(S40) PT #5 - Training Gains

[Ajax]

Im going to be straight to the point when it comes to working out. I run sprint's, bench, do abs, and do agility training. Usually this is with my gym bro and brother from another mother, Jason Steele. Now we may do friendly competitions and such we know where each others are. Jason can bench more than me but I am a little faster. He powers through lineman when I move around them. In a way we are our counterparts and keep each other in check. Outside of personal workouts we do drills for our strengths in practice that is led by the one and only Tuba. He has really put his effort in our defense alongside EX KCC GM, Dom. Their work has paid off and we are one of the best defenses in this league but will still work to improve.

[MobiausGrander]

Over the long season, our players train hard to be better players and to be better teammates overall. I swapped from defensive tackle to linebacker to help my team on defense and I had to learn a lot in a short time. I had to improve my speed, agility, and knowledge of rushing the passer. In addition, I had to learn how to do coverage to help our secondary. All in all, I think I completed every task I needed to do on all fronts. I became the second leading tackler this season, i was one of only a few front seven players who got a TD, and I had double digit tfls and sacks, while also playing a bit of coverage and racking up a bit of deflections myself. I hope that I can continue being this effective as a linebacker now that I enter into the prime of my productive career!

[Symmetrik]

Turnbull has definitely been putting in a lot of work over the season. It's hit the result of his best season ever, in basically every stat. He did the work but he didn't always do it efficiently and consistently early in the season. As the weeks were winding down though, Turnbull was a lot more consistent in hitting the gym. He was focusing a lot on making himself the best slot receiver he could be, so there wasn't a lot of noticeable change over the weeks. At the end of the season Turnbull really started focusing on getting his cardio up. We won't know if this late season work will pay off until next season gets under way. Aside from that, there's plenty of film for Turnbull to study as well, getting the gym work done is only part of it, and studying routes and the playbook is only part of it. Turnbull has been really happy working with Beatz to get their chemistry going as well, and coming up with some new plays and routes to connect on.

[pauadrian]

As stated before, those who know the Tyler One lore will know that back in the days before the International Football Sim League was ever on his mind. They will know that Tyler One had an experienced and very competitive videogame background. In fact, if he was not in the league today he would most likely be in the videogame esports scene. This is why this season in order to improve himself mentally, he has hired an esports coach. Sports psychologists are too expensive and Tyler One does not believe in mind control so he has opted for an esports coach due to the fact that surely if they can be a mental gamer, they can provide mental help on the football field too. The gains that Tyler One has improved over the season are also ridiculous, if you told me that Tyler One grew about three inches, I might be entitled to believe you!

[Ultimatedestroye]

The main way my player has been improving over the season has been through hitting the field and studying the film. First I like to study the film, it shows me what I’m doing. I know lay have some of my teammates or RB coaches helping pick up on what I’m doing right and/or wrong, and me and my teams come up with what I can start doing, what I can refine, and what to cut out. Then we hit the field and practice what we came up with in the film room. I have a drone that records all of my training film from a birds eye view so I can review what I’m doing in my practices and see if I’m applying what I learned in the film room to what I’m doing on the field. I still workout in our training room with my personal trainer, and he is amazing, but that extra on field experience makes all the difference for me.

[DL14]

Written Option:
It's been a long season, and there's been plenty of time to improve your game. How has your player progressed over the season? Were you consistently hitting the weights? Did you religiously study tape to fix your own mistakes? Or maybe a coach help improved your technique? Whatever the case, describe what helped your player development! (60 words)
My player has progressed remarkably during the season. When he first started, he was somewhat clueless. It’s a stereotype that most young players that get to this high a level of competition are at the very least a diamond in the rough that needs some polishing, but Diego López Alonso was no exception to this stereotype. However, as a somewhat down to earth and self aware person, he’s been able to recognize the many flaws of his game and dedicate himself nearly religiously to improving as a player. He’s talked with many of the elder statesmen of the London Royals and the DSFL, he’s started watching hours and hours of film of himself and his rivals in order to find out what he did wrong and how he can improve, he’s been going to the gym with a personal trainer and has tried to perform some rather advanced workouts in order to get better physically, and he’s also developed better habits. There’s a long way to go, but he’s getting there.