Hi Everyone,
I had the opportunity to do the Rise and Conquer Fantasy Camp this year. What. An. Experience. I highly recommend doing this if you get the chance. I don't know of any other Division I school that offers such unfiltered, unrestricted access to a football team's fall camp. The coaches were all very welcoming, very helpful, and very open while I was there. The staff was also great and happy to answer my questions.
Some of my highlights:
*Sitting in team and position meetings, watching film, learning play terminology
*Watching Tuesday's scrimmage, standing right behind the QB on every play.
*Spending time with Coach Frost at practice, and in his office, talking about football, and non-football related topics.
*Spending time with Coach Chinander as he went over his defense, and how he plans to handle the triple option teams this year.
*Spending time with Coach Walters and breaking down FIU game film from last year.
*Listening to Coach Duval talk about the strength and conditioning program. We are light years ahead already of where we were before, and are aiming to get better.
*The crazy amount of UCF gear I received, including Rise and Conquer shirts, and custom UCF Nike Shoes.
There's more, but I don't want to spoil it for everyone. Go sign up and find out.
A few tidbits to share about the 2017 team for this year from my observations while I was there.
*Defense will still be the strength of this team. We have a really great front 7, potentially the best in the conference. Frankly, I did not see a drop off from last year while I was there.
*Shaquem Griffin is a beast, and already in Defensive Player of the Year form.
*Offense overall is better than last year. We will have more weapons with speed.
*Everything said about Noah Verdal's performance is true.
*Overall I think we will be a better team than last year, though we may face some stiffer competition from teams on our schedule as well as other teams in the conference that also improved.
I had the opportunity to do the Rise and Conquer Fantasy Camp this year. What. An. Experience. I highly recommend doing this if you get the chance. I don't know of any other Division I school that offers such unfiltered, unrestricted access to a football team's fall camp. The coaches were all very welcoming, very helpful, and very open while I was there. The staff was also great and happy to answer my questions.
Some of my highlights:
*Sitting in team and position meetings, watching film, learning play terminology
*Watching Tuesday's scrimmage, standing right behind the QB on every play.
*Spending time with Coach Frost at practice, and in his office, talking about football, and non-football related topics.
*Spending time with Coach Chinander as he went over his defense, and how he plans to handle the triple option teams this year.
*Spending time with Coach Walters and breaking down FIU game film from last year.
*Listening to Coach Duval talk about the strength and conditioning program. We are light years ahead already of where we were before, and are aiming to get better.
*The crazy amount of UCF gear I received, including Rise and Conquer shirts, and custom UCF Nike Shoes.
There's more, but I don't want to spoil it for everyone. Go sign up and find out.
A few tidbits to share about the 2017 team for this year from my observations while I was there.
*Defense will still be the strength of this team. We have a really great front 7, potentially the best in the conference. Frankly, I did not see a drop off from last year while I was there.
*Shaquem Griffin is a beast, and already in Defensive Player of the Year form.
*Offense overall is better than last year. We will have more weapons with speed.
*Everything said about Noah Verdal's performance is true.
*Overall I think we will be a better team than last year, though we may face some stiffer competition from teams on our schedule as well as other teams in the conference that also improved.
