(S40) PT #5 - Training Gains

[Dustillation]

Gates being pretty early in the career obviously has a ton of room for improvement. Biggest thing right now is hitting the weight room and developing that recovery speed and strength to press the receivers and throw off that timing. But the film sessions are definitely important too. Gates has the natural intelligence to pick up on what the opponent is about to do, so it's just a matter of absorbing as much information as possible about the opponents. A lot of players over their career will develop tendencies and teams will have "go-to" plays. So shutting them down on the plays they think will get them consistent yards will basically force the opponent to convert in long yardage situations.

It will be interesting to see if these early training sessions will pay off dividends for the future seasons to come in Gates' career. But for now the incremental stuff is super important as Gates tries to prove himself in the DSFL.

[Gordon Bombay]

From french

Louis Blondin est dans le fleur de l’âge. Il ne sera jamais aussi bon qu’il est présentement. Donc pour cette dernière saison il s’est concentré sur une chose : rester aussi bon. Il visait à être constamment consistent. Pour ce faire il a élaborer une petite routine.  Tout les matin il fait 100 push-ups suivi de 100 redressements assis. Ensuite il va courir un petit 10 kilomètre. Il ne vise jamais des records personels. Il veut seulement faire des temps similaires jour après jour. Après sa routine du matin, Louis fait 2 heures de méditations dans un bain de glace. Cela lui permet de visualiser toutes les situations possible sur le terrain. Ça lui permet aussi de relaxer ses muscles. Il passe aussi 2 heures avec son entraineur Kotasa. Il ne sait pas à quel point ça aide, mais Louis apprécie leur gfuel quotidien. Finalement Louis fini sa journée avec un bon trio big mac extra bacon. Il sait qu’une alimentation de qualité est la clé de son succès sur le terrain.

[Sebster]

This season, Willier really wanted to improve on his pocket awareness so he set up a new drill with his coaches. He stood in a circle that was about 10 yards Diameter, with 3 tennis ball machines pointed at him equidistant from each other. There were also 5 targets on the field, each with a big LED sign above them. On go, the machines would alternate randomly shooting tennis balls at me as I had to work around the pocket, and also periodically an arrow would light up over a target that I had to hit. So to boil it down, I was evading tennis balls and also keeping my eyes downfield to be aware of any lit up signs. This was two faceted in that it helped me with looking downfield and noticing when a receiver was open and also how to navigate the pocket to avoid any rushers that might be looking for an easy sack.

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[ImSatanJunior]

Early In Their Career Salem Was Just Purely A Speed Demon, Someone No Defensive Player Wanted To Have To Try And Cover But As Soon As They Got Down To Run Block They'd Be Constantly Destroyed. Salem Has Since Spent Vast Amounts Of Time In The Gym Lifting Weights And Overall Getting Stronger Turning From The Scrawny TE They Were In Their Rookie Season To A Pancake Demon Now. This Has Vastly Improved Salem's Game Making Them An All Around Feared TE. Not Only Has This Helped Improve Salems Blocking But Combining The Speed They Have In The Receiving Element Of Their Game Getting Stonger Has Only Made Them Harder Cover As They Will Either Be Unguardable And Burn You Deep Of Out Muscle You For All The Contested Catches And Broken Tackes They Want. Coming From A Weak But Fast WR To An All Around Beast Of A TE Has Been Quite The Journey But The Time Spent In The Weight Rooms Sure Payed Off.

[Tayjay]

Let's just say that I have been watching a ton of film to get better for the new season. I have not received as much playing time as I thought I was going to , nor did I receive much of a shot to play. Most of my time on the sideline has been taking notes and watching film during the games to find tendencies. It actually has been pretty good since I get to talk with the offensive coordinator a lot. It has sharpened my play iq and tendencies to look for in other teams and how they call plays. My other time is spent working on footwork and throwing strength. I am trying to toughen up ahead of my first season in the International Simulation Football League. It is a tough game and I need to bulk up in order to make it through a whole season. I am ready to come up and play for the Silverbacks due to the preparation and training I have put in.

[bigbluex02]

This rookie season has definitely been one for the books for Lenny Longpipe. But I must say that he has definitely been working to make sure he improves day in and day out so he can be the best player he can be. Every single day he is in the gym getting some type of workout in, whether it be cardio, or weight training, he wants to guarantee that his body is physically fit and ready to go for game day each week. He is also very adamant on getting in field work every week before games. Running on field drills to keep his skill set sharp, and constantly working with the team trainers and coaches to make sure that he is getting all of his reps in. If you do not find him in either the gym or the field, he has definitely progressed by just watching tons of hours of film every day. He is constantly watching the other teams or other players at his position, just to pick up little things that he can exploit or use in his own game to make him a better player all around.

[RussDrivesTheBus]

This season saw Buster work his tail off, even moreso than usual. His section of the weight room had become adorned with various pictures of him breaking team strength training records. Some of the cones had his initials on them for being a leader in team conditional drills. But this season, things seemed to max out all over the shop. Buster's ridiculous 750 bench press surpassed the previous record set by Otis Allen. He overtook Linebacker Tyrone Brackenridge in the deadlift with a monstrous 975! But, Russet has been naturally strong his whole life. So while these feats are beyond impressive,  the team had seen him do these types of things before. Where he truly found his zen this year was in the short burst conditioning drills. Sharpening his technique on the 3-cone vastly improved his ability to change direction and flip his hips on the field, thus leading to the most productive season he's ever had!

[abh89]

It has been an intense few seasons for Harley Andrews from a progression standpoint.This season though, it feels like Andrews has reached his physical peak. He follows a very strict diet program along with an intense workout routine to help him build and maintain a strong, muscular build but also remain extremely lean. As a defensive end, it is important that he has the ability to hold his ground against the massive offensive tackles he is facing each and every play. However, as a speed rusher he also needs the speed and agility to get past them as quickly as possible with various block shedding maneuvers. In addition to the various off-field workouts and training he completes, Andrews also puts in a significant amount of time on the practice field to hone those pass rushing skills and find ways to improve his game any way that he can. This commitment to improving is what has helped him become one of the premier pass rushers in the ISFL.

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[Rufio_NZ]

Eli Prince participates in daily international travel between countries between matches to maximise the amount of different cultural techniques on his get off game. Every country has a unique style of sport and every single countries sport requires some level of explosiveness, conquering these different techniques isn't the idea but adapting to their style and amalgamating some form of what they use is the method we utilised. In other countries he worked on his ability to work on his accuracy and expressions whilst moving to ensure he has the upper hand on cuts and out routes. Eli even took it on himself to learn a little bit abot sumo wrestling whilst he was in japan to learn about hand positioning on run blocking plays as well as weight distribution. He also took some semi informal lessons in handball for his ability to catch a small object, working on his handles and grip strength. It's important to have both as a receiver as once the ball hits your hand you need ot have the reflexes to snag that sucker and make a play. International training is the way of the future.

[Nathan]

My player put on extra weight before the season as to better play the role of a Nose Tackle rather than 3-tech, which required training and practicing different containment procedures in the run.  Instead of breaking through the A or B Gap and forcing the ball carrier to either bounce outside or cut back to the other side of the line, I now had to cover both A Gaps and force blockers to commit to me and allow the rest of the front seven to plug the gaps.  In pass rushing as well I didn’t have the type of leverage you would get lining up on a guard’s shoulder and instead would either line up in between the guard and center or straight down the center.  The center is a much bigger lineman vs guards and tackles which required the greater amount of strength my weight gain was for.  The results were mixed, as our rushing yards allowed per game went from 12th to 5th, but our secondary was the worst in the league, partially due to poor pressure.