Practice Starts Next Week

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Practice Starts Next Week

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Coach Ralph said September 28 is the official first day of practice. Vandy will start the next day. By far the earliest start I can remember. They've been doing team workouts for a good while.

Coach Ralph said losing most of last season really set them back, not only in terms of game experience but in terms of training. She said they put together a four-week program when they first arrived just to get the players to the level where they could train at 100 percent. Remember that several players were also coming off major injuries, which made that four-week program even more crucial for them.

To be clear, she wasn't being critical of anyone for how last season ended. She was just answering a question about how much of a setback last year was. She said not training for that amount of time can really be a setback, and that's why the four-week plan was necessary.