Energy was high for everyone on the Oregon Ducks team on Thursday morning as the team took the field for their first practice of the spring season. That was to be expected.
“I haven’t been around a lot of spring practices that weren’t good on day one,” Lanning said on Thursday after practice. “Everybody has juice and energy, a lot of enthusiasm.”
The key is making sure that you can keep that energy up throughout the month of March and into April as spring practice continues. Lanning stressed that on Thursday afternoon, telling his guys that they had no intention of being “one-hit wonders,” but rather that they needed to bring that energy day after day and make sure consistency was built.
It appeared that the consistency was there for the Ducks on Saturday morning as they made their way back out of the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex for their second spring practice of the year. Media members were allowed to watch the first 15-20 minutes of practice, where we once again saw some stretching, both static and dynamic, followed by special teams drills, ball security drills, and a quick individual period.
Here are some of the takeaways from the day.