Chapter 22: Hellish Training
Taylor Bryan is the head coach of the Knox High School football team, he has been an assistant coach of the University of Mississippi football team for more than 10 years, he has been in this industry for more than 10 years, after being hired to Knox Middle School with a high salary, he has shown his ambitions, and after obtaining the approval of the school board, he has recruited many good football seedlings with full scholarships, and with the support of the school, he has expanded the football field and fitness center, established a professional coaching team and medical team. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Taylor, who loves the sport deeply, is a little regrettable that he didn't win the continental championship last year, although he invested a lot and the players he poached performed very well, but the foundation of Knox Middle School was too poor, but others didn't see it that way, and there were already voices questioning whether he was a high-level coach with a high salary.
"Secretary Marisa, what did you say, I heard you right?" Taylor shouted angrily into the phone.
"I wouldn't agree to it, you have to know that he hasn't been to the pre-season training camp, how can I let him be in the team, and the most important thing is that the principal actually asked that this young man named Andy must be given playing time, do you think this is realistic?" Taylor, who was already in a bad mood and full of pressure, broke out even more after Marisa's secretary conveyed the principal's request.
"Hell, sports credits, I watched, of course I watched, I didn't mean to offend anyone, but Secretary Marisa, that's soccer, it's soccer, not the American football we play." Taylor looked at the fax in his hand and said dissatisfiedly on the phone.
"Okay, okay, as long as he can keep training and meet my requirements, I'll give him a chance to play." Under Marisa's repeated hints, Taylor had no choice but to compromise.
smashed the phone in his hand hard, Taylor scolded: "your old classmates, your big guys, this has something to do with rugby!" ”
Andy, who was still concentrating on the class at the moment, had no idea that although he hadn't reported it yet, he had already left a bad impression on Coach Taylor's mind.
Just after 3 p.m., after all the cultural lessons, Andy and Eli Manning were like brothers, and they had found a lot to talk about as peers.
Under the leadership and introduction of Eli Manning, Andy came all the way to the 100-meter-long and 70-meter-wide rectangular grass in front of him, only to see that there are nearly 20,000 spectator seats around the stadium, dozens of high-power searchlights are installed on the light poles erected on both sides, and two huge scoring fluorescent screens are also erected on the two sides of the court.
"You're Andy?" Coach Taylor looked at the tall and sturdy Andy in front of him and couldn't help but feel pity, if he received rugby training from a young age, he would definitely be a good seedling, he thought to himself.
"Now you go to the medical testing center and fitness center over there with the team doctor to test all the data of your body, and then I tell you that you didn't participate in our team's pre-season training, so no matter how you cut into the team now, if you don't meet my requirements, I won't let you play." Coach Taylor felt that his authority was being challenged by the principal's direct arrangement, so his tone was not very good.
Andy inexplicably followed the team doctor to check it, very strange about the coach's tone just now, and he didn't know that he was going to pre-season training.
One hour later, Andy returned to the training ground after all the tests, and introduced himself to his teammates under the leadership of Eli Manning.
"10,000 meters around the field!" Coach Taylor's voice startled Andy, and he wanted to ask Eli Manning, but before he could ask, the assistant coach had already pressed the stopwatch and blew the whistle. …,
At 10,000 meters, Andy began to think that he had heard it wrong, but seeing that Eli Manning, who had just finished a one-hour warm-up activity, and his new teammates had started to run with sad faces, he had to stride forward.
Andy doesn't know if it's just an appetizer for training, but he knows if it's really just the beginning, training at Chelsea Juniors will be heaven in comparison.
It was definitely a hell of a test for Andy, who started running without a warm-up, and just after running the 5,000 meters, Andy already felt like his heart was about to stop beating.
Well, Andy admits that he underestimated rugby training before coming, the problem is that this is not an ordinary running lap, the kind of running lap at a constant speed, 10,000 meters is not a problem, but this 10,000 meters is under the rhythm of the coach's whistle, constantly changing the speed of the change of speed to run 10,000 meters, the assistant coach's whistle is urgent, everyone is about to accelerate the sprint, the whistle disappears, and they slow down.
Andy felt that the assistant coach's whistle sound was like the devil's shout, shouting fast to accelerate, shouting slow to slow down immediately, what's even worse is that sometimes the whistle sound has been screaming rapidly, they have to keep sprinting, Andy only remembers that there was at least one whistle that made him sprint more than 200 meters.
"Damn, do you need to wash 200 meters to play rugby..." Andy cursed the bald middle-aged assistant coach in his heart, he felt a little insufficient at this moment for his usual proud physical fitness, his throat seemed to be burned by fire, his legs had begun to weigh a thousand pounds, and his lungs were not his own lungs.
While Andy was running in a sad circle, another assistant coach, Graeme Ovitz, excitedly rushed to Coach Taylor with a copy of the team doctor and the data he had just tested.
"Taylor, Taylor, you can take a look at this, forgive me for swearing, but I won't apologize for it, this kid is definitely an athletic genius!!" Graeme Ovitz ecstatically handed Taylor a copy of the stats.
"With a height of 1.8 meters and a weight of 80 kilograms, the doctor's bone age test allows him to grow to a maximum of 1.88 and a shortest of 1.85 meters in these 2 years, and the fat content and electrocardiogram and lung capacity have exceeded the data of those top college players." Graeme Ovitz was already chattering about Taylor when he was looking at the datasheet.
"You know, Taylor, this kid's testosterone is actually at 1200, oh my God, if it weren't for the doctor telling me exactly that he wasn't on doping, I wouldn't have believed my eyes, and the players who sneaked adrenaline into the game would have been at this level." Graeme Ovitz sighed and said in a very envious tone: "I don't know if he has a girlfriend, and if so, how can he withstand the beast at least 5-6 times a night." ”
Taylor listened to Graeme Ovitz as he looked at the data sheet, and at this time he had the idea of picking up a treasure, especially when he saw Andy's data.
"Are you sure he's 10.45 seconds in the 100m and 4.3 seconds in the 40m? Taylor asked in disbelief, this speed is definitely outstanding even in the NFL (Major League Football).
"I tested it for him, of course it's true, don't you believe in my major?" Graeme Ovitz answered Taylor's question in the affirmative.
The lengthy discussion between the two has attracted the collective attention of the members of the coaching staff, and they all smacked their tongues when they learned of such a statistic.
"What about the other aspects of the body, I mean the examination of the knees, ankles, lumbar spine, spine, especially the flexibility of the ankles, if that is not a problem, it is a natural runner." A member of the coaching staff also asked with concern.
"It's all right, it's very healthy, it's as strong as a cow, and it's not bad at all." Graeme Ovitz rushed to answer a colleague's question. …,
"Oh, I also want to swear, what kind of football does this kid play in the UK, he should have come to the United States to play our football a long time ago, we will customize a special menu and eating habits for him, and the weight needs to increase by 5 kilograms, in addition to increasing his passing and receiving practice and confrontation training, it should be of great use after half a year." Taylor was straight to the point.
7000 meters... 8000 meters... 9000 meters... Although Andy already felt a little uncomfortable, he continued to run hard with his head held high when he saw that those new teammates had been gritting his teeth and persevering, even if they had fallen behind.
"You must run first, even if you die after running!" The strong self-esteem in his heart prompted Andy, who was already in the front of the race, to accelerate directly in the last 500 meters, and was the first to finish the lap under the surprised eyes of his teammates.
Seeing Andy finish the course first, Coach Taylor also smiled with satisfaction on the sidelines.
Eli Manning came to Andy's side and gave a thumbs up, and those new teammates also came over one by one to say that they were great, just in these 10,000 meters, Andy has given them a deep impression, although the competition is everywhere, but they are still very happy to have a new teammate.
"Lad, rest for 15 minutes, and then start training against you." Coach Taylor came back to them to arrange the next item.
Andy is training on this large grassy field, running and dueling training followed by equipment, swimming, flexibility, swimming, aerobics, and even hot sauna are all part of the training.
It's really professional, it's just a high school football team training, Andy sighed while insisting on each training.
At half past six in the evening, Andy and his teammates, who were also covered in grass clippings and dirt, finally returned to the break room.
Andy hurriedly rinsed off and walked out of the bathroom naked to get dressed and go home.
"Andy, this is the tactical manual and the content that you can practice at home, mainly equipment training, and there is also a menu customized according to your physical development and function, I hope you will do this in the future, if you can't meet my requirements within a certain period of time, then you won't have the opportunity to play." Coach Taylor's big stick swung violently again.
"Got it, Coach, I'll do it." Andy, who is not used to such a large amount of exercise, is almost running out of strength to speak.
And just like that, Andy's first day at school ended with the sympathy and envy of his teammates.
ps: Seriously, you can find training videos and news of rugby players on the Internet, it's definitely not people, it's like an animal... I really want to say here that the training of football players is so happy! Keep asking for recommendations and favorites!