Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
Yesterday was the beginning of the preseason session for the basketball program that goes by the name of “Boot Camp.” All programs have preseason conditioning, and Kentucky’s past coaches have attempted to get their teams into running shape prior to the season. However with Gillispie, the preseason conditioning has taken on a completely different tone, symbolized by its “Boot Camp” name. But what exactly is Boot Camp, and how does it work? While there has been no official release as to what goes on, I spoke last year with Razor Ramon Palin for a preseason interview for a magazine, and he described a day of Boot Camp thusly:
6 AM — First set of running and sprinting drills
8 AM — Prep and Class
11 AM — Long jog
12 PM — Lunch
1 PM — Class
3 PM — Weight training
4:30 PM — Sprints and other running drills
6 PM — Dinner
7 PM — Tutoring, etc
Now of course this is just one example, but that is a full day…..certainly more than Mosley has ever gotten accomplished in one afternoon. It makes me tired just thinking about it.
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September 30th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
CATS WIN CATS WIN!!!! 5-0!!! BAMA TANKS IT SATURDAY BIG HUGE LIKE THE DOW on MONDAY!!!
September 30th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
pacdermatoligist = Taliban. dont listen to him
September 30th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
“You better tuck that in. Gonna get it caught on a trip wire.”
September 30th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
thats the most racially diverse military picture ive ever seen
September 30th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
^lol
September 30th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Why did Deion Sanders join the military?
September 30th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
with all the clinched fists it looks like they are beating him down.
September 30th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
This picture offends me.
September 30th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
j/k
September 30th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
What’s he crawling in? Brown sugar?
September 30th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
#2 has a tiny pecker.
September 30th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Micah Johnson “did some running and cutting 2 day!! need 2 b at least 85 percent 2 play against bama and im bout 75!!” 8 minutes ago
September 30th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
doesnt seem that hard. and if you fools say im crazy, get your lazy asses in a gym and REALLY work out
September 30th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
micah needs to post up on the bench for one more week. bama is gonna slaughter us, most likely, and we need him for SC and ARK
September 30th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
13. There are 4 hours per day designated to running and conditioning. Do you realize how many sprints you could run in 4 hours? Guarantee you would be brought to your knees if you went through it.
September 30th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
If you don’t want to be called crazy, don’t say crazy things.
September 30th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
If we see a another rash of “stress fractures” I may picket BCG’s practices…and PLEASE no more full out practices the day of a game…. just sayin…
September 30th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
“Two standing orders in this platoon: One, take good care of your feet, Two, try not to do anything stupid, like getting yourself killed.”
September 30th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
17. For God sakes I’m so tired of hearing that. Pitino’s UK teams practiced very hard on gameday, nobody seemed to care then. We’ve got doctors and trainers saying the workouts are fine, yet Tipton and some fans think otherwise.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
11) How would you know? ……….weirdo.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
I’d be curious to know what Razor thinks of his new nickname
September 30th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
ive been thru basic training, pt starts at 430 am and ur only breaks are to eat and puke, these boys got it easy
September 30th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
21.
I know personally that he doesn’t like the other namesake of that nickname very much at all.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
i like it, i love it, i want some more of it, make it hurt drill sargeant make it hurt….
man i hated pt
September 30th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
23- no way. A black guy that supports Obama? The hell you say.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
i was finishing my run this morning around 630 and ran by memorial and saw what i thought was jodie meeks running past me drenched in sweat… now i know why.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
…saw who i thought…
i’m picky
September 30th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
25.
Lets move this discussion back to that other thread that turned into a turd-flinging contest, and leave this one for a discussion of the boot camp.
Ramon Harris is going to be good this year. If he improves his shot, I would say he is NBA material.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
wow, thats a pretty bold statement, what did he average last year like, 3.5 points a game?
September 30th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
7–”Did you order the code red?!”
September 30th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I had a coach in college that liked to turn the heat in the gym as high as he could get. Make everybody wear full sweat gear and set up puke buckets along the sidelines. We ran till everybody on the team puked. And most of the time it was after lunch. I believe Bear Bryant was his favorite coach. I still have nightmares.
September 30th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
28 — WOW. I like your optimism, but WOW. He needs a lot more improvement than on just his shot.
September 30th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Pilgrim is NBA material. Anyone who doesn’t think so, JUST WAIT ! lol
September 30th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
That’s some schedule……it’s hard enough for me to work out 2hrs 3 times a week. I’d be ripped if I had that routine.
September 30th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Boot camp in the military is possibly the hardest thing any young recruits have ever experienced, other than combat. I just know this from my sons who were in the military.
That picture is probably depicting a member of the unit that thought he could not make it and the fellow guys were pushing him to get up and continue. That is the team spirit in the military.
Billy G’s boot camp is in no way comparable to the real thing even though it may be tougher than other college coaches pre-season conditioning and practice.
I am sure that other members here that went through boot camp in the Marines, etc could tell you folks all about it.
October 1st, 2008 at 8:35 am
The purpose of “Boot Camp” is to unite the players early on by giving them an adverse situation they all must face together. They will develop a common ground…..everyone will dread and complain about how hard it is and rightfully so. In the end, our guys will come to realize they must lift one another up in order to get through. Thus, becoming a close knit group. Ultimately, it develops player confidence and FREAK LIKE conditioning going into the season.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:46 pm
#36 That is right on. I read something last season when Joe C and Ramel were sitting outside of Joe Craft and Joe was not sure he wanted to go back to practice…but Ramel (our always optimistic Wildcat and never afraid of any obstacle) told Joe C that he must if he wanted to be a Wildcat.
That first season for them with a new Coach who demanded the best from every player was hard at the beginning of the season, I suppose they had never been pushed before.
If not for Coach G I honestly don’t think Joe would have made it to the NBA. Ramel is another story…he will be successful somewhere. I love both guys. They gave their hearts and souls to the team last season.