Texas Tech Football holds first practice at new facilities

When ground broke last year on the new Sports Performance Center, Texas Tech Football knew it was going to provide a special atmosphere for players, and Day 1 of Fall Camp proved just that.

Texas Tech Football started Fall Camp on Monday, and with a little bit of weather in the vicinity, it had an excuse to test out its new indoor practice field at the Sports Performance Center. While the SPC is still under construction, the carpet was laid out last week, so the timing of that had many anticipating Fall Camp practices.

The season officially kicked off on Sunday afternoon, where Texas Tech coaches and players met with media to discuss the upcoming season. Housekeeping issues were addressed, which we’ll be covering over the course of Camp; however, much of the spotlight is already being centralized on the defense, and conditioning.

Tech is entering Fall Camp with rigorous workout and practice regimens, but if you’ve been following the conditioning program this offseason, you know that most of the players haven’t taken much time off (if any) since the final snap against Baylor last season.

In the first full year of Texas Tech Football’s strength and conditioning program, fundamentals such as endurance, and mental toughness have been stressed the most. If you paid attention to the body language from players on Day 1 of camp last season, and this season, I think we can get a glimpse into the headspace of the athletes, and assume they’re much more confident in themselves now.

Whether that confidence translates into productivity at their position is yet to be determined, but when trailing at the half, Tech was 0-6 last season, compared to being 4-0 when leading at the half. All things considered, durability is a testament to conditioning, and if Tech can improve its second-half stats, jobs will be safe.

Here are some behind-the-scenes shots of yesterday’s practice:

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Texas Tech Football invites fans to come to an open scrimmage this Saturday from 3-4 p.m. at Jones AT&T Stadium. It’s open to the public, and fans should use Gate 1 to enter the stadium.