The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took to the sport of bowling in a cool air-conditioned building rather than practice during their last day of minicamp in Tampa’s scorching 105 degree summer weather.
You know @Geraldini93 had a strike up his sleeve during @TBBuccaneers bowling pic.twitter.com/tsSMUmZCML
— Casey Phillips (@caseyreporting) June 18, 2015
According to head coach Lovie Smith, he thought the afternoon activities were a great way to complete the offseason:
“I just felt like this was a perfect ending to a great offseason,” Smith said, via Buccaneers.com. “We haven’t had a chance to do any team-building exercises so this is good to get the guys away from the football field and in a different environment, a competitive one at that. You can see the competition, the same type of competitive spirit you see out there on the football field. It was a great ending. Of course, it was all a surprise to them. The guys came in today expecting to practice, one hard practice to go and they get this.”
What a nice surprise. By the looks of it, the team had a wonderful time.
Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy even treated the rest of the team to some refreshing shaved ice:
After today's bowling session, @Geraldini93 treated the team to an end-of-minicamp cold treat from @KonaIceTampaBay! pic.twitter.com/IkNdcc0Zoz
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) June 18, 2015
What an awesome way to sign off before training camp gets going next month.