Iyah Blewitt wearing his mystic charms before each kick this season, challenging his inner luck for each kick.
His Helmet of Thor
Necklace of AH MUN RAH
And his belt of THE ONE RING
The time before a game is a truly sacred ritual for Denzel Diaz. A couple hours before a game, he begins to rev up mhis energy with his music. He slips on a set of headphones and turns on some 50 Cent, Wu-Tang Clan, or the more recent A$AP Mob or Famous Dex. Music is important in Denzel's pre-game process. The music needs to be blaring, drowning out the sounds of the locker room and locking him into his pump up time. Next comes the usual quick prayer before Denzel heads out onto the field for warm-ups. He makes sure to head out onto the field earlier than the others, just so that he can stretch and warm himself up for the upcoming gridiron battle he's about to go through. Diaz makes sure to keep his legs feeling fresh and loose, usually singing along to his plethora of music choices. As the other team makes their way onto the field, Denzel gives them a quick glance, surveying for the players he's watched on film. The linebackers, defensive line, safeties, eyeing them up and assessing them. After stretching and making sure he's ready to play, Denzel goes to the center of the field and looks over to the opposition, giving them a dirty, mean stare, his mind processing the looks that they return, the words that might be shouted at him. He's processing them, making them the enemy, and putting him in a mindset not to play, but to fight, with every ounce he can muster.
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(09-21-2017, 09:10 PM)ErMurazor Wrote:I'll leave the taking every inch you can get to you for sure.... :jawdrop:Damn I didn't think of it that way
Superstition? I don't believe in that.
All of my performances are on me, the good and not so good ones. I have a pre-game routine of sorts, on game day, I always wake up early and get a work out in. I like the serenity and peace of mind you get from working out. I suppose the repetitiveness of certain workouts allow you to think deeply, all that blood is flowing quickly. I like to shower and then take a nap. It's important for one to get some rest before a game. After getting a good nap in, it's time to wake up and get ready for the game. You have to arrive dressed professionally. At the stadium, it's all about getting into the right state of mind. After eating with the team, it's usually time to listen to some hype music, get psyched up for the game. I don't owe my success or failures to a certain step in the process or something like that. I think those mind games are bad for your overall psyche. Once you start relying on a knick knack, and then it fails, you're totally lost. It's best to own up and be accountable for your failures or successes, the highs and lows. America South America - K/P - Player Page Tijuana Luchadores --Retired-- Alfonso Dos Santos - K/P - Player Page l Update Page New Orleans Second Line - Bondi Beach Buccaneers Brock Bodenhamer - WR - Player Page l Update Page New Orleans Second Line - Myrtle Beach Buccaneers Bona'beri Jones - WR - Player Page l Update Page New Orleans Second Line - Portland Pythons Noah Goodson - LB - Player Page l Updates New Orleans Second Line-Yellowknife Wraiths-Baltimore Hawks-Arizona Outlaws-Portland Pythons
I have several lucky charms I keep in my locker. The first is a lucky bracelet I wear during each game. It is mostly orange, fitting to the team I play for, the Otters. I also usually wear a similar outfit to the game, with a lucky sweater as part of the outfit. It is striped and I bought it years ago and always wore it to all my college exams to bring me luck.
Even the rest of my game-time routine is considered a lucky charm. The headphones are a lucky charm too! I need a lot of luck you see. I am a big believer in that. Even my equipment is part of my lucky charms. I love my cleats, my shoulder pads and my gloves. Somehow I have the feeling they are special, as if they give me special powers to catch the ball better, to tackle harder and to be faster. I know it sounds silly but I swear it happens! I think next season I will buy some new ones again, somehow I have the feeling that every season they will give me a boost and make me an even better player. Perhaps lucky charms should be sold in the store too, that might be fun
Connor Tanner is a man of many beliefs and all of them involve superstitious rituals which are as follows:
Connor Tanner's socks: Connor is fairly simple yet also fairly complex with his beliefs, he believes that if you win a football you should not wash your socks afterwards, even going as far as wearing the same pair of unwashed socks for 19 weeks of football during his senior year of highschool. Connor Tanner's pre-game meal: Before each game Connor Tanner fills himself up with a Floyd's diner lumberjack breakfast consisting of two eggs, 3 pancakes, 2 pieces of bacon, 2 sausages and some hashbrowns with a chocolate milkshake to wash it all down, he's being eating this pre-game meal ever since he was a sophomore in college. And finally last but not least, Connor Tanner's phone call home: Due to the vastly different time zones his mum struggles to watch all of his games but leaving his home in Galway, Ireland wasn't easy for him so he decided to start every Sunday morning with a phone call home to his mother in order to put the good juju's into place, it hasn't failed him so far and hopefully it won't ever. |
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