American winner takes all

Chapter 3 is definitely here to cause trouble

"Amazing catch!" Someone on the training team at the green field couldn't help but exclaimed.

Just now, the kicker on the team excitedly kicked the ball out with a strong sense of power but no accuracy. It flew diagonally towards the outside of the field, then fell at a high speed, and was about to hit the head of some unlucky guy. , but unexpectedly it was easily taken off.

To outsiders, it may seem like a simple matter of catching the ball. Only those who spend all day with rugby know how difficult this action is.

The first is ball speed. The average ball speed for kickers in the NFL is about 67 miles per hour (107.8 kilometers per hour), which is comparable to the speed of top football players when kicking free kicks. Moreover, considering the shape of the football, the high-speed falling flight path is not easy. It's easy to judge, and you need good reflexes to catch the ball.

Then there's the force. All the team members try to catch it, and the ball hits their hands like a hammer.At that moment, the hands need to bear more than 30 pounds of force.It may not be difficult to catch a large watermelon weighing about 10 kilograms with your bare hands. What is difficult is to do it with ease and ease without taking a step back.

The last and most amazing thing... this guy didn't even wear gloves and simply waved his hands afterwards.Only those who have experienced this sport know how exaggerated this is.

"Get the ball back, Flea." Adam Newman, the starting quarterback of the Normans wearing the No. 5 jersey, patted the wide receiver's helmet. He knew that today was the day of the echelon trial training, so this was not far away. The identity of the stranger is also revealed, and he is a newcomer who has come to participate in the trial training.

This season, the Norman team has been in trouble. The main players have been injured one after another, and their strength has dropped significantly. They are in urgent need of fresh blood. Several other high schools have jokingly called the Norman team the "stretcher team."Speaking of which, the suggestion to temporarily recruit new players was made by him to the coach.

The next game of the Ocean League is a crucial life and death battle. There are still two substitutes who cannot meet the coach's requirements. This is also a helpless move.

Unexpectedly, he encountered an unexpected surprise. He couldn't help but thank God in his heart, firmly remembering the face of this newcomer, and looking forward to his performance later.

"This guy... I think I've seen it somewhere before, just in the past few days." The backup quarterback Rice was suddenly shocked.

"The school is such a big place, we will always meet each other." Adam said casually, praying in his heart that there was nothing wrong between the two.

Rice is a difficult person to deal with. If he hadn't been at a good level, he would have been fired by the coach long ago.

"Absolutely not, it should have been at the dance last night." Rice fell into memories, but couldn't remember who this person was.

"Then you must have seen it wrong." Adam knew Rice very well. He usually focused on women and never cared about men.

Adam also went to the dance last night, but unlike Rice, he was only waiting for that one person. The problem was that that person never showed up from the beginning to the end.

Ten minutes later, head coach Thomas, who was wearing a "B" peaked cap with the school's logo, came to the stadium carrying a tactical board, followed by the entire coaching staff including the offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, physical coach, and three assistant coaches. .

One of the characteristics of rugby is that there are so many people. There are many players on a team. There are 53 players in the three NFL groups plus substitutes. The number of people who must be present in each game means that the roster has 46 people.There are also many coaches. The average number of NFL team coaches is more than a dozen, and the number of coaches is more than [-].

As perhaps the only high school in the world with an on-campus oil field, BHHS is notoriously generous and invests a lot in football projects.

However, compared with the investment that far exceeds that of other high schools, BHHS's results have become increasingly unsatisfactory, which has caused Coach Thomas's face to not look good these days.

"What are those people doing there? Rice, why don't you put on your damn helmet? Do you want people to see how many pounds of white pulp you can squeeze out of acne on your face?! Let me see it next time If you don't wear a helmet on the training ground, I'll pop all the pimples on your face with my own hands! Then let my Geely lick them clean for you!"

Gilly is coach Thomas’s Shar-Pei.

"My quarterback, why are you holding on? Do you want everyone here to imitate you in taking care of the home? After graduation, you will work as a janitor in various schools?! It is not Christmas, and there is no need for you to stand there and hang bells. "

"And you, little flea..."

"Look what you have done, you lost another home game. Everyone practiced for three hours extra today, and you are not allowed to go home until it is completely dark!"

Thomas put his hands on his hips, foaming at the mouth, and scolded all the main players first.

This is probably also the origin of his nickname "Crazy", but he does have two skills. He has led different high schools and won two California high school bowl championships. He was specially approved by the principal and hired with a high salary. It has great status in the school.

As a result, the main defensive team and offensive team immediately returned to sparring.

As for the people who came for the trial, there were almost twenty people, including Ethan, standing on the sidelines waiting. "I don't care what your purpose is, but you are already behind. You only have one game and one chance. In the end, only two people can stay completely." Thomas looked at everyone.

As for the three latecomers who came to the training ground at this time, they were directly scolded by Thomas and kicked out. They had obviously been eliminated.

"The selection rules are very simple. You don't deserve to waste time changing protective gear. You are randomly divided into three groups for a round-robin flag football competition. There is only one quarter. Do you understand?" Thomas looked at everyone.

"Yes, sir."

Ethan heard the people around him respond.

Before time travel, his knowledge of this sport, like most people in the country, was zero.

I've watched the Super Bowl, but what I watched was Martian's halftime show that year.

The original owner can skillfully use every character in Street Fighter to make moves, but he also doesn't know much about rugby.

I just briefly learned about this project with others this morning, and now it has been changed to so-called flag football.

What is flag football?
For a moment, the coach turned around and left. The assistant coach distributed a rope to each person, with a long ribbon hanging on the left and right sides of the rope.

Ethan followed suit and tied the rope belt tightly around his waist.

The game officially started. Our team took the lead in attacking. His teammates rushed forward with the ball in hand, flashing and moving all the way, and finally passed the ball to Ethan behind him.

Ethan didn't think too much, hugged the ball with both hands and ran forward.

Since they are all football, the most basic scoring rules must be the same.

touchdown!

"What the hell?" Coach Thomas looked at Ethan's cross-chested posture to protect the ball and muttered in a low voice.

This was the most outrageous ball-protecting posture he had ever seen.

This man has never played rugby at all, or even watched it.

But something outrageous happened. This man ran like a high-speed locomotive. Faced with the frontal obstruction of the two men, he sideways his shoulders and forcefully opened a gap. The two opponents were staggered by him.

The others followed behind him, but he pulled him farther and farther away, and Ethan trotted to the formation area.

Ethan turned around excitedly, originally thinking that his teammates would come over to high-five him to celebrate the score, and the onlookers would applaud.

In fact, it was... everyone stood there, looking at themselves as if they were demented.

Ethan looked down and saw that the flag stripe around his waist had just been taken off.In the flag game, being taken off the flag means a successful interception.

"The new venue is about finding the feel." Ethan sneered.

Coach Thomas on the sidelines took off his cap when he saw this scene and couldn't help scratching his head.

This guy is definitely here to cause trouble.

(End of this chapter)