Pirates Inch Closer To First Full-Pad Session
August 06, 2017 | Football
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Second-year head coach Scottie Montgomery guided his squad through a near two-hour practice in shells late Sunday afternoon at the Cliff Moore Practice Complex, which was the Pirates' fourth workout of the preseason.
ECU is scheduled to have an off day on Monday, before returning to the practice Tuesday morning for its first full-pad session.
"Usually when you have a day before an open day, we don't call it an off day, you can sometimes have a bad practice," said Montgomery." We've stacked two really good padded practices with a lot of energy, competition and grown man work out there on the field. On the defensive side of the ball, the team has been led by a bunch of energy from Bobby Fulp, Tim Irvin and Gaelin Elmore. Offensively on third downs, we look like we know what we're doing with our dropback passing and spacing with our receivers, both with the first and second group working with Gardner (Minshew) and Thomas (Sirk). We have to continue to work on our run game. Tyshon (Dye) and Derrell (Scott) both had two big time runs today and I like what I have seen out of that group so far."
The Pirates kicked off the afternoon with a team lunch, which was followed by treatments then individual and special team meetings before hitting the field.
Practice began with a 10-minute walk-through, followed by a special teams warm-up and flex period. The Pirates then moved into group sessions where the offensive line ran through chutes, hit the sleds, performed run and pass blocking drills and continued their footwork technique. The skill positions focused on quarterback drops, releases, routes, run game footwork and ball security. On the defensive side of the ball, slant reps, run reads, pass rush, sled and blitz work were points of emphasis.
During the first team segment, the Pirates had 12 minutes of team vs. the run, followed by three more individual periods, a five-minute 1-on-1 (receivers vs. defensive backs) and seven minutes of 7-of-7 skeleton work. ECU closed out session with 12 minutes of team focusing on third down execution.
Single-game, three-game mini packs and season tickets for all ECU homes games are still available to Pirate Nation and can be purchased by calling the ECU Athletic Ticket Office at 252-737-4500, through the Online Ticket Center, or by visiting the ECU Athletics Ticket Office. For all the latest ticket information, follow the ECU Ticket Office on Twitter (@ecuathletictix).
Up Next:
Tuesday's Practice Time: 10:15 a.m. – 12 noon (ET)
Meet The Pirates: Aug. 12 inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (6-9 p.m.)
Season Opener: Sept. 2 vs. James Madison in Greenville (6 p.m.)
ECU is scheduled to have an off day on Monday, before returning to the practice Tuesday morning for its first full-pad session.
"Usually when you have a day before an open day, we don't call it an off day, you can sometimes have a bad practice," said Montgomery." We've stacked two really good padded practices with a lot of energy, competition and grown man work out there on the field. On the defensive side of the ball, the team has been led by a bunch of energy from Bobby Fulp, Tim Irvin and Gaelin Elmore. Offensively on third downs, we look like we know what we're doing with our dropback passing and spacing with our receivers, both with the first and second group working with Gardner (Minshew) and Thomas (Sirk). We have to continue to work on our run game. Tyshon (Dye) and Derrell (Scott) both had two big time runs today and I like what I have seen out of that group so far."
The Pirates kicked off the afternoon with a team lunch, which was followed by treatments then individual and special team meetings before hitting the field.
Practice began with a 10-minute walk-through, followed by a special teams warm-up and flex period. The Pirates then moved into group sessions where the offensive line ran through chutes, hit the sleds, performed run and pass blocking drills and continued their footwork technique. The skill positions focused on quarterback drops, releases, routes, run game footwork and ball security. On the defensive side of the ball, slant reps, run reads, pass rush, sled and blitz work were points of emphasis.
During the first team segment, the Pirates had 12 minutes of team vs. the run, followed by three more individual periods, a five-minute 1-on-1 (receivers vs. defensive backs) and seven minutes of 7-of-7 skeleton work. ECU closed out session with 12 minutes of team focusing on third down execution.
Single-game, three-game mini packs and season tickets for all ECU homes games are still available to Pirate Nation and can be purchased by calling the ECU Athletic Ticket Office at 252-737-4500, through the Online Ticket Center, or by visiting the ECU Athletics Ticket Office. For all the latest ticket information, follow the ECU Ticket Office on Twitter (@ecuathletictix).
Up Next:
Tuesday's Practice Time: 10:15 a.m. – 12 noon (ET)
Meet The Pirates: Aug. 12 inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (6-9 p.m.)
Season Opener: Sept. 2 vs. James Madison in Greenville (6 p.m.)
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