The Dallas Birddogs were one of the first teams to be invited to try a new sport, Ice Football. They were invited along with the Bondi Beach Buccaneers to Juan Ceson Resort in Las Vegas, home of the world’s largest and best ice hockey arena and with state-of-the-art practice rinks. VHL legend Juan Ceson himself is helping pioneer the sport, in which football is played on ice. It is played on an Olympic sized rink rather than American to give more room for plays. The only real difference is players are on skates instead of running up and down the field. The player with the most difficult change is no doubt the kicker, who know has to manage to kick the ball while skating and also try not to slice open the ball with the blade which is extremely difficult for most people as it requires kicking in an entirely different style to what kickers are used to. Thankfully, William Metzler the Dallas kicker (who doesn’t punt) proved to be exceptionally good at kicking wearing skates and was even offered a contract by Juan Ceson for once he gets his new league up and running.
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