"Redskins tight end Chris Cooley worked up a sweat on Saturday morning running routes, a couple slants and a few hitches and saw only one pass thrown his way hit the ground -- it was thrown way behind him.

It wasn't another day at organized team activites at Redskins Park. It was Cooley's own football camp at Fairfax High School, where more than 300 kids ages 7 to 14 gathered for the first of two days of instruction from area high school coaches and the Redskins' Pro Bowl tight end.

"I think it's just a great opportunity for me to spend some time with local kids and their parents and put on something like this," Cooley said. "This community and this whole area has been so amazing to me as a person and as a football player in the seven years that I've been here so when I get a chance to do something like this and hang out with the kids and the families I really look forward to it."

Cooley ran between groups of kids helping them through drills, running routes for some and instructing others on the basic football skills.

Asked whether he was adopting the coaching personality of new Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan, Cooley laughed."