During the offseason, Brazil called the Philadelphia Liberty about football. They kept mentioning kicking, and decided to send their kicker, Jake Fencik to Brazil to help out over there. When he got off the plane, he quickly realized that this was not the kind football he had in mind. A high school had called the Philadelphia Liberty to help out their soccer team. Fencik struggled heavily on the first day of his 2 week 'vacation', unable to help the kids with much. Throughout the first week, Fencik did as much as he could to learn about soccer. As the week went on, Fencik was able to provide better help to the students. Still not very good at soccer, most of Fencik's time during the second week was spent giving encouragement. On the final day of the workshop, Fencik did something different, a long distance goal contest. He had no idea what he was doing, but the kids seemed to enjoy it. At the end of the second week, it was time for Fencik to head back home. Was the high school team better at soccer? Maybe. Was Fencik still confused as to how this happened? Most certainly. When Fencik got back to the Liberty facility, he went to the front office to explain what happened.
I can tell you who didn't get sent overseas to conduct a worthless workshop and that is one PickSix II. Sure management approached him and tried to get him to commit to doing something for someone else outside of the game but as soon as PickSix heard his name being called into the office he was having none of it and decided to interject and claimed he was coming down with Covid-19. A little extreme for sure but it got the job done as PickSix not only managed to get out of travelling overseas to grow the game of football on his own dime, but he was also granted sick leave for a few days to get over his illness.
However, PickSix learned that the team sent over someone a little more amiable to Japan in Yasi Robe since he was a rookie, and an anime character, and from Japan. It made perfect sense as the team got to roast the rookie while sending him back home. PickSix thinks they sent him back home because he can't play but was disappointed to learn that he rejoined the team shortly after conducting his workshop on how to carry the football while getting dropped for negative yardage. It's weird he would choose this topic, but hey, if that's what he excels at, then who is PickSix to argue. @jeffie43 226 words
Mario Messi - I love writing in English, but I am a native speaker in Chinese. I am glad that this league provides a platform for international players, so I would like to try out the PT with my native language. 最近马里奥梅西被邀请去了中国进行巡回演出。美国橄榄球在中国本不是很流行,因为中国人经常觉得这是一个过于野蛮的运动 - 只有一帮人在中间撞来撞去,可谓毫无逻辑可言。但是,马里奥梅西是一位有着国际视野并且精通中国文化的美式橄榄球运动员。他是SailFish的TE,并且能够唱京剧。他到了中国之后,为传播美国橄榄球文化努力。他与大量的公司签约,收了很多钱,到中国的20多个城市进行了美式橄榄球表演赛,还进入了中小学的体育课给孩子们进行美式橄榄球教学辅导。Since Messi has a great amiable personality, his attitude and performance attract the Chinese kids to learn American football actively. Mario Messi felt great achievements in this process!
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As the only international team currently part of the ISFL, it has been Berlin's mission from day one to bring American football to the masses in Europe. While their first couple of seasons haven't been very successful, Berlin has recently found unprecedented success, and the team wished to augment this success by bringing the team to a more personal level with the fans. The Fire Salamanders sent several of their Season 28 draftees out to host a football camp, including converted receiver Troy Abed, DSFL Safety of the Year Jacob Raske, and soon-to-be franchise quarterback Dexter Zaylren for some simple passing drills.
So, on a small soccer pitch in Cologne, the three put on a clinic for all the spectators to see, and even brought in college and highschool players who wanted to learn. They had to go easy on them, of course, the difference between even good college athletes and professional football players is massive. Eventually the three would break up into offensive and defensive groups, with Zaylren and Abed working on route running while Raske worked on anticipation and techniques to keep up with receivers. Overall, it was a successful venture, with thousands of spectators and dozens of college athletes attending hoping to hone their skills. Perhaps in the future, the Fire Salamanders will expand these operations to other countries, but for now Germany alone will suffice.
For the Colorado Yeti, a cold weather team, most of our outreach was promoted towards helping communities in a climate like ours. So, after many other teammates went to places like Aspen, Montreal, and Kyoto, it was time for the snowy boys to make their move. Our team sent Adelie De Pengu and Melvin Murder-Moose to the lovely town of Oymyakon, a small village in Russia. Aside from the many late night parties and Vodka tasting sessions, the game of football was spread to the youth. Tales of the defensive tandem will be told for many years to come among the local population. One formation they taught them would come to be known as ol'shaya stupnya (roughly translated to hairy big feet), and helped the locals protect their village from wolves. Now, the local children did have to create their own footballs out of yak bladders and sheep innards, but they had a great time doing it! Luckily, our very own Melvin was even able to stop a bar brawl after some of the children had a little too much fun after practice. After the trip, they stopped off in Antarctica to visit Pengu's parents, and were back in Colorado just in time to start the preseason.
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