Eels To Start Pre-Season In Seattle

Tue 28th October, 03:45PM

The Dyldam Parramatta Eels will kick off their 2015 pre-season next week with a trip to USA and the home of the current Super Bowl champions, the Seattle Seahawks.

Eels players will spend eight days in Seattle training, visiting the Seahawks’ NFL facilities and the University of Washington and its successful football side, the Huskies.

The trip will include attending the Seattle Seahawks v New York Giants NFL game at CenturyLink Field, and watching the Huskies take on UCLA in football and Saint Martin’s University in basketball.

“The Seahawks have one of the greatest training facilities in the NFL, and to be able to spend some time there as a team will be a fantastic start to our pre-season as we get ready for 2015,” Eels Head Coach Brad Arthur said.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how they operate, and I’m sure we will get a lot of value out of the trip.”

The Eels players will be put through state-of-the-art training, including upper body strength and power testing, anaerobic testing and maximal aerobic speed tests.

In addition, the Eels’ executive team and staff will visit Seattle’s Major League Baseball team, the Mariners, and the Major League Soccer team, the Sounders, and meet with a number of Seattle-based companies, including Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing.

“Not only is this trip a great opportunity to see how these elite clubs train and operate, it will also be a great way for our players to bond before coming home and continuing their pre-season training,” Eels CEO Scott Seward said.

“We’re looking forward to experiencing the club culture at the Seahawks, Huskies, Sounders and Mariners and we hope to be able to bring plenty of learnings back home with us.”

Players and staff will leave for Seattle on Monday November 3 and return to Parramatta on Wednesday, November 12.

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http://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2014/10/28/eels_kick_off_pre_season_in_seattle.html

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Monster Eel #38 October 28, 2014 at 5:02pm

No Sandow is chasing his dream to be a professional gambler since he was good on it on the Xbox360
Mapik October 28, 2014 at 5:27pm

I told you all in my thread

"Did Smith hint at 2016 Return for Jarryd ?"

that Haynes "defection" was a marketing exercise for the sea hawks. Stay tuned for more of these type of stories.
My other prediction was it was to free up cap space to sign Foran.
Signing Watmough is part of that plan. Onwards and upwards!
Camo73 October 28, 2014 at 5:33pm

Will tomorrow's news be that the Parramatta Eels are folding as an NRL team to try their hand as an NFL franchise?
- slip > Camo73 October 29, 2014 at 5:53am
  
  LA!! They don't have a team. Los Angeles Eels.
Evil Elvis October 28, 2014 at 5:37pm

'and meet with a number of Seattle-based companies, including Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing.'

Are the Eels trying to snare a new major sponsor?
- Monster Eel #38 > Evil Elvis October 28, 2014 at 7:32pm
  
  Be great if it was Boeing...except Hayne isn't there to do his Hayne Plane...awwww
Carloeel October 28, 2014 at 8:26pm

It's all a crock u want inspiration go train with the all blacks parra , at least it's a similar game ....grrr
Tom Laios October 28, 2014 at 11:15pm

This high tech training is for people who think that you need all new shiny weights,and fancy equipment to succeed.Back when I was a weightlifter in the 80s ,we always used to bitch about how crap our equipment was.Then our coaches would tell to stfu and how in Bulgaria,their gyms were so primitive ,lifters would have to share shoes and weight belts,yet they were lifting 3 times the amounts we were,simply because of their desire to succeed,excellent coaching, oh and shit-loads of steroids.
- Ham Sammich > Tom Laios October 28, 2014 at 11:24pm
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A7woRoVwyM good doco on the strongman scene in Iceland. Looks like their gyms are very basic too.
Tom Laios October 28, 2014 at 11:44pm

Yep,that's a great video.Unless you need a special bar and weights, as required for Olympic Weightlifting,where the bar is an integral element of the sport,any equipment will do.Old tyres, kettle bells,Persian clubs or even dragging a truck.