Many football players have hobbies that occupy them in their free time. I am no normal player the same way I am no normal human. As a cyborg, my body needs no rest and my brain needs minimal. I sleep 3 hours a night as I recharge. Majority of my time not spent on the field is spent training and building as I increase my mechanical limits. Some times the old memories of my human existence come flooding back in fragments and I’ll spend hours processing and trying to piece together pieces of who I am. The horror of the experiments the Soviet union performed on me are mostly locked away, but I still spend time contemplating the effects they had on my mind I’ll never know or understand. Also oddly enough I do have a small garden. I grow herbs and some potato and tomatoes. It helps me feel like I have some sort of control over the small fragment of life I still retain and refuse to let slip between my cold, iron fingers.
William Metzler loves football. Ever since he can remember, he has loved watching games and then as he got older, his passion for watching the game transitioned into playing. But, he has a secret. Another passion that he hasn’t told any of his team about. As a child, he would spend many long afternoons at his grandmother’s house where, without any internet or television or any form of entertainment at all, she would entice him to partake in many forms of torture such as baking, jigsaws and cross-stitching. It was this last activity that really captured William’s attention and his heart and he was soon doing it in his free time at his own house as well his grandmother’s. His family loved to receive personalised cross-stitch gifts for Christmas and birthdays and he discovered a new side hustle when he learnt he could sell his personalised gifts online. He even began to make football themed cross-stitches and recently his Dallas Birddogs themed gifts have been a huge hit at the local Dallas craft fairs.
Ace Anderson is an adrenaline junkie constantly looking for the next big thing to get his blood pumping and heart thumping. One of his favorite hobbies is paintball, a game he's played since he was 10 years old. Now that Ace has come into some money, he's been able to grow his collection of paintball markers to include all of the ones he wanted when he was a kid but couldn't afford. Ace frequents the fields in the Tampa Bay Area in the offseason and loves connecting with newer players to the game. He gets a lot of joy out of introducing people to something that he loves and watching them get hooked on it. He hopes to put together a few team outings over the offseason and get all of the Sailfish out onto the field. After all, there isn't anything that is more fun than shooting at your friends!
While I long for competition during the season, I absolutely love to shift my gaze away from the game during the offseason. Trying to stay bulked continuously through 6 months of downtime is pretty much impossible, so I lean in to relaxation for as long as I can. The family flies down to the Caribbean and just hangs out on the beach, relaxes, and unwinds. This trip can last up to two months on its own, and is a fantastic stress reliever.
After that great detox trip, I like to focus on my hobbies, namely learning duck calls and being a mime. The duck calls really help me get out in the wilderness and let loose, although I’m not sure I’m very good. Being a mime is a completely other story though. I’ve been practicing since college, and have my technique down to a fine art. I like to go to the downtown area and ply my trade a few weekends in the spring, and I’d like to think that if I wasn’t enormous, I could do it relatively anonymously. But people know me on sight, and they love to watch, so what’s the harm?
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In their little free time, McDripsen has managed to maintain quite a few hobbies. Between family, his commitment to his mental and physical stability, and work as a ISFL lineman, he tends to put himself first. While it can be stressful, McDripsen has recently realized, with the help of others, that creative outlets are what he needed in his life. The finality of a creation is a new concept to him, and in his time away he has recently found creative writing as an outlet. His mind moves a hundred miles a minute, which on occasion makes it so that everything else feels like a drag. In finding his passions outside of the ISFL, McDripsen McDropsen is working on creating a piece of writing that lets him slow down. Unfortunately, like many new things, he is a novice. Those pieces, which are quite exquisitely crafted, yet nonsensical ramblings of what appears to be a person who is on a different mental plane, are his way of having fun and getting writing. While it may be taken as dogshit art, it is still art, and the heir of the McDropsen name, had fucking Fun.
Klaus Reinhardt spends his free time in the nice Florida weather enjoying everything that you are able to do that is an outdoor activity. In college he played a lot of ultimate frisbee with his good friend Marshall von Hildebrand who he now gets to play with on the Kansas City Coyotes. As was mentioned by @nunccoepi, while Klaus and Marshall couldn't be more different in their positions, they push each other in everything that they do. In his free time, Klaus also enjoys playing board games, especially board games that have a focus on engine building and strategy. The last thing that Klaus has a real passion for is scuba diving. It doesn't matter if it is in salt water or fresh water, Klaus has a goal of scuba diving in every state in the United States. He also has plans of scuba diving internationally when it comes for him to retire. Klaus is going to be teaching Marshall how to scuba very soon.
Joey Battle knows due to the physicality of dot football that he needs to find another outlet. So he has always looked at opportunities outside the game and of the sports he likes the sport / entertainment industry of pro wrestling. He has been practicing every offseason in Florida at the WWE performance center. He likes the grind and there are a lot of traits and exercises that translate directly and indirectly with dot football. He needs to however work on his flexibility and stamina more so he takes pilates and yoga a lot more than other dot football players. He has also been guest refereeing and guest announcing at big events like Summer Slam and Survivor Series and is building up his character to eventually make a leap. However Battle doesn't like things handed to him and plans to go the NXT route and work his way up. He wants to be a fan favorite and earn his story and loves Cody Rhodes and the Rock as mentors. He plans to bring in his current and former teammates so dot football fans and wrestling fans can cross over and think there is a lot of potential between the two sports and industries.
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Willeh Strong has been a fan favorite player for 2 seasons now since entering the league and has been fun to watch on the field. It is well known that Strong always works out when not practicing or playing and this is one of the things he does for fun. However, Strong has some other hobbies as well that have not been spoken about much. In the days leading to an upcoming game, Strong likes to go back to his hometown of Charlotte and volunteer at food shelters in his community. A sort of way of giving back to his roots is something Strong believes in and will stick to. Another hobby that Strong got into at a young age was belly-flop contests (weather permitting). Whether it be in the community pool or at his poolside residence, Strong will never turn down a belly-flop contest and is a 3 time state winner in fact! While Strong doesn't really have a "belly" per say, his muscles and immaculate form allow for large splashes that allow him to win. It is unknown if Strong shares any hobbies with any players in the league but if any others do belly flop contests, they should challenge Strong.
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Lenard McRobinson doesn't take time off the field. His commitment to improvement at his craft is unparalleled, and he often spends hours in team facilities getting in an extra workout and watching film before and after his teammates arrive. This leaves little time for him to spend on personal pursuits; he feels that his future will be best set up if he can maximize his earnings and marketability during his prime playing years, and after he retires he'll be able to enjoy his other passions. With the minimal time he does put into fun activities, he likes to go to local schools and community centers to talk to kids, coach them as they learn to play sports, and provide them with any life advice he's able to give. Supporting those in his community is of the utmost importance, and Lenard knows that he's extremely privileged to get to play a game for millions of dollars. Thus, it's only right that he puts in effort to raise up others in the Honolulu community.
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