Bristol Aztecs's 09 combine....

[Diego Garcia]

An 09 pre-season event designed solely to extract maximum effort from the attending folks, some old, some new. Imported from the NFL, the idea is based on short sharp bleep tests against the clock. Back and forth runs called jingle jangles, in and out with players running pretty much non stop. The respite from the aerobic work was the bench pressing of 100KG - some feat of which the top boy lifted 29 times. Overall as great day for all and certainly gave the Aztecs management the chance to spot strength and weakness in all - and how to address it and of course welcome new players to the fold.

Photography wise, shooting in JPEG for a change, I pretty much kept the shutter around 1/30th at F/4 with some onboard second curtain flash for good measure. It is quite simply the best way to convey movement. Wish I had shot RAW to make them pop a little more but speed was of the essence today.

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[Tobers]

6 and 7 - great angles really make the difference with these two. Very dynamic. Looks like a very good challenge to make cracking shots from a difficult environment.

 

[Diego Garcia]

6 and 7 - great angles really make the difference with these two. Very dynamic. Looks like a very good challenge to make cracking shots from a difficult environment.

Thanks Tobers. It was a little flat there and the wide open arena makes it look empty but there were 70 blokes bombing about today....

 

[#13]

love number one, he looks rapid

i saw these guys play last season up at east kilbride, was a good game. i play in the bafl also for the merseyside nighthawks

 

[Diego Garcia]

love number one, he looks rapid

i saw these guys play last season up at east kilbride, was a good game. i play in the bafl also for the merseyside nighthawks

Thanks - he is as they say, a big old unit.

 

[purpleclouds]

Nice set! I love #5