by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
Position Specifics put on double duty Saturday.
After a rainout of one of the advanced clinics last weekend, PS had two advanced clinics in one day going from 11 a.m. to about 5 p.m.
A six-hour epic worth every minute.
About 30 local student-athletes attended the first version going through defensive and offensive drills.
With the smaller number of attendees came even more individual attention and repetitions for each camper.
Matoaca’s B.J. Morton was a first-timer and loved every bit of it.
“Anytime you have somebody from the NFL helping you out it can’t be anything but good for you,” said Morton, as former NFL’er Kevin Lewis (Varina High defensive line coach) and current Seattle Seahawk Jonathan Lewis handled the linemen. “Plus the guys at Varina run a good program. I really appreciate what they’re doing for us.”
The usual counselor were out in PS founder Chad Blackstock, the aforementioned Lewis brothers and former Virginia Tech star Mike Crawford.
Former UR wide receiver Dan McNair was the newbie, helping out with the receivers and defensive backs like Thomas Dale’s David Williams, who lit up the first clinic and went to the elite camp with the region’s best and stood out there as well.
“I definitely learned a lot of things about DB,” Williams said, “and then we worked on some footwork drills for quarterback. It’s always good to get work in the offseason, especially on a Saturday morning.”
The elite clinic was filmed and DVDs will be created by Pixar and sent out to colleges to publicize our best.
Attendees are by invite only to the second clinic.
Both camps had special guests in University of Richmond players and NFL prospects Tim Hightower (RB) and Arman Shields (WR), who spoke to the campers.
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