Real Salt Lake’s newest draft picks, a handful of trialists and a sprinkling of veterans have gone through the paces of the first three practices of the team’s “Rookie Camp” up at Newpark field house in Park City since last Wednesday, and we’ve got the evidence in photograph form below the jump. For those of you wondering, the veterans that have been in the house for at least one day of these optional practices for the “geezers” include (in alphabetical order, so as not to play favorites, of course) Jean Alexandre, Kyle Beckerman, Tony Beltran, Raphael Cox, Ned Grabavoy, David Horst, Chris Wingert, and Andy Williams.

Rookie Camp winds down with a session on both Monday and Tuesday before physicals for the rest of the reporting veterans take place on Wednesday. From there it’s full-sided sessions on Thursday (Newpark from 1:00-3:00 pm) and Friday (U of U’s Spence-Eccles Fieldhouse from 10:00 a-12:00p) before heading south for the sunny climates of Arizona.

The three practices thus far have been fairly routine, the sessions usually starting with smaller-sided possession-based games that put the onus on speed and decision-making before breaking into some two-sided drills that expand to some full-field, team v. team  exercises towards the end of the day. Essentially, the five “Rookie Camp” days are make-or-break for the young gents trying to prove their worth and make it to the next phase of the preseason, let alone a spot in the full come the end of the month. For some photos of the assembled gang working out up at “The Newpark,” jump with us …