Friday, August 4, 2017

Tomsula adds boxing drills to Redskins conditioning

6:23 AM    
RICHMOND | After two hours of practice

under the blazing sun, when their bodies are most exhausted. is when Redskins defensive line coach Jim Tomsula chooses to ask for a little something extra. He and his charges head over to a small field next to the main practice field at the team’s training camp facility for some boxing work.
While teammates shed layers of gear and head back inside, the linemen chase Tomsula and strength and conditioning coach Chad Engelhart up and down the field practicing uppercuts and jabs.
“Terrible,” defensive lineman A.J. Francis said, chuckling. “I would say the boxing has been terrible.”
“It’s one of those things that sucks but you’ve got to do it for the concept for what he’s trying to put on us,” Francis went on. “It helps to stay low in our pads, be used to staying low. Our legs are dying when we’re doing the boxing but when you’re low on the field it doesn’t really affect us because we’re used to doing it for so long.”
Francis echoed what Tomsula and other defensive linemen said about doing extra conditioning work after practice. They’re pushed to the point where they feel like they’re going to pass out or throw up, then asked to do more. The