American winner takes all

Chapter 12 Everything is ready
Ethan arrived at Adam Newman's home on Sunday.

His home is in Brentwood, further west than Century City and approaching Santa Monica.From the outside, his home is a relatively classical European-style building... It is not too exaggerated to describe it as a castle.

Most of the interior furnishings are wooden furniture. Walking up the steps, you will see a large oil painting directly opposite. Adam introduced that it was his grandfather.

Maybe it was inconvenient, but Adam didn't mention what his parents did, so Ethan naturally didn't ask any more questions.

Going around, there are five or six servants in Adam's house, mainly Filipino servants with Asian faces, and the housekeeper is a white man.

After the visit, it was natural to get down to business. Adam changed into a POLO shirt that was convenient for sports, and took Ethan to the garden behind.

Since there is no swimming pool, the place is extremely large, and it is more than enough for throwing a ball or something.

"Remember to hold the back half of the ball, not the middle, to better control the direction and force of the ball. Your ring and pinky fingers rest on the stitching on the ball, which increases friction and stability. .The thumb should hold the ball tightly, but not too hard, so as not to affect the flexibility of the wrist."

Adam takes the ball step by step, starting from the most basic ball-holding posture and imparting experience.

In terms of pure skills, it is actually just holding the ball, standing, throwing, and aiming.The rest depends on private practice and actual combat.

"And the most important thing." Adam patted his chest.

"You must always maintain inner composure and calmness, and don't let yourself fall into a nervous state due to any pressure, which will affect your performance."

"You have to be mentally prepared. The psychological pressure may be greater than you imagine."

This is related to the special nature of the quarterback. All offenses and choices are initiated by the quarterback.

If you think of the work on the field as a person, the edge is the person's chest, the running back is the right hand, the tight end is the left hand, and the wide receiver is the legs.The quarterback is the brains of the man.

You may still be able to walk if you break a toe, but without your brain, your body, no matter how strong it is, will lose its balance and collapse to the ground.

When it comes to psychological quality, Ethan feels that he naturally has some advantages.

Compared with the current opponents, as a time traveler with more experience, his endurance is definitely stronger.

But he is only better than these high school students. When facing stronger opponents later, this advantage may be lost.

Any shortcut is temporary. Outstanding talent, a lot of training, rich competition experience, and self-discipline all the time. Only by truly practicing these four things and adding a little bit of luck can you ensure that you stand out.

"So, let's get started."

Ethan recalled what Adam had just said and used a relatively common three-step retreat method.

Three steps, five steps, seven steps.This is the usual retreat pace of the quarterback. The farther back you retreat, the more time you have to accumulate power, and the farther the ball will be thrown.

At this time, Adam had already started running forward, and it was not a straight line, but a back and forth zigzag line.

Ethan aimed at Adam's head and applied a little advance.Use your waist and hips first to drive your shoulders and arms, with your elbows higher than your shoulders.At the moment of release, the wrist is turned outwards and the thumb points to the ground, creating a perfect spiral arc.

The high-speed rotating football drew an arc in the air and landed accurately about ten yards away from Adam.

Probably equivalent to the difference between Xinxiang and New York.

"You're trying too hard." Adam shook his head.

"To be precise, you are stronger than the average quarterback. The universal method of accumulating energy may not apply to you. This time, try passing the ball without retreating." Adam pointed out Ethan's outstanding physical condition. Improvement plans are given.

In the second attempt, Ethan raised one leg to accumulate strength and made a posture similar to a baseball serve. Adam jumped up and caught the ball in the air, but due to the distance deviation, he lost his balance when he landed. I accidentally sprained my foot.

Ethan quickly asked with concern.

Adam tried to move around a few times, then shook his head: "It's an old problem, it's okay."

In middle school, he suffered an ankle injury and has retained the sequelae.

"Let's continue and be better than before, but it's not enough. You're still far behind." Adam stood up and threw the ball back.

Adam is an outstanding quarterback in his own right. He has been playing this position since he was 7 years old. Many things have been engraved into his instincts. His own personality is also the kind of calm and calm. In addition, the relationship between Adam and Catherine is very important. , it can be said that it is all given to each other.His guidance is actually not much different from that of a professional quarterback coach.

With Adam's constant fine-tuning suggestions and Ethan's constant attempts, the accuracy of the serve is getting better and better.

The short pass is followed by the long pass, the dropped ball is followed by the half-high ball, the right hand is followed by the left hand, the static pass is followed by the moving pass...

Ethan learned quickly. In one afternoon, he had mastered the necessary basic skills of a quarterback.

He had been led in by Adam, and the rest had to rely on his usual practice.

In a blink of an eye, it was getting dark, and Ethan originally wanted to say goodbye and leave, but Adam insisted on staying and having dinner together.

"In terms of basic skills, I have nothing left to teach you. Thomas needs to be involved in a lot of specific tactics and cooperation with teammates."

"In addition, I can feel that you are different from others. You will become a special quarterback with your own style. It is not impossible to change the technical trend of the entire football in the future." Adam expressed his opinions cautiously .

This is not deliberately flattering, just saying that many years later, one player brought the NBA into the small ball era.

There is never any set pattern on the court, it is always a spiral of constant confrontation.

This is the so-called hero making history. "Also, living in Compton is too dangerous. The crime rate there is very high. I can provide a place for your family of three to live near here, completely free." Adam said suddenly. He asked Ethan to come over for dinner. In fact, Just for this.

"It's really suitable to live here. I quite like the surrounding neighborhoods. It's no longer just monotonous palm trees." Ethan nodded first.

"But I can't make the decision for Catherine." Ethan then shook his head.

This sentence has two meanings, one is the literal meaning, and the other is telling Adam that he cannot help in this matter.

To be precise, not only would he not help, he would also eliminate all possibilities.

Catherine cooks delicious food, is beautiful, and knows how to take care of others. No one can take her away!
Adam nodded, not too insistently.

"Maybe the two of us are not suitable for each other." He smiled self-deprecatingly.

"You're right, Catherine has too many bad habits, she has a bad temper, a need for control, and a tendency to violence..." Ethan immediately began to detail Catherine's culpability.

"On top of that, she's an atheist!"

"That's it." Adam sighed. His parents would never agree to this.

Adam shook his head and took out two tickets for the "Aerosmith" Los Angeles concert from his pants pocket.

"Originally, I wanted to ask you to pass one of the tickets to Catherine. Now it's useless to keep it, so I'll give it to you." Adam seemed to have made up his mind and handed the ticket to Ethan.

Do you want to use this method to completely forget her?

Ethan, who is willing to help others, naturally wants to fulfill Adam's wish, and accepts it with a smile without being polite at all.

Free food and drink, free access to quarterback basic skills, free free concert tickets!

Please God arrange more good things like this for me, please.

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Back at his residence, Ethan called Catherine downstairs who was about to fall asleep. Ethan was in high spirits, but Catherine was sleepy-eyed and wearing slippers and nightgown.

"Can we do this again tomorrow? I'm really sleepy." Catherine rubbed her eyes.

She thinks she has a secret to growing taller: sleep more. She goes to bed very early unless she has nothing to do.

"I don't want you to be my sparring partner in vain. There will be an Aerosmith concert at the end of the month! I begged others for a long time to get two tickets."

"Really?" Catherine immediately became meek.

She absolutely loves this band!
And she had no idea that this was Ethan's borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha.

Lured by the concert tickets, she immediately became involved and even threw off two slippers. However, this big move made her nightgown look a little awkward.

"Today is too inconvenient, tomorrow!" Catherine covered her upper body and ran upstairs with a blushing face.

In the new week, Thomas strengthened the tactical training specifically for Hawthorne High School. He also explained some of the key players of Hawthorne High School one by one according to their positions and made corresponding arrangements. It can be said that he has done enough homework.

Closed training also maintains intensity at all times to ensure the competitive status of each team member.

Ethan was naturally excluded from matters such as tactics, but he also gained something. At least he could understand what these tactics were talking about, and he became familiar with some simpler formations, such as "Shotgun Formation" and "I Word formation".

In addition, with Catherine's hard training, his passing began to become more and more accurate, almost to the point of hitting where he pointed.This made Catherine and her mother Mia particularly amazed.

In a blink of an eye, the week is coming to an end.

Starting at 4 pm on Friday, many adults poured into the campus. Most of these people were parents, but some were nearby residents. Some even wore orange and black team scarves.

The staff began to perform final repairs and inspections on the court. The headlights outside the venue and the scoreboard inside the venue were opened for inspection in advance.

The drum and trumpet band of BHHS also changed into official uniforms and prepared to bring their instruments to the stage in the evening.

In the cheerleading training room, the coach practices the moves for the last time.

"Sarah, you haven't been to school this week, you have to make sure you don't make the wrong move again this time!" the coach warned in particular.

The blond girl who stood at the front of the line and was applying makeup in the small round mirror nodded. In the mirror, her lips were red and her teeth were white, and she was dazzling.

Outside the stadium, Catherine took out twenty dollars and bought tickets for two people while shouting: "Mia, you have to hurry up, the front row seats will be taken up soon!"

Even students on campus must be the same as spectators outside campus. They cannot enter the auditorium without buying a ticket.

At the same time, Ethan walked into the locker room.

He saw the jersey that belonged to him and his own locker.

The life and death battle to determine BHHS's fate is about to begin.

　Thanks to Taoist Z for sending 1 monthly ticket, thank Qili for sending 2 more monthly tickets, and thank Huangming Xuanfu Town Ma Junxiaoqi for sending 1 monthly ticket again.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)