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Quote from: Mutumbo000 on September 23, 2018, 06:54:07 am

Quote from: adarqui on September 22, 2018, 06:07:34 pm

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on September 22, 2018, 07:33:57 am

I'm not registered for American Football yet but the team I'm going to play for had a win today in the 2nd game of the season. They are currently 2-0. https://www.facebook.com/sdgc.oilers/

I'm not registered because I haven't paid the fees- it's different to rugby /rugby league where my fees and travel expenses were covered by the club.

whoa. 

It's cool seeing you respect the sport too (for so long). So many rugby fans i've seen, hate american football etc, which is annoying to me, both sports are incredible. Most American Football fans don't even know what rugby is I imagine, lmao. I'm sure they'd like it though. Americans love contact sports.

Interested to see what your thoughts would be after playing it in a league like that (if you do).

I imagine you'd be a good offensive weapon (WR maybe?) Also good on defense in something like safety etc. There's alot to learn in the sport though, probably easier to come in on an offensive role. Defense is crazy complex.

Yeah I've been to two training sessions so far. On Monday the session is focused on defence and on Wednesday the session is focused on offence. Apparently there are 29 defensive plays they run but I got told that they only used about 8 of them in the first game because those 8 players were working well.

On the offensive side on Wednesday they had me playing as a WR on the right side (X, Z or Y I can't remember) and it was fairly overwhelming. Since I'm not registered they haven't given me the play book but one of the injured receivers was mentoring me through the drills telling me what route I had to run when the QB was calling out the plays. Most of the noobs also have a playbook on their forearm as a cheat sheet but I don't have access to that either. I remember there was like 10 routes but 4 of them are ones most common e.g. hitch, pocket, rocket. I got told you run 75% speed until you make the cut and that's when you burst 100% and instead of thinking about it in yards it's better to think about in steps. Like if the route is run 12 yards straight and cut to the outside on a 90 degree angle you take 6-7 steps @ 75% then cut hard @ 100%.

My favorite route (once again I can't remember the name) is the one where you run 5 yards straight and then cut in at at a 45 degree angle to the middle of the field. Every time I was easily able to beat the defender but my hands let me down because my catching skills are poor + no gloves and a wet night.

It's a weak league but in my team there are a couple of players that have represented Australia Outback (the national team) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridiron_Australia and a lot of others that play state. We have a couple of American ex-pats that play as well including the RB who is an African-American who ironically used to play JUCO for Ellsworth, which is one of the teams Indy plays against in Last Chance U. I did google his name but I couldn't find anything on him.

Edit- This is his fb page of the RB. https://www.facebook.com/sean.stewart.581730

I don't understand the hate for rival sports. I don't play table tennis but doesn't mean I hate the sport of table tennis it's just not something I'm interested in. I always see comments on facebook of rugby players making comments about American Football saying it's a soft because of pads and vice versa American Football supporters bagging the athleticism of rugby players. To me they are two different sports but I respect them both.

This is cool. If you can get around the waiting you'll love the game. I played a season when I was 15 for the Sherbrooke Saxons. Disappointed I couldn't continue but it just clashed too much with basketball.

Yeah I haven't played a game yet so I haven't experienced the waiting but I"m sure it goes quickly once you're there on the day. Do the Sherbrooke Saxons still exist?

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BeR8BEy1Kw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BeR8BEy1Kw</a>

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on September 22, 2018, 07:33:57 am

I'm not registered for American Football yet but the team I'm going to play for had a win today in the 2nd game of the season. They are currently 2-0. https://www.facebook.com/sdgc.oilers/

I'm not registered because I haven't paid the fees- it's different to rugby /rugby league where my fees and travel expenses were covered by the club.

whoa. 

It's cool seeing you respect the sport too (for so long). So many rugby fans i've seen, hate american football etc, which is annoying to me, both sports are incredible. Most American Football fans don't even know what rugby is I imagine, lmao. I'm sure they'd like it though. Americans love contact sports.

Interested to see what your thoughts would be after playing it in a league like that (if you do).

I imagine you'd be a good offensive weapon (WR maybe?) Also good on defense in something like safety etc. There's alot to learn in the sport though, probably easier to come in on an offensive role. Defense is crazy complex.

Yeah I've been to two training sessions so far. On Monday the session is focused on defence and on Wednesday the session is focused on offence. Apparently there are 29 defensive plays they run but I got told that they only used about 8 of them in the first game because those 8 players were working well.

On the offensive side on Wednesday they had me playing as a WR on the right side (X, Z or Y I can't remember) and it was fairly overwhelming. Since I'm not registered they haven't given me the play book but one of the injured receivers was mentoring me through the drills telling me what route I had to run when the QB was calling out the plays. Most of the noobs also have a playbook on their forearm as a cheat sheet but I don't have access to that either. I remember there was like 10 routes but 4 of them are ones most common e.g. hitch, pocket, rocket. I got told you run 75% speed until you make the cut and that's when you burst 100% and instead of thinking about it in yards it's better to think about in steps. Like if the route is run 12 yards straight and cut to the outside on a 90 degree angle you take 6-7 steps @ 75% then cut hard @ 100%.

My favorite route (once again I can't remember the name) is the one where you run 5 yards straight and then cut in at at a 45 degree angle to the middle of the field. Every time I was easily able to beat the defender but my hands let me down because my catching skills are poor + no gloves and a wet night.

It's a weak league but in my team there are a couple of players that have represented Australia Outback (the national team) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridiron_Australia and a lot of others that play state. We have a couple of American ex-pats that play as well including the RB who is an African-American who ironically used to play JUCO for Ellsworth, which is one of the teams Indy plays against in Last Chance U. I did google his name but I couldn't find anything on him.

Edit- This is his fb page of the RB. https://www.facebook.com/sean.stewart.581730

I don't understand the hate for rival sports. I don't play table tennis but doesn't mean I hate the sport of table tennis it's just not something I'm interested in. I always see comments on facebook of rugby players making comments about American Football saying it's a soft because of pads and vice versa American Football supporters bagging the athleticism of rugby players. To me they are two different sports but I respect them both.

I'm not registered for American Football yet but the team I'm going to play for had a win today in the 2nd game of the season. They are currently 2-0. https://www.facebook.com/sdgc.oilers/

I'm not registered because I haven't paid the fees- it's different to rugby /rugby league where my fees and travel expenses were covered by the club.

damn that diss was dirty. went pretty hard.

eminem is a bully. i remember losing pretty much all respect for him after what he did with Moby. and this kelly dude dropped some facts about how awful eminem's gotten.



eminem's response:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxQTY-W6GIo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxQTY-W6GIo</a>

eek. lol.

Yeah it's pretty hypocritical. He was dissing Moby for being old when Moby was in his mid 30's. Now Eminem is in his mid 40's and has no plans to retire. Great publicity for MGK though.

So I haven't posted for a couple of months because I haven't been working out at all!

My shoulder is now recovered and I went on to play in the Finals in rugby league. My team ended up finishing 3rd in the comp. So we played in the Elimination Final against the 4th ranked team and won. I played in the Semi Final, which if we had won would have seen us make the Grand Final. Unfortunately on the day we had a few of our better players pull out at the last minute due to injuries or family commitments etc. and ended up losing. I had a solid game but we just didn't have enough possession to be competitive.

Off-Season
I've been watching Last Chance U on Netflix and it got me motivated to try and play American Football. We have a comp down here in South Australia (albeit it 5 teams) and it's probably like sub-high school American Football standard. I went to the training and the coaches want to play me as a wide receiver...only problem is I can't catch the ball because it's soo much smaller and harder then a rugby ball and I don't know any of the plays!!!

 

alright, i'll say it: maybe it's time to join adarq.org run skwad. rugby is too hazardous to your health.

I still have love for the game. I don't think i'll be playing rugby beyond 30 though. The injuries are the worst part especially when you have to miss work but I've got a stable job- If I was working as a Casual or doing a physical job I wouldn't play.