June 2, 2026

Watch: Mat drills keep the intensity for Ohio State

Ohio State’s winter workouts aren’t what most people would consider fun. They are intense. They are hard. And they appear pretty painful to the average person. But they are necessary.Just two days after putting out a video on social media giving Buckeye fans a look inside the winter workouts, the Scarlet and Gray’s video team went a step further, taking fans into the mat drills that the Ohio State players went through on Wednesday morning with the caption “#MattDrills: Where The Brotherhood is formed.” Mat drills, for those unfamiliar, are more or less what they sound like. They are a series of intense workouts done to help develop quickness, the ability to change directions and mental toughness as well as teaching players how to respond effectively to instructions and to build their fitness. Once again, this video shows the intensity of the players during the winter workouts and allows fans…

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