Before commencing the practice, he had everyone stand up and clap. The usual suspects started dancin and gettin jiggy with it: Delisha Milton-Jones and Shannon Bobbitt, aka the team jokesters. But I couldn't believe my eyes because there was a third dancer - none other than the formerly-serious and intense Betty Lennox. I love it!
Intros before the beginning of the practice......I can't believe they will have to cut 2-3 people from this roster. Ouch.
Next three photos: they warm up with shooting drills.
Every so often, they'd regroup at half-court to talk with coaches Cooper and Marianne Stanley.
Players wait on the sidelines for their turn in the five-woman weave drill.
As the practice drew to a close, there was dancing.......I couldn't catch any of it, but they were most def dancin.
A sweaty Betty Lennox lead the winner of a Candace Parker-autographed ESPN Magazine down to the team for a dance and a presentation.
Aside from the five-woman weave, they did more shooting and featured a one-player run and shoot drill (as she took the pass from her teammate) that competed with the other half of the team across the court.
But I have to be honest: aside from the antics, it was boring. Me and those around me kept waiting for them to break into a scrimmage, and the clock kept ticking down in increments as someone kept re-setting it. We'd think cool, this is it and here comes the scrimmage. It never happened, and it was a let down.
Hopefully the Sparks' other events this season will be more fun-filled.
4 comments:
i remember one sth open practice while ad was the hc. we were let in silence while the practic was taking place; we had been told not to say anything or clap, so as not to 'disturb' the practice. it was a real drag, to be sure.
someone must've gotten the word, cuz the next season we were allowed to clap and yell and cheer. at least we weren't told not to. :)
what a difference in the experience. people were more engaged and i think the players appreciated the interaction, too.
if these events are going to include sth's, they have to make them fun for us. and watching a scrimmage is way funner than watching them just running a play, over and over and over.
scullyfu
p.s. why do tptb make those damned word verification words so hard to read? LOL
I agree with you about the event being kind of boring. It would have been better if there had been a scrimmage.
I put up all of the videos I got from the event including one of Betty dancing. You can embed any of them on here if you want.
http://www.youtube.com/user/sparksfan3
- rhapsody
Thanks, girl.
Oh, and scully - that's nice to know about the Storm practice. Hopefully the LA folks will catch on to that active and engaging thing for next time.
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