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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2004
Strength coach important for success
BY MIRANDA LENNING
mlanning@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIVER
Andrea Hudy deals with many challenges in her new role as associate director of strength and conditioning for Kansas athletics, but probably the biggest one is simply lack of time.
"There aren't enough hours in the day," said Hudy, who was recently hired away from the University of Connecticut. Hudy has only been at the University of Kansas since Aug. 7, but already she feels like her 15-hour day doesn't give her enough time to work with the athletes.
She said strength coaches wanted to make sure that all athletes were getting trained properly and that every aspect of their regimes was executed perfectly.
"You get obsessive about it." Hudy said. "You want to make sure you have a great strength and conditioning program for every athlete."
Hudy will work mainly with the men's and women's basketball teams as well as the volleyball team. She said that she was trying to get to know the athletes on an individual basis and get a feel for where they were in their training.
Coach Bill Self said that often times strength coaches went unnoticed, but they were some of the most important people involved in an athlete's success.
"A strength coach is probably worth as much to a team as an assistant coach," Self said.
He said that Hudy had been so busy working with women's basketball and volleyball teams that he hadn't had much time to sit down with her, but so far she had left an impression.
had let it up, she said. "I have been very impressed with her since she arrived," Self said.
Hudy will travel with the men's basketball team during the season.
Hudy calls her training technique unplanned, nonlinear periodization. Another way of putting it, she said, is it's the opposite of what athletes do on
the court. She tailors the workouts around the athletes. For example, she said, freshmen require more work than veterans, so she will spend the most time with them. Additionally, part of her job includes prehabilitation, which means helping athletes prevent injuries.
Hudy said her role in an athlete's life changed throughout the season.
"During the season, I am part of the support staff," she said. "But during the offseason, I am their primary contact."
In the offseason, when NCAA rules prohibit coaches from working with athletes, Hudy said she spoke with the athletes almost daily to make sure they were in good health. This is one of the reasons Self thinks Hudy is such an important part of the program.
"If you divide a program into recreation, scouting, training, I would say strength is just as important as an assistant coach." Self said.
underestimated what it takes to be a college athlete.
She said that most people
"What people see on TV is about one-percent of what these athletes do," she said. "They have no idea that these athletes get up at 5:15 in the morning."
Hady said an athlete's day could be nonstop. Oftentimes, athletes train from 6 a.m. to 7:15 a.m., go to breakfast, classes, lunch, back to classes and then to practice from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
"And then after all of that, they have to eat and then go to the study table." Hudy said.
Hudy said her relationship with athletics director Lew Perkins was a huge factor in her decision to come to the University. Perkins signed Hudy's letter of intent to play volleyball at the University of Maryland when he was the athletics director there.
Hudy said she knew nothing outside of athletics because she grew up in a family where everyone played sports. After graduating from Maryland, she pursued
a career in strength training at UConn, where Perkins was again the athletics director. After spending 10 years at UConn where she worked mostly with the men's and women's basketball teams and the softball team, Hudy said she decided it was time for a change.
"It's nice to have a change," she said. "This is a great chance to bring a lot of what Lew instilled at Uconn to KU."
Hudy grew up a fan of Kansas basketball. She said that as a sophomore in high school, she watched Danny Manning and the Miracles win the 1988 National Championship. One of the best things about being at Kansas is the tradition, she said; "It's pretty cool to be here."
When asked why she left a university that won two national championships within the programs that she worked with closely, she just laughed and said, "KU has a pretty nice tradition."
- Edited by Ashley Doyle
Trojans shame Tigers; fans storm field
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TROY, Ala. — Jason Samples threw one touchdown pass and caught another and offensive lineman Junior Louissaint scored on a 63-yard fumble recovery as Troy upset No. 19 Missouri 24-14 last night.
The Trojans (2-0), a fourth-year Division I-A program, overcame a horrible start to beat the first BCS conference team to visit Troy. The fans stormed the field and pulled down a goal post as Missouri players slumped to the locker room.
The Tigers (1-1) scored touchdowns on their first two possessions but not much else went right. Brad Smith passed for 224 yards and ran 15 times for 36 balls but was intercepted twice in
the second half and was harried throughout the game.
Troy's Aaron Leak rolled left and hit a leaping Samples in the end zone four minutes into the fourth quarter. Leak lay on the turf for a minute after taking a hard hit on the play, then got up and waved his arms to the crowd, the largest in school history.
the magician.
Smith, whose Heisman Trophy candidacy was dealt a huge blow, then drove the Tigers to Troy's 30. He completed a 22-yarder and a 25-yarder but was sacked by Franklin Lloyd on third-and-5. His next pass was broken up by Brannon Condren and Troy milked the clock below six minutes before扑eting.
Thomas Olmsted buried the Tigers inside the 5 for the second straight time, and Arthur Adams
effectively ended its hopes with an interception.
Missouri committed three turnovers and had a punkt blocked by Bernard Davis, looking like a different team that built the 14-0 lead.
The Trojans used trickery and pure luck to take a stunning 17-14 halftime lead after failing to get a first down for the first 20 minutes. Coming off an upset road win against Marshall, the team had been 0-6 against teams from the Big 12 Conference.
Big 12 Conference Down two touchdowns, Leak lateralled to Samples, who floated a pass to wide-open tailback Jermaine Richardson in the end zone for a 26-yard score midway through the second quarter.
Missouri buried the Trojans on the 7-vard line on a punt. Two
runs by DeWitt Betterson got out of the hole and the ball was knocked out of his grasp on his third run, right into the hands of Louisaint.
The 277-pound guard caught it in mid-air and rambled the final 63 yards, dragging 190-pound cornerback A.J. Kincade into the end zone.
Greg Whibbs hit a 43-yard field goal with 1:01 left for the halftime lead.
lead:
The Trojans had eight yards in the first 20 minutes and 189 over the next 10.
Smith, meanwhile, started out 13-of-14, but completed only one of his final six passes of the half. He finished 25-of-46.
Leak was only 7-of-20 for 94 yards and was intercepted three times.
Royalssetrunsrecord insplitwithDetroit
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
DETROIT - The Kansas City Royals set a team record for runs in a doubleheader Thursday.
Unfortunately for them, they did it all in the first game.
The Royals set numerous records in a 26-5 first-game rout of the Detroit Tigers, but had no offense left in an 8-0 loss in Game 2.
Joe Randa led the Royals in the first game, going 6-for-7 and tying a major league record by scoring six times.
The Royals had 26 hits against five pitchers. Angel Berroa had a three-run homer and career-high five RBI, and Alberto Castillo knocked in a career-best four runs.
The Associated Press
Basketball hall offame adds Kansas standout
Lynette Woodard will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 8 p.m. tonight in Springfield, Mass.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Woodard, a four-time University of Kansas All-American and former assistant coach, played the University 1978 to 1981. She finished her career as
WOODARD
the all-time leading scorer in the history of women's basketball with 3,649 points, and that record is still the second most points scored by a college athlete.Woodard became the first female member of KU's Athletics Hall of Fame scoring in double figures in 138 of 139 career games at Kansas. She was also a member of the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Teams.
NBA greats Clyde Drexler, Bill Sharman, Maurice Stokes, Phoenix Suns CEO Jerry Colangelo, and Yugoslavia star Drazen Dalipagic will join Woodard as members of the 2004 class.Legendary broadcaster Max Falkenstein will also be honored. Falkenstein received the Curt Gowdy media award earlier this summer.
Miranda Lenning
Kansas athletics calendar
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**Volleyball vs. Wisconsin** (KU
Invitational Tournament) 7 p.m.
Invitational Tournament) 7 p.m.
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Soccer vs. Clemson at Furman,
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Cross Country at Wildcat
Invitational in Topeka
Invitational in Topeka Football vs. Toledo 6 p.m.
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