The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs football team is looking for a few good players.
Head coach of the football program Mark Schott will be looking to improve on the team’s 0-6 season last year and
“We’re expecting a terrific turnout,” said Schott as the camp got underway Monday to Thursday at the school. “We’ve had a lot of interest in our school and some of the co-op schools in our surrounding area. We could have as many as 40 players out per day and a total of any many as 45-50 total players. We’re really excited at the possibilities (that) having those numbers allows us to have at practice going into the fall season.”
Schott said the point of the spring camp is to get an idea for the coaches as to who is coming out for the team in the fall and plan accordingly for the offensive and defensive systems, and some positional identification.
“Some of that is finalized in the fall as well, but from the player’s perspective, it’s a chance as well for them to come out and integrate some new players into our group and for everybody to get into the swing of things and get football on their minds,” Schott said. “For some of the brand new players, they’ll come out and find out what football is all about. We hope that some of those players will come out are excited and they like the experience and they want to be a part of our team moving forward.”
The football season will begin in early September, after practices open up just before school starts in the fall. Schott said the Elecs are going to have a lot of athletic players with speed in the coming season.
“That opens up a lot of possibilities in our personnel groupings on both sides of the ball,” he said. “The skill positions on offence, with receivers and running backs, and the defensive back position on defence. Those are going to be some of our strong suits just based on the personnel.”
The team will be looking to identify some linemen, as it’s always been a difficult thing to search for and find.
“We have some really good linemen, but in terms of the number of linemen we have we’d like to add more to that group,” Schott said.
They won’t be looking for only size, but will also be looking to get technique – being able to establish leverage on an opponent and make a block – down as well.
“Shedding blocks is important,” Scholl said. “It’s not always the biggest guys who are effective at doing that but at those positions when you’re lining up against big players, size definitely helps. We’re looking for players who maybe haven’t played that position before but are open to trying and seeing if that’s a fit for them.”
The coaches for the Elecs will also be helped with the Estevan Lions Club bantam Oilers football coaches throughout the week.
“It’s a good way to integrate the minor football program and the high school program together and create a sense of familiarity with those minor football families and players,” Schott said.
