The Ferris State football defensive line unit works on drills during practice on Saturday morning in Big Rapids at Top Taggart Field. Below, offensive drills were a part of practice as well. (Photos/Sandy Gholston)
The coaching staff is focused on the fundamentals. And, with the season opener against a very good Hillsdale College team on Sept. 2 in Big Rapids looming on the horizon, Ferris State University knows it has little time to waste to be as well-prepared as possible.
In early practice sessions in Big Rapids this season, the team is focusing, early on, to strengthen the fundamentals.
That means the Bulldogs want to be precise in catching the football, throwing the football, running routes, blocking techniques, tackling techniques and more.
The FSU coaching staff, a veteran staff embarking on another fall preseason practice camp, wants to defy what likely will be lowered expectations when the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference releases its preseason poll (probably next week).
In the GLIAC, the margin for error is relatively small and thus the difference between victory and defeat can be the matter of a few plays in a game.
Ferris will work to iron out the kinks early in preseason practice as it looks to begin putting on pads soon and getting more and more focused on what it will face in week one when the Chargers visit Big Rapids for the season opener at Top Taggart Field on Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m.
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