The Eastern football fields will be full of high school football players next week as the Bob Spoo Football Camp kicks off on Monday.

The camp, named after Eastern head football coach Bob Spoo, is taught by Eastern coaches and will begin with registration at 11:30 a.m. Monday, with the last practice taking place Thursday morning.

In between, the campers will take part in two practices on Monday and three practices on both Tuesday and Wednesday.

The morning and afternoon sessions will consist of mostly individual skill work at the position the camper chooses to focus on. The drills used here work mainly on the basics of the game along with giving the campers a good basis for what being a solid, fundamental football player needs.

“The idea is to teach basic football position skills,” Spoo said.

The evening sessions have a different agenda than the other practice sessions. The offensive and defensive linemen work on strength training and weightlifting while the skill position players combine to participate in seven on seven scrimmaging.

Seven on seven is a passing drill that features all the skill positions. On offense, the quarterback, running backs, tight end and wide receivers will run different passing plays against a defense that consists of their linebackers, cornerbacks and safeties.

Generally in seven on seven, there will be a time limit that the quarterback has to throw the ball to take place of what would normally be an oncoming rush from the defense. This drill focuses mainly on the timing that it takes to run successful passing plays.

Most of the kids stay on campus for the duration for the camp. The camper does have an option, however, to pick a day to attend if they are unable to stay for the full four days.

With most, if not all, the kids being in high school, the Eastern coaching staff does keep an eye out for potential recruits down the road.

“From time to time there are some kids that are good enough to be recruited,” Spoo said.

A total of 100 to 125 campers are expected to attend.