Word: balestraccis
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...while he’d never admit it—he’s far too humble—Balestracci has done just that in joining the canon of elite Crimson defenders. He’s gone from being good to the best in three years flat...
...strength coach after my sophomore season and that was huge,” Balestracci says. “We were all in good shape, we were all getting stronger, but the gains we’ve made with the strength coach have been a lot bigger…twenty pounds later, I think I’m a lot faster than when I showed...
...three years, [Butler] came in this past off-season and sat down with me and said, ‘You do this well, you do that well, but if you improve yourself here you’re going to be that much better,’” Balestracci says. “‘You’re going to be that much more of a complete player.’ And we worked on pass-rush moves and trying to make the huge play instead of just making regular plays, on putting yourself in position...
Sure, he could have stopped progressing, stopped learning when he was at the top of the heap three seasons ago. But to do that would have been contrary to everything Balestracci has ever known...
...parents instilled in [my brothers and me] that in everything you’re going to do, be the best at it,” Balestracci says. “If you’re going to do something you’re going to do it all the way. You’re not going to take shortcuts or anything like that...