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Power Pack Members Get A Taste of the NFL
posted 06/18/01
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| TE Jason Freeman gives some advice to one of the Junior Power Pack members |
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On Saturday (June 16), over 300 members of the Junior Power Pack attended the Junior Power Pack Experience at Clarke Hinkle Field. The sunny weather couldn't have been better for these children, ages 5-12, as they got first hand experience with players at the Packers' own practice facility.
The afternoon camp was an exclusive event for Junior Power Pack members. Even parents were seated outside of the practice field as if it were a real Packers training camp practice. Members spent the afternoon testing their football skills at five separate stations: field goals, pass receiving, a running back obstacle course, a defensive obstacle course and general exercise.
Packers Herbert "Whisper" Goodman, Chris Akins, Jason Freeman, Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila and rookie Torrance Marshall were on hand to guide participants through each drill.
After almost two hours of work on the practice field, the kids and their parents were invited inside the Don Hutson Center to listen to various members of the Packers speak.
Gbaja-Biamala talked with kids about making through the hard times in life and football. He made a visual presentation to illustrate his point. Taking a smooth, plain piece of paper he began talking about the struggles someone goes through in life while at the same time crumpling the piece of paper. When he switched to talking about all the positives in his life he began to unfold and straighten the paper back out. His point to the captive audience was that no matter what how tough life gets you have made it through problems before and can do it again.
The defensive end's final words of advice to the participants included a reminder to keep making the right decisions "even if they don't make you popular."
Equipment manager Gordon "Red" Batty let the participants in on what his role is in preparing the team for each a game.
He noted that the equipment worn by each Packer is expensive, noting that it cost over $1,000 to suit up a player with a full uniform. Batty also pointed out that there are 63 different face masks for players to choose from to put on their helmets.
After originating in 1998, the Junior Power Pack Experience has quickly become the club event these members look forward to each year.
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