This week most teams will be going through their usual routine and participating in their week 9 game, but the Philadelphia Liberty have been blessed with a much needed bye week. While players that need time to rest and heal will be given it, most of the team will still be hard at work. Although a bye week can be a nice break, it can easily derail momentum that a team has built up, and with 3 wins in their last 4 games, you can bet that the Liberty doesn't want to lose a step before they head into a 4-game road trip.
While the team will resume its usual weekly routine next week when they head to Las Vegas to take on the Legion, this week they'll be taking a bit of a different approach to their midseason training and preparation. A new facility, the Toleso Training Center, has finally been finished at the Liberty campus and will be used heavily during the preparation the team takes this week to get ready for its stretch of road games. While the TTC houses a brand new weight room, spa, pool and medical center for the team, the most important feature is the indoor training field where the team will now hold its practices. But, this practice field is a bit unusual. We got a hold of Philadelphia GM @adam2552 to learn more. "Yes, that's right, the training field features state of the art climate control. So what we can do for practices is simulate what the weather conditions will be like for away games, whether it's the heat in Las Vegas or the bitter cold in Yellowknife. We can control temperature, humidity and even simulate rain using the custom sprinkler system. It's really a game changer for the way we can approach our weekly preparation and offseason training too. About the only thing we can't do is make it snow! It usually takes a while for everything to settle to the right conditions so we can set it overnight and then it will be ready the next day. During the bye week, we’ll be in Las Vegas one day, and then Yellowknife or Colorado the next one. This conditioning is going to be a real game changer for the upcoming road swing."
Not only does this climate simulator allow players to work on their conditioning but it also helps the team to figure out what gear each player will need for the game. "You don't want to go into the Las Vegas or Arizona heat unprepared," said Philadelphia defensive end Ottokar Von Gerhardt, "you start to sweat a lot and that moisture is gonna make you chafe in all the wrong places, yeah." We declined further comments from Von Gerhardt.
With the new facility being sponsored by Toleso Tequila, the brainchild of a few Philadelphia Liberty players, we caught up with linebacker Perry Tucker, who is the head of marketing strategy for the brand, to learn a little more about this building and how business is going. "Toleso is doing extremely well, we've been doing business all along the East Coast and basically in every city that hosts an NSFL team. In fact, the only place we haven't made any headway yet is Yellowknife because we're still trying to figure out taking things to an international level, but it's in the works; just hope Canadians drink tequila. We're very proud to be able to help sponsor the TTC. With Toleso we have taken a lot of strides to use renewable energy and sustainably sourced ingredients for manufacturing our tequila. In a similar way, the majority of the energy used to run the TTC comes from wind and solar power, we like to believe it's an impressive achievement."
Speaking of impressive, the Philadelphia Liberty have looked very sharp as of late, winning back to back games including a huge upset against the Yellowknife Wraiths. We had hoped to talk to star wideout Fox North about the team’s recent success and his reemergence midseason, but the usually friendly Fox refused to meet. Instead, we talked to the team’s other first round pick from the most recent draft, left tackle Micah Hendrix. “Yeah, don’t expect to get much out of Fox right now, he’s been……different after that trip he took to Mexico. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still the same old Fox, but there’s a more introspective side to him. I think he was just getting into his own head too much, he really wants to focus up for the second half of the season.” As for the state of the team, Hendrix had this to say: “We are definitely ahead of where I and probably most of the league expected us to be at this point. I think most people didn’t have us winning more than one or two games, but we’ve come together quickly and I think we’re still looking to shock people in the later part of this season. I’m not really into that sports science stuff, I think hard work and dedication matters more than anything. But, our coaching and management has brought us this far, so I’m willing to give this weather dome they have cooked up a try.”
With road games coming up against rivals Legion and Yellowknife, who are both hungry for revenge, as well as against the red hot Baltimore Hawks, you can bet the Philadelphia players will be taking advantage of anything they can to give them a leg up against their competition. How well this unique training and conditioning will actually work is still a bit of a mystery, but it seems that more and more teams are looking towards incorporating emerging technology into their training. If this seems like a successful method, you can bet other teams will be looking to try and emulate it, that’s just the nature of the league.
The remainder of the season looks promising for action across the league with almost every team still having a shot at making the playoffs. For the Liberty especially, these four road games will decide their fate for this season as they will play against the other three NSFC teams in addition to the Legion. With wins against Yellowknife and Colorado, there would be a very good chance for the Liberty to make a playoff run, but it will be an extremely difficult task. This team certainly seems up to the challenge though and is ready to put in the extra work during this bye week to make sure they’re positioned for late season success.
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While the team will resume its usual weekly routine next week when they head to Las Vegas to take on the Legion, this week they'll be taking a bit of a different approach to their midseason training and preparation. A new facility, the Toleso Training Center, has finally been finished at the Liberty campus and will be used heavily during the preparation the team takes this week to get ready for its stretch of road games. While the TTC houses a brand new weight room, spa, pool and medical center for the team, the most important feature is the indoor training field where the team will now hold its practices. But, this practice field is a bit unusual. We got a hold of Philadelphia GM @adam2552 to learn more. "Yes, that's right, the training field features state of the art climate control. So what we can do for practices is simulate what the weather conditions will be like for away games, whether it's the heat in Las Vegas or the bitter cold in Yellowknife. We can control temperature, humidity and even simulate rain using the custom sprinkler system. It's really a game changer for the way we can approach our weekly preparation and offseason training too. About the only thing we can't do is make it snow! It usually takes a while for everything to settle to the right conditions so we can set it overnight and then it will be ready the next day. During the bye week, we’ll be in Las Vegas one day, and then Yellowknife or Colorado the next one. This conditioning is going to be a real game changer for the upcoming road swing."
Not only does this climate simulator allow players to work on their conditioning but it also helps the team to figure out what gear each player will need for the game. "You don't want to go into the Las Vegas or Arizona heat unprepared," said Philadelphia defensive end Ottokar Von Gerhardt, "you start to sweat a lot and that moisture is gonna make you chafe in all the wrong places, yeah." We declined further comments from Von Gerhardt.
With the new facility being sponsored by Toleso Tequila, the brainchild of a few Philadelphia Liberty players, we caught up with linebacker Perry Tucker, who is the head of marketing strategy for the brand, to learn a little more about this building and how business is going. "Toleso is doing extremely well, we've been doing business all along the East Coast and basically in every city that hosts an NSFL team. In fact, the only place we haven't made any headway yet is Yellowknife because we're still trying to figure out taking things to an international level, but it's in the works; just hope Canadians drink tequila. We're very proud to be able to help sponsor the TTC. With Toleso we have taken a lot of strides to use renewable energy and sustainably sourced ingredients for manufacturing our tequila. In a similar way, the majority of the energy used to run the TTC comes from wind and solar power, we like to believe it's an impressive achievement."
Speaking of impressive, the Philadelphia Liberty have looked very sharp as of late, winning back to back games including a huge upset against the Yellowknife Wraiths. We had hoped to talk to star wideout Fox North about the team’s recent success and his reemergence midseason, but the usually friendly Fox refused to meet. Instead, we talked to the team’s other first round pick from the most recent draft, left tackle Micah Hendrix. “Yeah, don’t expect to get much out of Fox right now, he’s been……different after that trip he took to Mexico. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still the same old Fox, but there’s a more introspective side to him. I think he was just getting into his own head too much, he really wants to focus up for the second half of the season.” As for the state of the team, Hendrix had this to say: “We are definitely ahead of where I and probably most of the league expected us to be at this point. I think most people didn’t have us winning more than one or two games, but we’ve come together quickly and I think we’re still looking to shock people in the later part of this season. I’m not really into that sports science stuff, I think hard work and dedication matters more than anything. But, our coaching and management has brought us this far, so I’m willing to give this weather dome they have cooked up a try.”
With road games coming up against rivals Legion and Yellowknife, who are both hungry for revenge, as well as against the red hot Baltimore Hawks, you can bet the Philadelphia players will be taking advantage of anything they can to give them a leg up against their competition. How well this unique training and conditioning will actually work is still a bit of a mystery, but it seems that more and more teams are looking towards incorporating emerging technology into their training. If this seems like a successful method, you can bet other teams will be looking to try and emulate it, that’s just the nature of the league.
The remainder of the season looks promising for action across the league with almost every team still having a shot at making the playoffs. For the Liberty especially, these four road games will decide their fate for this season as they will play against the other three NSFC teams in addition to the Legion. With wins against Yellowknife and Colorado, there would be a very good chance for the Liberty to make a playoff run, but it will be an extremely difficult task. This team certainly seems up to the challenge though and is ready to put in the extra work during this bye week to make sure they’re positioned for late season success.
@Silver Fox @Perry87 @fish @124715
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[OPTION]Regular Season Stats
[OPTION](S2) 14 Games Played
[OPTION](S3) 14 Games Played
[OPTION](S4) 14 Games Played
[OPTION](S5) 14 Games Played
[OPTION](S6) 14 Games Played
[OPTION](S7) 14 Games Played
[OPTION](S8) 14 Games Played
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[OPTION]Playoff Stats
[OPTION] 27839
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[OPTION]Trophy Case/Achievements:
[OPTION]Most Likely to Break the Team Bench When Sitting Down
[OPTION]Pumpkin Chuckin' Rally 2017 Semifinalist
[OPTION]Most Likely to Get Traded in S8 (T-1st)
[OPTION]Ultimus Champion S7, S8