The Journey of Packers Training Camp
As I pull in the parking lot of Ray Nitschke Field, I am thinking of where I am going to set my stuff up and stay there. I am also thinking of the main guys that I want to get. It isn't a easy process, especially sitting in 85-90 degree weather for two and a half hours, outside not doing anything besides waiting for the buzzer to blow, allowing the packers to come out off the practice field.
It is a great day to watch a Packer practice, and I get my stuff ready for autographs. We get in the car to drive to Green Bay, Wisconsin. After driving for 45 minutes, I rush out of the car and get set in a spot to sit for a couple hours. I hear people around me saying ¨Here comes someone on a bike,¨ or someone asking …show more content…
Around that time, I will get a chair from our car and sit and depending on what time the practice is, I will grab a quick snack to eat and a drink. Then I sit in my chair and study the new roster and learn what each guy's number is. It is a struggle because player come and go, so you are learning new faces, names, and numbers. Some other people stay by the fence I usually start up conversations with them, it is nice because you can talk to someone that understands what you understand and you have the same interests. Also, they have some security workers there every time and they are fun to talk to. They have some cool experiences since they work for the Packers, and you never know, sometimes you learn some cool things and learn new …show more content…
I start getting excited. But length of the practice depends on how well the players are going, so they add time on the clock which takes forever. Sometimes it is ten minutes, sometimes it could be thirty minutes. Finally, it was the last buzzer. Players take their helmets and jerseys off and walk over to the bikes. It is harder when the players don't have their jerseys on so you have to know what they look like to identify who it is. I am pretty good with the faces of the players unless they just joined the team or they were a late round draft pick that years draft. Just like when they come through to the bikes, I scream to the players to get their attention. Normally more ¨good¨ players stop after cause a lot of the fans leave. Then the final players make their way through and the security shuts the gate. Then everyone starts heading to their car or up to Lambeau Field.
At last, Packers training camp is something that I look forward to every year. It is a fun event to attend. Sometimes the autographs pay off the drive there and the long wait in the hot weather. I am glad the Packers do these kind of things to get the fans involved and let kids have a chance to get autographs from the players. Most teams don't do as many things that the Packers do. For example the Packers Family Night. Packers are the only ones with that
As I pull in the parking lot of Ray Nitschke Field, I am thinking of where I am going to set my stuff up and stay there. I am also thinking of the main guys that I want to get. It isn't a easy process, especially sitting in 85-90 degree weather for two and a half hours, outside not doing anything besides waiting for the buzzer to blow, allowing the packers to come out off the practice field.
It is a great day to watch a Packer practice, and I get my stuff ready for autographs. We get in the car to drive to Green Bay, Wisconsin. After driving for 45 minutes, I rush out of the car and get set in a spot to sit for a couple hours. I hear people around me saying ¨Here comes someone on a bike,¨ or someone asking …show more content…
Around that time, I will get a chair from our car and sit and depending on what time the practice is, I will grab a quick snack to eat and a drink. Then I sit in my chair and study the new roster and learn what each guy's number is. It is a struggle because player come and go, so you are learning new faces, names, and numbers. Some other people stay by the fence I usually start up conversations with them, it is nice because you can talk to someone that understands what you understand and you have the same interests. Also, they have some security workers there every time and they are fun to talk to. They have some cool experiences since they work for the Packers, and you never know, sometimes you learn some cool things and learn new …show more content…
I start getting excited. But length of the practice depends on how well the players are going, so they add time on the clock which takes forever. Sometimes it is ten minutes, sometimes it could be thirty minutes. Finally, it was the last buzzer. Players take their helmets and jerseys off and walk over to the bikes. It is harder when the players don't have their jerseys on so you have to know what they look like to identify who it is. I am pretty good with the faces of the players unless they just joined the team or they were a late round draft pick that years draft. Just like when they come through to the bikes, I scream to the players to get their attention. Normally more ¨good¨ players stop after cause a lot of the fans leave. Then the final players make their way through and the security shuts the gate. Then everyone starts heading to their car or up to Lambeau Field.
At last, Packers training camp is something that I look forward to every year. It is a fun event to attend. Sometimes the autographs pay off the drive there and the long wait in the hot weather. I am glad the Packers do these kind of things to get the fans involved and let kids have a chance to get autographs from the players. Most teams don't do as many things that the Packers do. For example the Packers Family Night. Packers are the only ones with that