I traveled down to Mexico for my workshop. It’s close to Arizona and I have a vacation house there that’s always stocked with the best cuisine and booze. So really, it was more of an excuse to go on vacation than teach the sport, but I guess I did that too (sort of). In my workshop participants learned the fundamentals of the game. Where else is a better place to start? Before you dive into the complex intricacies of the game, you first must know the basics. These basics included explanations of the positions, rules, and strategies involved. We went over offense, defense and special teams. After the classroom portion, we hit the field and practiced basic skills like throwing, catching, and tackling through drills and exercises. We had teachers and players from all over the field that helped people understand what they were doing and why. Interactive discussions, video analysis, and hands-on activities were also used to help participants understand the game better.
Booter McGavin was invited to visit Greece as part of the ISFL's outreach program. While in the country Booter spent his time working with the players of the legendary soccer club, Olympiacos. Booter toured the beautiful Georgios Karaiskakis stadium and worked out with the players testing their leg muscles. Booter was shocked to see the power the entire club had when it came to kicking the ball. "There are some real naturals over here in Greece that would put some of the kickers in the ISFL to shame. We really should recruit out here because these dudes can boom balls." It was not all work for Booter in Greece however. He was also invited to watch Olympiacos play their archrivals Panathanikos in a classic Greek soccer matchup. Luckily for Booter, it was a tame affair (for Greek standards) where Olympiacos was triumphant 1-0. The day after the game Booter was seen sunning himself on Santorini as he appears to be working on his tan instead of leg muscles for once.
Of all places in the world Jamdrian was selected to travel to Sweden in an attempt to improve their football game. Or rather, their approach to coaching and developing young football athletes. Football is quite unknown in Sweden as their major professional sports are soccer and ice hockey. Only a few cities even have a dedicated football club program.
They were very eager to get going, planning out a camp that was about to start in just two weeks from Jamdrian's arrival. They didn't have many of the tools that the ISFL makes available to their athletes. So a lot of the physical exercises had to use the participants body weight rather than weights or dummies. The first part of the camp was set up to be mainly theoretical. Jamdrian helped the local coaches settle in by showing them hours of training camp tapes from the DSFL and ISFL. To get an idea of how to they could approach their own camp. When it all started Jamdrian spent entire days on the local football field leading both the coaches and players through exercises and plays.
That was an easy decision, as King Zeus is known to be not from the United States of America, but being the godfahter of the Olymp in Greece. So King Zeus was asked to return home to Greece, to get the game of football a little closer to the people living there. There might have been some misunderstandings, as he was just sent back home and therefore ended up trying to build up a workshop in the Olymp itself. Gods playing football is nothing you have seen before, as they normally aren't that much into sports. Unless of the ancient Olympics of course, everyone was watching that games, as a lot of participants were sacrificed later to some respective gods. How times change in such a short time.
So Zeus tried to get the other gods and demigods to learn what football is about, but that didn't really work out. The most promising one was Dionysus, but that wasn't much of a surprise. Dionysus didn't participate in playing, he was a spectator and nailed ranting and insulting others. He's a natural talent. Code: Words 163
Hoping to grow the popularity of American Football in Estonia, the Estonian Association of American Football called the front office of the famed Orange County Otters asking if they can send a player to help out at a training camp the EAAF was hosting in Tallinn during the summer. The Otters selected young captain John Stark VIII to go teach what he thought were the most important aspects of football.
Never having explored much of the world outside of traveling for games, Stark was excited to go to a country he had not been to before. He found Tallinn to be a beautiful city with many gorgeous buildings. At the camp, Stark pushed the importance of teamwork, trust, and preparation. Football is a team game after all, so one should always be working with their teammates to get the job done. It is also a game where you are required to rely on your teammates to get their own jobs done, so trusting in them is essential. And finally for preparation, Stark went over the importance of keeping your body trained and healthy along with watching film so you can be better prepared to make plays on the field. Stark put on a whole presentation about how to break down film and take note of the important things you find.
So yeah with the ISFL Global Expanse project they decided to send me to the Bahamas to try and educate the people there on the sport and rustle up some interest...or at least that's what the idea was. You see I'm not sure if they just picked random places or what they were thinking but I ended up not doing any of that and may have gotten into trouble with it. I mean all I really did was talk to some dudes and party and have a good time. I did some fake drills on the beach and played some soccer with some locals on a field, but really most of the time I decided to relax and have a nice vacation. Really the conditions weren't set up for the thing and I think the ISFL didn't really punish me or anything because they knew it was kind of a disaster and didn't want that kind of press coverage on their initiative.
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With the conclusion of his first DSFL season, Duma was ecstatic to have the opportunity to teach the sport in another country - and both he and the Bucs agrees he'd be able to do the best work in the Czech Republic, where he was born. Landing in Prague, he was able to work with a local high school team when it came to positional play, coaching, and effective drills as an aspiring TE or WR. He hadn't played Football during his time in the Czech Republic as a kid, instead focusing on hockey and volleyball before moving to the States before his high school years. Getting to experience the teams and culture within his birthplace was a wonderful experience, even if the brief trip didn't allow him as much time as he wanted to completely transfer what he's learned over the last year to his local team. Instead, he looks forward to the opportunity to continue to return and help spread awareness and knowledge as his own experience within the ISFL increases.
Oliver Tolliver was sent to the United Kingdom for a workshop, as the International Simulation Football League sees a lot of potential for growth in this market. There is already a team from the league’s development league, the DSFL, in the country and so it is earmarked as a potential host for future expansions and for Ultimus Bowl games. There’s no language barrier between most ISFL teams and the UK, so outreach here is extremely convenient. Whilst in the UK, Oliver’s workshop efforts focused on how secondary school pupils can learn and hone the skills required to make it into the ISFL. Though there’s no equivalent to the US’ comprehensive college sport system, there exists a potential pathway to the league through the DSFL Draft and the UK’s representative team the London Royals. Tolliver showed students and parents how to practice effectively with and without the football, focusing on strength and agility drills in addition to low-impact 7-on-7 scrimmages. It helps, of course, that the Austin Copperheads have former monarch Queen Elizabeth II quarterbacking for the team. (177 words)
[OPTION]S24 (PHI): 16 GP, 73 tackles, 1 TFL, 2 FF, 3 sacks, 5 INTs, 10 PDs, 2 TDs
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