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Day 6: Strength & Conditioning
BERKELEY (California, USA) - On Monday-morning, the team had to wake up early, as breakfast was scheduled at 7:30 AM. Hereafter, it was back to the campus of Berkeley for a strength and conditioning training session, which included time in the weightroom.
The players ran stairs, jumped ropes, did conditioning drills and lifted weights in the strengthroom of California Memorial Stadium, the home of the Golden Bears American Football-team of the University of California. There was also a strange sight from the weightroom, as there were tents up the bordering trees behind the stadium and people were actually living in them. They happen to be protesters, who protest against bringing down these trees, which is the plan, due to an expansion of the road, which ran besides the stadium.
After the strength session, it was back to the softball-field for more drills. A hitting circuit was put in place, with the players hitting in the batting cage, putting down bunts and hitting off a tee. Another day of work was in the books.
Players are waiting in the hotel-lobby, before leaving for the campus
Players leave the vans in front of California Memorial Stadium
The home of the California Golden Bears
Time to take pictures of the stadium, before starting practice
Players run the stairs of the stadium to start their training
Conditioning drill outside the stadium
Chantal Versluis (left) and Marjan Smit do the drill
In the back are Kim Kluijskens and Judith van Kampen
Saskia Kosterink (left) and Jolanda Kroesen conclude their drill
In the strenghth & conditioning room, players lift weights
Lynn Geertman rides the bike...
...and Chantal Versluis is pulling weights
One of the tents of the protesting 'tree-people'
The Baseball & Softball-memorabilia and photos of the
California Athletic Hall of Fame in the stadium
Business Manager Caroline Theunissen 'enjoys' the Californian sun at the softball-field
The sun would come out later, making it another attractive and sunny day
Nathalie Timmermans ready to bunt off Dagmar Bloeming
Lynn Geertman is about to bunt the approaching ball
Another training session is concluded with the team running around the field
After completion of today's practice session, the team returned back to the hotel.
In the afternoon/evening, we were invited for dinner at the home of Head Coach Liz Kelly's sister Marsha and her husband Charlie Brock.
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