie Goodwin fired a dart at Willie Cauley-Stein, Coach Cal pointed out that not every big is going to be able to catch those passes because Cauley-Stein played wide receiver in high school. “You’re throwing it to the leading receiver in Kansas,” Calipari said. “You threw a rocket at him. If you would have thrown that at Nerlens, he wouldn’t have caught it.” Noel actually has a football pedigree as well and was laughing as Goodwin tried to explain that Noel can catch the ball as well.
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rlt4uk
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posted 10-22-2012 05:05 PM
You've got to love coach cal. To have the players laugh at him like he's nut you know their having fun. watch the video and you'll see what i'm refering to.
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