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Friday, August 15, 1986 The Michigan Daily
Page 12
Training camps no fun for 'lM'athletes
By DAVE ARETIA training camp, she has expected her
It may be camp, but it ain't no pic athletes to run 53 to 55 miles a week
mc. during July and August. And those
Training camp for Michigan fall miles aren't all flat either.
sports teams begin next week, much "WE'VE BEEN doing some hill
to the displeasure of the athletes. workouts," said runner Stephanie
"I'M LOOKING forward to an ex- Robertson, and they're a little bit
citing season," said Michigan senior tougher."
linebacker Tim Schulte, "but I don't Virtually all Michigan athletes are
think anybody looks forward to camp expected to train during the off-
itself. Who would like to eat, sleep, season. Football players, for example
and drink football for two weeks?" are asked to run sprints and middle
Actually, from next Thursday until distances, as well as work out with
September 3, the only thing the weights.
Wolverines will do besides football is THE NCAA, however, limits the
eat, sleep, and drink, amount of supervised pre-season
"We reveille at 6:45," said Schulte, practice for certain teams -
detailing a typical two-a-day workout. specifically basketball, football,
"We go to breakfast, go to meetings hockey, and soccer. Basketball teams
for a while. Get on the field at about cannot start practice until October 15;
9:00. Go to about 11:00. Go have some although NCAA rules vary for foot-
lunch. Take anap. ball, Big Ten teams are limited to 29
"GO DOWN and practice at 3:30, or pre-season practice sessions; and
2:30. Be on the field about three hours. hockey practice can't start until "18
Go have some dinner. Lay around for days prior to the second Friday in Oc-
a little while. Go back down to the tober."
meeting at seven. Meetings sup- The practice limitation rule only ef-
posedly last till 9:30, but we usually go fects those four sports because they
until 10:00, 10:15. We're supposed to are generally the ones that bring in
have 'lights out' at 10:30,10:15. revenue. Without the rule, in other
"From morning to night, you don't words, desperate athletic directors
do anything except football." could call for extra-long training
Football, however, isn't the only camps in hopes of producing money-
sport with a gruelling training camp. making teams.
In fact, field hockey camp goes Other sports, though, can practice
beyond two-a-day practices; the team year round if they want - and the
does three-a-days. Beginning Wed- Michigan baseball team nearly does.
nesday, the team will do running and The team practices from September
drills in the mornings and afternoons, until the snow falls, takes about two Dai y Photo y DAN HAE
and then scrimmage in the evenings. months off, and then practices indoors Michigan senior wide receiver Paul Jokisch will sweat through his final Bo Schembechler training camp, which
"WE GO THREE sessions a day until the season starts in March. Not runs from next Thursday to September 3.
and I think that's pretty demanding, only that, but after the season ends in -
physically, on the players," field June, most of the players play in a There's kids that train hard all the
hockey coach Karen Collins said. "It's summer league until August. time, regardless of what sport they'ren
necessary for us to do that to get ACCORDING TO Peal, it's difficult in and regardless if whether they'reL atsh r
enough practice in before we open in to say which Michigan sport is the male or female. Then there's kids thatrk in
the fall, because our starting gate is most physically demanding, since slack off."
so early." The team's ftrst game is each sport requires different kinds of Not too many football players will , d s c n fo
September 5. training. slack off next week, however. From and second for R ed
Among women's sports, "field "A basketball player, a field hockey wake-up call until "lights out," it will
hockey is probably the sport you need player, a gymnast, a swimmer - they be all football.
to be in the bestshape for," said women's all need to be in their top shape," Peal "Hitting every day, not having any
head trainer Sue Peal. "That's said. "But how they get there is a little breaks...it's just a lot of hard work," (Continued from Page 1) Wolverines currently in the major
probably the hardest sport for which bit different." said Schulte. "But that's what you tonight at second base. In fact, Michigan hasn't turned out
to work out." Peal said some women athletes have to go through." Lind said Larkin's only weakness "star" major leaguer since B
However, women's cross country train just as hard as the men. Emily may be his base running. Freehan caught for the Detroit Tige
practice is no stroll in the park. "Some do, yeah. But then again Daily sports writer "HE NEEDS TO learn to steal in the 1960s and early 1970s:
Although coach Sue Parks was still there's males that train harder than Bridgham filed a report for this bases better," Lind said. "he needs to Lind, however, said Larkin ju
unsure if she would hold an official other males, even within a sport. story. get a better jump and be more might be a star player - or at lea
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