Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scrimage was preceded by a 45-minute signal drill, in which several new lateral passes were tried...
...line, practice consisted chiefly of falling on the ball and work on the charging machine. Later some of the simpler Harvard shifts were tried. The backfield candidates devoted most of their time to catching punts, and also went through a light signal drill. It is expected that teams will be picked for further signal practice either today or Monday...
Barring rain, Coach Fisher plans to begin work on the fundamentals of passing and falling on the ball. This will be continued until signal practice begins the first of next week. The last few days before the spring recess will be devoted in part to scrimmages and more intensive drill. If it proves impossible to start practice today, the spring season will probably continue after the vacation...
...start practice tomorrow, but due to the soft condition of the field, the men will probably not get outdoors until vacation. It is expected, however, that they will have a longer period of spring practice than has been customary in the past. There will be only one week's drill on fundamentals, and then the team will play several informal contests including one game already scheduled with Northeastern University...
...original plans called for three weeks of drill this spring, but the time which has been lost in getting started will not be added at the end, and the length of the practice has been reduced to approximately two weeks. Coach Fisher expects, however, to cover the same amount of work in the shorter period by intensive drill...