He put his soldiers through preparatory drills at their stations.

"Joe put him through drills for an hour," Brandt said.

Saturday's practice was a light one physically, too, with dry runs through plays and shooting drills.

Before this, teams had to schedule individual visits with players to run them through drills and tests.

Practice they did, skating through drills, working on the power play and learning new systems for two hours each day.

When the second of two practices ended this afternoon, Johnson remained on the field, running through extra drills.

They run through drills intended to test their ability to throw things away properly.

I was running the crew through drills to perfect their knowledge of the ship.

He puts the children through drills that make them look like miniature marines.

Bonds goes through daily drills to strengthen his knee, and he does not seem to mind them.