America 1979

Chapter 22 Rugby Mania

Under the adoring eyes of his aunt and Dorothy, Bill became more and more proud, and changed the subject after blowing himself up hard.

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On Friday afternoon, after arriving at the stadium on the bus sent by the league organizer, the entire Hamatun High School team entered the locker room to change their protective gear and autumn clothes.

The newly bought old shoes were washed very clean by the children of Neo, and there was even a smell of disinfectant. Bill, who was sitting on the leather stool, stretched his feet to put them on, and then bowed down to tie the shoelaces.

Hayes babbled non-stop beside him, mainly telling anecdotes about the girls in the eleventh and twelfth grades in the cheerleading team.

He himself has a girlfriend who has been dating for a year, and the relationship that lasted for a year is not because of his deep affection, but purely because he is just a bench player, and he has not yet reached the status of a school team star, where changing girlfriends is like changing clothes.

Bill was convinced that if Hayes could become the starting player in the eleventh and twelfth grades, the dozens of big white legs of the cheerleaders would not be enough for him to choose.

After putting on all kinds of protective gear and changing the jersey, it is time to wait for the cheering time to enter the stadium.Fifty-three tall and burly football players in full gear surrounded captain and quarterback Howard Smith.

In the whole team, Bill is very forward, so he got the position of the inner circle, and finally he was able to hear the captain's words clearly.

"Let's win the game, let's win a dream. Go for it!"

It doesn't matter if you hear the captain's words or not, just follow the teammate "Ye~" and you're done.

"Let's show our attitude on this matter, it's time to show our attitude!"

"Liquid~"

"We let everyone know, Chong Chong Chong, they don't know yet. Repeat with me!"

"Liquid~"

"To see, to ram the opponent!"

Next, Captain Howard said something, and the teammates of the whole team followed suit. Although the voices of more than 50 people were mixed together, it was impossible to distinguish what everyone was saying, but the momentum of everyone was slowly rising. .

"Let the opponent suffer!"

"Need someone special!"

"Come and win this game."

"If I feel that way."

"If my game starts to slack."

"I don't feel it."

"Because my brothers support me!"

"To see the collision!"

"Let the opponent suffer!"

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During the second repetition, the captain began to push the players around him violently, and the players also pushed the quarterback captain to the center like fried peas. In this bumping atmosphere, the team's will to fight climbed to the peak .

"Adjust the state."

"Adjust to the best condition!"

"This is a particularly hearty game!"

"It's a great game!"

"Our legend begins!"

"I can't feel the pain of being hit!"

"Me and my brothers, we stand together!"

"Whoo~"

"Whoo~"

"Whoo~"

Human emotions are easily transmitted to those around him. Amidst the voices of dozens of strong men and their strong desire to collide, Bill felt that he was stronger than ever. He could knock down ten opponents!
After exhaling, the captain put on his helmet, passed through the players, and walked to the passage outside the locker room door first. Dozens of players who looked like participating knights in full armor walked towards the outside one by one.

Even before the entire team showed up, the cheers from the audience were deafening.

The real role of the cheerleaders is reflected at this moment. They are not only the dance team that attracts attention during the halftime break, but also the organizers of the auditorium. Trumpets, etc., and control the cheering rhythm and slogans of the fans.

Bill also ran into the arena with the players. Although the helmet made his vision narrow, he still worked hard to find his uncle, aunt and Dorothy Neo, and at the same time imitated his teammates and waved to the auditorium.

The entire team trotted around the stadium shaped like a "grill", and the cheers of the audience weakened a little. After the opponent New York County-Lincoln High School's varsity team members lined up, the players from both sides walked towards each other and high-fived each other To show friendship, of course, the referee is given a formal etiquette such as shaking hands.

Then the game officially started. Bench players like Bill went to sit on the stools by the "grill" and the special teams began to prepare for the kickoff.

At the beginning of the game, the first possession was obtained by the captains of both teams guessing the heads of the coin, and then the special teams of both sides began to kick off.

At this time, the offensive player cannot cross the kick-off line ahead of time, but the defensive team takes the ball and kicks it to the offensive team on the tee [-] yards away from its own side. The offensive player catches the ball and pushes forward , until it is intercepted by the defender, the position of the ball at this time is the starting point of the attack.

Having said that, I have to introduce the standard style of the football field.

The standard field is 100 yards long, with an end zone of 10 yards at each end, for a total of 120 yards long and 53 yards wide.

The middle yard line of the game field is marked on the 50-yard line, and every 5 yards is divided by a line, and there will be two parallel short lines between every 5 yards, and each short line is one yard apart. At the same time, the kickoff of each game must be at between two columns.Also, the line where the football is on each down is called the line of scrimmage.There is a goal on each side of the field, and kicking the ball between the two goalposts is also a field goal.In addition, if any part of the player's body touches the bottom line or outside the sideline, it will be considered out of bounds.

Because the lines of the field are like barbecue grills, football fields are called "grills" on many occasions.

The start of Hamatun High School was not good. Captain Howard didn't guess the heads and tails of the coin, so he didn't get the ball. Fortunately, the special team in charge of kickoff was pretty good. The opponent successfully intercepted at [-] yards, which meant that the defender of the Hamatun school team had an extra ten yards of buffer, which was a total of [-] yards of territory.

Because the English name of American football is American football, the literal translation is American football, so many Xia people really think that rugby is a variant of football. In fact, the two are far from each other.

American football is actually a round-based territory competition game. The team that owns the ball has the right to attack, and the other team organizes defense. Each team only needs to keep eleven players on the field, and there is no limit to the number of substitutions between games.

Where the ball is, there is the boundary of the territory. When the offensive team brings the ball into the defensive end zone, it means that the offensive team expands its territory boundary to the defensive capital. The defensive team destroys the country and the offensive team gets six points. , after the special team got the extra points, read the file again, and the ball was switched.

In the process of "destroying the country", the rules of the Americans are also reflected everywhere.

For example, the unspoken rule of "winner takes all" has penetrated into all aspects of the American people. After the offensive team gets the ball, it has a chance of "Four Attacks".

As the name suggests, the four-speed offense is to launch four offenses successively. These four offenses must win the position of the ball and advance ten yards. The starting point of each offense is the end point of the previous offense, which is the position where the last war ended.

[Fourth Offensive] After advancing ten yards, the offensive team will get the next [Fourth Offensive]. If the offensive team can guarantee a ten-yard advance every time, it will be a winner-take-all until it reaches the defensive end zone .

And every four-down offense has the first first-down offense, so the process of competing for a ten-yard advance is also called a "first down". As long as you keep getting the first down, you can continue to have the ball.

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