Panthers find ways to chill out between practices

[Rod Butsecks]

(By Tonya Jameson, [email protected]) The pressures of training camp are notorious. There are the two-a-day full-pad practices, hours of classroom and separation from family. But the Panthers know how to cope with the grind.p/span class=subheadstrong Receiver Steve Smithp//strong/spanFor Smith, training camp gives him a break from reading the ldquo;Last Lecturerdquo; by the late Randy Pauch. Pauch was a computer science professor at Carnegie Melon who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The book is based on his last lecture titled ldquo;Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.rdquo; He died last year.p/ ldquo;I've kind of had to take a step back,rdquo; Smith said. ldquo;I'm kind of at that emotional part. I had to put it down a little bit and take a breather.rdquo;p/span class=subheadstrongKicker Rhys Lloydp//strong/spanLloyd unwinds online. He tweets from camp whenever he can.p/ ldquo;It's fun to do,rdquo; he said. ldquo;It's good to stay in touch, and the fans appreciate it.rdquo; p/ He tweets about everything from the day's meal (beef pot pie on Wednesday) to passing his drug test. Lloyd's love for Twitter draws some ribbing from quarterback Jack Delhomme, which has provided more fodder for the Tweets.p/ldquo;Jake's probably my number one nemesis at the moment,rdquo; Lloyd said. ldquo;Every time he does something, he turns to me and says lsquo;Why don't you put that on Twitter?'rdquo;p/ldquo;He's moving on in his years and he doesn't understand the technology,rdquo; Lloyd joked. ldquo;I give him some grief about that kind of stuff. That's the best part of (camp) is the locker room banter.rdquo;p/strongFollow Lloyd at /strongp/stronghttp://twitter.com/RhysJLloyd. /strongp/span class=subheadstrongQuarterback Jake Delhommep//strong/span Delhomme definitely doesn't tweet. Heck, he barely listens to his iPod. He said after practice he uses his computer to catch up with his family and read about their race horses. p/Delhomme grew up in Breaux Bridge, La., which has deep roots in horse racing. His father has trained horses for 35 years.p/ldquo;I get in and I follow my horse stuff,rdquo; he said of how he spends his down time. ldquo;It's camp; you're supposed to dive into what you're doing. That's why we're here.rdquo;

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