Chapter 4 Recklessness is over Facing a completely unfamiliar sport, Ethan naturally couldn't adapt, not only frequently fouled, resulting in unsuccessful offense, but also like a headless fly when assisting in defense, he almost collided with his teammates twice.Completely negative.This caused dissatisfaction among his teammates, who immediately asked the assistant coach who was acting as a referee to replace Ethan.The assistant coach looked at Thomas, who was standing on the sidelines, and in this team, he was just a man of his word.Seeing that Thomas did not react, the assistant coach asked Ethan to stay in the group.As for Ethan, he didn't say a word at this time, standing on the sidelines and observing the actual combat confrontation between the other two groups.When I was a player on the field, my perspective was far less open than it is now.After watching it for a few minutes, Ethan came up with an idea of flag football.Somewhat similar to the group frisbee sport that preempted the football field in the previous life.Flag football doesn't have any physical confrontation, the rules have been changed, and the intensity is not as high as in traditional rugby.A formula brought into the previous life, won = the best of the best, played = the best of the best, seen = will.Ethan closed his eyes, practiced in his brain, and when he opened his eyes again, he felt that he had mastered the trick of the sport more or less.Once again, his teammates deliberately put him in the least important blocking position, and after a few seconds of the opponent's attack, he could chase the defense, Ethan took the lead and rushed towards the opposing ball carrier, and a sudden disguise flashed past the covering personnel behind the opponent's pad.But the opponent's attackers were also very fast, and they were about to touch down, and Ethan was still several positions away from him, and it was too late.Several of Ethan's other teammates had already begun to slow down, but they saw Ethan leap forward, and the whole person flew out, and at the moment when the opponent rushed into the touchdown area, he ripped off the waist flag on the opponent's body with his fingertips.The assistant referee whistled: "Intercepted, kick-off from two yards." ”Although the opponent still scored on the second attack, Ethan had already found his touch and became more and more courageous, and in his own attacking round, Ethan used his trademark, which is considered by others to be extremely hilarious, to dribble with the ball and successfully attract the attention of the opposing five players, and pass the ball to the receiving teammates behind him when he was caught in front and back.Teammates score touchdowns with ease!
The assistant coach, who is the referee, can't help but nod at this time.He could see that Ethan had a very wide vision and was very calm in key moments.This is called "ball quotient", just like "IQ", which is set at birth and cannot be made up for the day after tomorrow.Thomas, who was standing on the sidelines on the other side, couldn't help but touch his chin with his hand and fell into thought, and he began to pay more attention to this Ethan.Ethan felt like he had found the trick - getting out of the way.Since flag football does not emphasize physical confrontation, everyone is tied up, but Ethan has no such concerns.Others use 70% of their strength, while he uses 10%, although most of the time it is ineffective like a headless fly.While the others were still clean, Ethan was already covered in grass clippings and dust.And when the game was over, no one laughed at him.Because everyone knows very well that Ethan just hasn't played flag football much, if he is given even a few days, the people present may not be opponents.In the end, Ethan's group won hard.His teammates high-fived Ethan, who earned everyone's respect through his performance."
I think the coach will pick you."
A sweaty teammate said he was just as hard.The man had short black hair, dark brown eyes, and appeared to be of Italian or bohemian descent.In just one hour, three single-round robin duels were completed, and it was time for Coach Thomas to announce the finalists."
I saw your fighting spirit, and a few people impressed me very much, but as I often say, competitive sports are cruel, no one cares if you get up at four o'clock in the morning, if you are sick today, if you lose, if you lose, no one will comfort you except your family, this world only respects the winner.""
What I need is someone who wants to win by any means necessary, and in my eyes, this desire to win is greater than everything, far greater than ......talent," Ethan blinked.Hearing Thomas pronounce an unfamiliar name, a guy the size of a gas tank immediately got up excitedly.And the last candidate was not Ethan, but the black-haired boy who spoke to Ethan just now.He himself looked a little surprised, and he didn't stand up until the coach had read his name twice."
Alright, the rest of you can go home, thank you for your participation, there will be a new round of selection activities next semester."
The coach turned and walked away.Or was it eliminated?
As soon as Ethan got up, he saw the team's quarterback walk up to the coach, who took off his helmet and showed a baby-faced face.The two of them talked for a long time, and then they both looked at themselves at the same time.The coach's expression looked a little helpless, and the quarterback hurriedly waved at him, signaling him to come over."
Tell me, boy, what are you going to do today?"
The coach looked up and down, looking at Ethan.lt; divcss=ot; ntentadvot; gt; Ethan can say something about youth and dreams.However, the coach must not believe this, and from his speech, it seems that he is probably a strange-tempered guy, and then think of his words before the announcement of the selection, Ethan said without hesitation: "My father owes a lot of money, the creditor has repossessed my house, I have lost everything, I can't even pay the tuition and fees, I need a subsidy from the football team." ”Quarterback Ada Newman on the side was stunned when he heard this.But the coach laughed: "I like this answer, I was also desperate back then, and joined the rugby team just for that lunch at noon."
But you're far worse than I was, you don't even know how to hold the ball. ”"I'll give you three more days, and let the quarterback take you from scratch in those three days."
If you want to say that in a team, the main quarterback who communicates with the head coach the most is not the main quarterback, which is related to the particularity of the quarterback.Adam was standing next to him just now, and when he saw that Ethan was not selected, he immediately came over to intercede with the coach, and talked about Ethan's subconscious catching action just now.Now hearing Coach Thomas say this, Adam already has a score in his heart, this is to prepare Ethan as a core training, otherwise it is impossible to let himself take him personally.Adam is already a twelveth grader, this is his final semester at BHHS, and college will begin today fall.However, Rice is in the 11th grade, and he still has one year to go, and when he graduates, he doesn't know what the coach will do......
After the head coach left, Adam and Ethan chatted.When he heard that Ethan had never played rugby before and didn't even know much about the rules of rugby, Adam's heart was very complicated.You can reach this level of football for the first time, and it would be false to say that you don't envy it.Looking at it this way, the coach's vision is indeed vicious.After Adam's debriefing, the coach's expression was not much surprised, and it was clear that he had been mentally prepared.Why not add Ethan's name, in fact, it's just for the sake of beating, even if he doesn't come to report, the coach will use other steps to let Ethan in."
I haven't asked for your exact name yet.""
Ethan, Ethan O'Connor.""
By your own name?""
No, my family helped me sign up."
Adam let out an "oh" and didn't think much of it, there were not many siblings in the school, and their surnames were not the same at all.Ethan learned about the treatment from Adam, and the school team is divided into two parts, one is "training students", and they have to pay money.The other part is the "main team members" including substitutes, a total of 45 people, this group of people have additional training subsidies, food subsidies, and a full set of equipment including protective gear, which does not require the team members to pay an extra dime, all of which are borne by the school.He is the "main player", and the only place where he needs to spend money is to buy a pair of professional rugby sneakers.It is precisely because the treatment is good enough that so many talents from other clubs come to grab this place.The temporary selection here is over, and the training of the rugby team over there has only just begun.As for Ethan, he was not trained at all, and the only thing he needed to do today was SEE.Actually sitting on the sidelines, watching the sport up close, Ethan noticed the biggest difference between rugby and all balls – the emphasis on physical confrontation.In other sports, actions that are considered fouls are allowed in rugby.Bring in some martial arts moves.Nesting feet (unnecessary roughness), sweeping legs (illegal kicking), and iron head gong (helmet ramming) are all fouls.However, Tieshan can all be used for (ramming), small grappling (grappling), and pushing palms (blocking).In other sports, when the ball carrier is overturned, the audience will only accuse the defender of not speaking of martial virtues.But in rugby, the audience would stand up and applaud and cheer.Compared with simple fighting, it emphasizes teamwork and cooperation, which is more ornamental.Undoubtedly, this evokes the bloodiness in the viewer's instinct.It's in human nature to be violent.And as a player on the field, it's even more enjoyable.If you can't kick it, you can just fight, as long as the rules allow, you can do anything.Of course, any sport has its own unique features.And rugby, a "wild" sport, is one more prominent than the three major balls......
Recklessness is over.I am afraid that this is one of the reasons why the sport of football has become the son of "America", in a sense the sport has been integrated with American culture and has become a kind of totem of the United States.After reading it, remember to bookmark it for next time!