Shock Partners with the Chamber Football Academy
September 18, 2015 - Indoor Football League (IFL)
Spokane Shock News Release
SPOKANE, Washington (September 21, 2015) - The Shock have partnered with The Chamber Football Academy of Chamber Fitness to serve as the official host of the team's off-season tryout in South Florida in preparation for the 2016 IFL season.
The first off-season tryout will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at The Chamber located at 10650 W. State Rd. 84 in Davie, Florida. Registration will begin on-site at approximately 8:00 a.m. local time with the workout beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Kickers are also welcome to attend the tryout but are not required to participate in the agility drills and testing. Kicker registration will begin at approximately 11:30 a.m. at The Chamber. Testing will commence after the primary skill position tryouts have concluded. Kickers will perform onside kicks and kickoffs. Field goal testing for distance and accuracy will take place off-site with further details to be released at a later date.
"We are very excited to be working with The Chamber Football Academy and thankful to Chris Chambers for allowing us to utilize their facility for our tryout," said Shock Head Coach Adam Shackleford. "Everyone in the football industry knows about the great amount of talent in the southeastern United States and to show our confidence I will be guaranteeing at least one contract from this tryout for a player to join us for our 2016 IFL Training Camp to compete for a position on our regular season roster."
Participants may pre-register online for the workout at the price of $60 at www.Shock.MyCustomEvent.com. Registration on-site the day of the event will be available for $75 (cash only). Participants will receive a t-shirt as a part of their registration fees. They will also be required to fill out a participation waiver prior to performing any testing or drills.
The workout will be formatted in a pro-style combine fashion with speed and agility testing as well as field work. Participants will be led through a brief warm up and stretch routine compliments of Chamber Fitness staff. They will then be tested in the 40-yard dash, short shuttle, and broad jump. Offensive and defensive line positions will also be tested in the bench press (225 lbs.).
Once the testing portion has concluded participants will be broken up into position categories and led through individual position drills. After position drills, skill position players will go into an outdoor period including 1-on-1's and pass skelly.
Participants are encouraged to bring both indoor training or soccer style shoes as well as cleats. A majority of the testing will be performed outside on a natural grass surface. They should also bring any other performance gear, braces, gloves, or equipment they may need to perform.
Questions should be directed to the Shock Info Email Box at info@spokaneshock.com.
The Shock plan to hold additional tryouts in the winter of 2015. Information and dates for those events will be released in the coming weeks.
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