Chapter 11 Sun Tzu's Art of War
Be frank, sincere, and forthright.
There was no nagging or excuses. Allen showed the mind and attitude of a professional player and welcomed Levi to the team with open arms.
Levi was a little surprised. Looking at Allen's upright expression, he also smiled and raised his fist to hit Allen's fist hard.
"Sorry, I asked you to dance ballet this time, why not try tango next time."
That confident smile made Humphrey, Foster and others tremble. Why did they feel like they were seeing a devil when they looked at Levi's smile?
Jackson silently looked up at the sky, secretly glad that he was in the backfield and had few opportunities to face off against running backs.
Allen's ambition was immediately aroused. He changed his fist into a palm, held Levi's right hand, and pulled it. The two of them bumped their right shoulders hard, and then laughed boldly, "Then let's give it a try." , always welcome.”
After saying that, Allen turned to look at the other three teammates.
"Jackson, stop looking at the sky. It's useless to look at the sky if you're embarrassed in public."
"Now that the rookies have sent out their battle invitations, we have nothing to say. The performance of the defensive team just now was really bad. We need to practice more today."
"The coach just said to run laps, so let's just run laps. How about we start with thirty laps?"
ah!
Alas!
Help!
Amidst the wailing, Allen did not give them time to protest. He turned around and took the lead in running. The other three followed dejectedly, like a series of tails, and they actually started running in circles.
And, it's more than that.
Allen led three tails past the side of the court and shouted with great enthusiasm, "Follow the entire defensive team."
Then, there was a lot of cheering, and a large number of players appeared behind Allen, and one or two obediently joined the running circle.
Levi looked at the scene in front of him with curiosity on his face. When they were waiting for them to arrive at Levi's position, shouts of "Thank you, rookie" and teasing came one after another.
Levi smiled and waved hello, just like the royal family standing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace waving to the pilgrims.
ha!
The team burst into laughter.
Then, Levi turned and walked to the sideline. From a distance, he could see Burns coming towards him with a smile on his face, and patted Levi's shoulder happily.
"Thank you for your hard work, hard work."
"The performance is very good. If you don't know rugby, it's good. If you don't know rugby, it's better. This means there are no stereotypes or fixed templates, so you can use your imagination."
As he spoke, he came to the sidelines and stood in front of Shaban. Burns didn't say a word. He just crossed his hands in front of him, stood beside Levi like a bodyguard, and looked at Shaban.
Although he did not speak, Burns's attitude could not be clearer. He did not stand with Shaban, but chose to stand on the same front as Levi.
Shaban is familiar with his old buddy, and usually everything is easy to talk about, but when it comes to discussing football, Burns is particularly paranoid and professional.
Shaban looked at Burns, "There is no need to make such a gesture. Even if I don't believe my own vision, don't I believe you? I will call the principal. We need to complete the admission as soon as possible before the roster is announced. There are team procedures, but the key now is what the parties think.”
"Levi, right?"
"Would you like to join the Crimson Tide Storm?"
Levi could feel Shaban's seriousness. He also raised his head and looked into Shaban's eyes, "I'm ready to accept the challenge."
Despite his outstanding performance just now, he is still neither arrogant nor arrogant. Shaban likes Levi's choice of words, "accept the challenge". From here, we can see Levi's cleverness. Involuntarily, Shaban's expectations started to rise again. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to raise his expectations a little more, "Welcome to the Crimson Tide Storm."
Burns showed a satisfied smile, "Come on, Levi, follow me. I will help you complete the registration procedures. There is not much time until the registration deadline."
Levi followed Burns and left the field, while Shaban remained in place and continued team training. The new season is about to begin. Although they are still a strong team, if they want to gain good results, they cannot take it lightly. Spring training Camp is the final preparation before summer vacation.
The NCAA is different from the NFL. Although the new season starts in September, the NFL is a professional competition. The offseason training camps are divided into two, one in May and one in July. The preseason begins in August. It's all about the regular season; not the NCAA.
NCAA, the American college league, including basketball, rugby, tennis, gymnastics, etc., has a complete league system, which uses it as a stepping stone to continuously transport countless talents to professional leagues; at the same time, the importance that universities attach to the league also makes them willing to provide specialized Scholarships to help students train.
The difference between the NCAA and the professional leagues is that they believe that not all players can enter the professional field, and they need to ensure the future of these student players——
Students first, players second.
This also distinguishes them from professional players.
In this way, even if you cannot transfer to the professional league after graduation, you can still obtain a diploma.
Therefore, the NCAA has minimum credit requirements for all players. If they fail to meet the standards, they will be directly suspended from the game; at the same time, there are also strict regulations on training time.
Summer is summer vacation, and universities cannot organize training. Spring training camp is the last chance for these student players to seize the time to improve their competitiveness.
According to Burns——
Just right.
There is still some time before the new season starts in September. Levi can practice his basic skills and learn basic knowledge. The most important thing is to learn tactics.
"...You must know 'Sun Tzu's Art of War' better than I do, right?"
"Actually, football is just like playing a game. We need to use the 'Art of War' to start a confrontation. In the NFL, there are more than 20,000 offensive and defensive tactics; of course, in college, the tactics are not so exaggerated. It's not that it's not possible, but it's our training time. Due to restrictions, players don’t have that much time to learn tactics, so we are still relatively simple.”
"Despite this, you still need to learn tactics. Learn offensive tactics, which is an understanding of your job; and you also need to learn defensive tactics, so that you can see through the opponent's strategy."
"We need time, a lot of time, but I believe you can. Maybe, you still have some advantages, after all, you are so smart."
As he spoke, Burns realized that he seemed to have accidentally spoken too much.
He looked up at Levi and said, "How about we go through the formalities for joining the team first and talk about other things later?"
Levi could read Burns' embarrassed and anxious expression at a glance, and couldn't help but laugh, "Okay."
Burns let out a long breath. He was really worried that if he scared Levi away, the new season in September might really become a disaster.
Burns closed his mouth tightly and watched eagerly as Levi filled out the application form for joining the team. Only when everything was filled out and the words on the paper were finally confirmed, he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
"By the way, you need to choose a jersey number. Pick it as you like. The team will try its best to meet your wishes. Do you have any favorite number?"
"No. 99." Levi has never chosen a jersey number that is exclusive to him. Now that he has chosen it, he must choose a unique one.
Burns gave an awkward smile and said, "Well, that won't work."
Kneel down and beg for collection, kneel down and beg for monthly tickets, kneel down and beg for reading. Even if you are raising it now, be sure to read the latest chapter and make sure to catch up on the numbers. The boy here sincerely thanks you all, thank you!
(End of this chapter)