Stu and Charlie Check In

Hello everyone its Stuart Holden and Charlie Davies AKA room 208C AKA better bloggers than Sacha and Benny.

We are coming in live from sunny and hot Bradenton, Florida. Right now we are just hanging out enjoying our free afternoon, listening to music and dancing. Today we are all going out for a sushi dinner and maybe enjoying a movie in the theater. I know it doesn't sound too exciting, but for us this is a big deal because we have been on the IMG campus for a solid 5 days without too much entertainment.

We all arrived in Bradenton by Sunday night and it was good to see everyone again as we get ready to begin our quest to qualify for Beijing this summer. Everyone is really eager to get out on the field on March 11th in Tampa. We've had a couple double days of training so far and a game against Creighton, you can see the highlights here. Everyone now is starting to feel the effects of Randy Rocha's workouts - thanks Randy, maybe you should work on the back of your shins before you kill our legs even more.

Our favorite activity (aside from training) has been our regeneration sessions in the pool. This may not sound like too much fun to the casual reader, but our "wash machine" as Coach Peter would say, involves diving catches into the deep end with an American football or brand new tennis balls, which can be found by the dozens here. Needless to say these activities aren't encouraged by our coaches, but do draw a lot of laughs. Quarterback Chad Barrett has yet to let anyone else throw the ball for the duration of camp, and Kamani Hill has been known to be the worst receiver so far with 0 catches in 20 attempts.

Thats all for now folks, we will be checking in soon so stay tuned!

Stu and Chuck