Well since the Portland Pythons have been eliminated from the playoff race, Donovan Winters can not step up his on field game any further to make the playoffs. Donovan's only hope at making the playoffs involves sabotage. He is learning how to slash tires so that the London team bus can not make it to their next few games. He also has taken a course on hot wiring cars so he can steal each player's car from their homes so they can not make it to practice. At the London Royals training complex, Donovan has disguised himself as a cook, and is intentionally cross contaminating the food with raw meat and undercooking everything to try and give the Royals food poisoning. He was very confused when one of the dishes for the team was microwaved salad, though. Through these tactics, Donovan thinks he can give the Portland Pythons a shot at making the playoffs.
Unfortunately, it appears that Berlin will not be making the playoffs this season so there's not a whole lot that Emile can do to change things. While continuing to work on his game during training, Emile has decided to make use of his stadium ownership to investigate making changes to the stadium to perhaps help Berlin's playoff aspirations next season. Using the remaining regular season games as a test or trial run, Emile has put forward initiatives to hopefully to improve attendance and create more of an atmosphere for Berlin's home games. Initiatives like dollar bratwurst night, overall cheaper concession pricing and scheduling private bus services to get people to and from the stadium are some of things that are being put forward for the final games of the season. Additionally, Emile has looked at the playing surface and whether a better option exists on the market. Changes to the stadium turf would be applied to the training grounds as well to get the players accustomed to the playing surface.
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Bob Kickerson perused his kicking stats for the season. Field goal percentage was down, and that wasn't good. A very respectable 80% in his first season, and this season he was at 73.1% He needed to step his game up.
Looking down the list of stats he saw his problem was 30-49 yards particularly. He hadn't missed from less than 20 yards, 20-29 yards, or (funnily enough) 50 yards. But he had put 8 out of 11 from 30-39 yards between the posts, and he'd only kicked 2 out of 6 from 40-49 yards. Not the numbers he was hoping to put up. He needed to elevate his game. Bob Kickerson lives by the mantra "The harder I practice, the luckier I get." Words originally used about golf but they can be applied to any sport, or indeed, any aspect of life. So what does he do to get better? He practices more! Double kicking practice, staying late or starting early. It's what works.
Carissa's training harder than she has in any other season. A new team means different trainers and a different schedule, and she's pretty sure some of the muscles she's working on haven't ever beer worked before because she goes home sore every day. She's stayed late for individual training and worked with her new teammates to make sure she's on the same wavelength as them. It's been equal parts new and exciting, and utterly exhausting. She hopes it all pays off during the post-season and is looking forward to a long run with the Outlaws. She's also tried to lean into a bit more of the tactical side, as an aging player she's starting to think about careers after retirement, and is working on plays that could help her line and situations that she might encounter. She's also changed her diet, taken out all sugars, and is trying to drink a tankard of water each day.
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Danny Nedelko is already at the peak of the human physical form - just look at him - so his final preparation for the playoffs is all mental. He has watched all the Rocky films, in order, twice, as well as Remember the Titans four times and Braveheart once.
He has hung pictures of otters around his house, so he can smash them with his fists every time he sees them and howl. He has even hired people to cut him off in traffic on the way to the game, as well as people to ring him on the morning of the game pretending to be telemarketers, and the local church is sending people around the night before to talk to him about the Lord Jesus. Why? Because Danny Nedelko plays best when he is angry, so he is setting himself up to be as angry as humanly possible by the time he steps on that field. Also, steroids. He takes a lot of steroids.
Jamdrian is doing the "Forrest Gump" strategy this year of never stop running. Every moment awake he's moving his feet. Not literally running. But at least walking in place while making breakfast, walking around the kitchen island while on calls, running around the neighborhood when bored, and generally just always moving. This allows him to keep the blood in his legs pumping at high speeds at all times, making sure he's always prepared to take of at maximum speed at any point in time. Even while laying in bed trying to fall asleep he flexes his ankles and toes continuously until his brain goes into sleep mode. Which with this strategy is affected quite majorly. It takes about three hours for Jamdrian to fall asleep nowadays. But the lack of sleep is made up for in explosiveness on the field! Sometimes this allows him to even intercept passes on the other side of the field.
Of course I am not superstitious at all, but I didn't want to tell you all my secret before the last game was played until we got that playoff spot fixed. Well, let me tell you, we got in and are one of the lucky playoff teams this season. This is all thanks to one thing, and that's Mandalas. You know, you can purchase Mandalas that help you in various different situations in life. You can't fall asleep? Put the fitting Mandala under your bed that helps you fall asleep. You lack in energy? Recharge yourself by standing/sitting on a Mandala that helps you to gain power.
In my case, I just buried a lot of Mandalas under the field of the Chicago Butchers, so they would lose their last game on home turf. I also put some of the winning ones in the Sarasota stadium, but seems like they were more than energizing for the Silverbacks. At least they stomped us. Know I have to go all the way up to Yellowknife and find some time to bury some of those Mandalas on their home turf. Could be tricky, as most of the time it's frozen up there.
Frank Dux is trying to stay healthy more than anything down the stretch. With the lack of running blocking he has been either taking hits at the line of scrimmage or bouncing off of a defender or two before being taken to the ground. To help the body heal, Frank has been hitting the ice baths and sauna a few times a week and isn’t really lifting so that he can avoid aggravating or having a freak accident. Dux hasn’t been too involved in the pass catching game plan this season but he has tried to work on limiting his drops and quickly tucking the ball and running for when those opportunities arise. He’s been catching a lot of footballs from the juggs machine and working repetitions with the QB. Lastly, Frank has been doing lots and lots of stretching and band work each day to really make sure his body can handle any beating as the Butchers strive to make the playoffs for yet another season.
Written option: It’s the final stretch of the regular season, and only a few qualified will keep going. Describe what your player is doing to elevate their game in hopes of making the playoffs! Are they trying different workouts? Did they change the healing crystals to the right ones? Give all the details!
Orga Panda is a man of many talents. And as Orga Panda is a man who has many talents he uses that to elevate his main talent, being agile and carrying a football from one end of the pitch to the other... Wait it's called a field? Ok well either way. He starts off with his brand new diet that he got from his favorite nutritionist Gabba Gool. It consists of 1 large Supreme Pizza from a local Brick Oven pizza place called "The Local Brick Oven Pizza Place" or TLBOPP for short. Then he eats 2 Peanut butter and Banana smoothies filled with chocolate protein powder. Finally he consumes 3 expressos and runs from his apartment 2 miles away from the Yellowknnive Field, also known as The Frostlands. Next his workour routine involved playing dodgeball with 5 randomly moving Pitching machines inside a 5x5 sq foot area. He used to be pretty bad but he's getting better. Finally he finishes his morning before practice drills with Hot Yoga and Dog Tai Chi before enjoying a nice cup of Chia Tea.
As you said it, it is the final stretch of the season! and Reginald is doing just that: stretching and building strength at the same time. Yep, you guessed it! He's partaking in yoga sessions. Not just any ol' yoga. Reginald is doing doggy yoga. Now, most regular people do this with their cute little pugs or their corgis with the floofy butts. But not Reginald. He ain't messing around when it come to doggy yoga. He does doggy yoga with his full grown mastiff and great dane. With this training regiment, Reginald has gained a lot of strength and become a lot more flexible. You can see this in his much improved YPC average. He started the season at like 3.5 YPC and now he is up to 4.3. His burst through the line is incredible now. Even the flexibility training is paying off. Did you see that Neo Matrix move he pulled off on that 44 yard run?? If not, you're watching the wrong games. Look out for this training to pay off in the playoffs.
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