Nazareth Clinic 09

• setting up
  

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• pre-clinic warm up
  

• Naz team warm ups
  

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• arrival
  

• a few warm up shots
  

• Corey Nash takes a shot
  

• 3 man shooting drill
  

• Smiley and Corey
  

• Teams warm up lap
  

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• stretching together
  

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• Meeting of the Minds
  

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• Setting up the first drill
  

• Plenty of water on such a hot day
  

• Setting up the first drill
  

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• Last minute instruction
  

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• Working the drill
  

• Darnell showing how defense is played
  

• Ethan showing his skills
  

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• Coach Gilbertson gives some advice
  

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• Jake and Ben hold the defensive line
  

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• teams huddle up and prepare for the next station
  

• Battling for the ball
  

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• Jonah and Alex pursue Darnell
  

• Michael Roby
  

• Ziad and Ben fight for control, while Jake waits to pounce
  

• Casey takes on Alex
  

• Using four passes to set up the long ball
  

• Naz players discuss moving as a unit
  

• Mo and his mates prepare to show'em how its done
  

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• naz players discuss the importance of the triangle defense
  

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• Now it's our turn.....
  

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• Coach Gilbertson gives some final instructions
  

• Corey, Alex, Ben and Casey
  

• Casey hits his mark
  

• Smiley moves to hit his mark
  

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• Caoch gilbertson talks about the importance of body positioning for defense
  

• John hits the mark
  

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• Ziad closes in
  

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• Ethan, Z, Roby and Jake
  

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• Darnell and the Naz players run it together
  

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• "Gettin low, low, low, low..."
  

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• One-v-One drills
  

• Naz players talk about the importance of "closing in" quickly
  

• Ziad and Jake
  

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• Ziad and Ben, Kyle and Roby
  

• Jake and Smiley battle it out
  

• Ben shuts down Alex
  

• Mo looks on as Alex and Ben chase down the ball
  

• Coach talks about not "overcomitting on defense"
  

• Then he shows'em how its done
  

• Ethan and Jonah work it out
  

• Casey looks on as Roby and Darnell fight for the ball
  

• Corey watches as Z, Casey and Darnell run the 2-v-2
  

• Naz players demonstrate the 2-v-2
  

• Kyle watches closely as Mo takes control of the ball
  

• Ethan, Kyle, John and Jonah have a run at it
  

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• Smiley, Casey, ben and Alex have a go at it
  

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• Receiving one on one instructions from the Naz guys
  

• Roby, Casey and Darnell watch there teammates run 2-v-2
  

• As do jake and Z
  

• Corey, Alex and Ben
  

• Darnell, Casey, Smiley and Roby have a turn
  

• Jonah and Kyle work against John and Ethan
  

• John gets low on "D"
  

• Z and Jake take on Roby and Darnell
  

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• Taking a much needed break
  

• Ethan follows the ball and......
  

• ....says "Not in my house!"
  

• Ethan denies another opportunity
  

• The Naz keepers
  

• Smiley puts one on goal
  

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• Ethan moves to cover...
  

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• Denied again
  

• and again
  

• Ben dives, making contact and...
  

• "Juuust a bit outside...tried for the corner and missed"
  

• Ethan scrambles to cover the weak side
  

• and makes the save!
  

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• Corey follows up his shot
  

• Darnell laces one on target
  

• John finds the target
  

• Darnell finishes his shot
  

• Ethan steps up for another shot
  

• Mo is denied by the sprawling Ethan
  

• Ethan pushes Alex's diving header aside
  

• Ethan takes to flight to make another incredible save
  

• Ethan steps in for another round
  

• Ending with a scrimmage
  

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• Danny shields his eyes as much as possible from the glare off of Coach's dome piece
  

• Smiley takes on Corey
  

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• Thank you Lynn for helping to make this possible
  

• The three stooges
  

• Penalty shots
  

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• Ethan spreads his wings
  

• He makes one,
  

• two,
  

• three,
  

• huge saves before one finally got past him
  

• Diving to make another.....
  

• A great partnership
  

• Ending with a little humor