Chapter 19 Team Warm-up
Spring training camp is over——
Or, in other words, it’s about to end.
Three weeks passed by in a blink of an eye. Switching back and forth between study and training, every day was extremely fulfilling. Inadvertently, time slipped through my fingers. Before I had time to react, the training camp had come to an end.
Today, the intra-squad match is about to begin, with the main team playing against the substitutes.
Then sum up the gains and losses of the practice match. Next Sunday will be the long-awaited warm-up match, officially ending the training camp.
Although it was a training match within the team, the standard treatment was no different from that of a formal match. Just like on a match day, residents of the entire town came out in droves to welcome the match like a carnival party, and were even happier——
After all, this is an intra-team game, and the palms and backs of the hands are all flesh. Compared with the victory or defeat, the residents are more looking forward to seeing their children step onto the field.
so.
This is a party, with beer, popcorn, speakers, jerseys and cheering sticks, everything is available, and the town has fallen into a crazy atmosphere early on.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!
Remember the Rose Bowl, we will be crowned!
Aim for victory and move forward at full speed!
You are the pride of Dixie football, Crimson Tide Storm, let the craze roar! Roar! "
The sound of singing hovered over Bryant-Denny Stadium, and the power of the chorus of thousands of people stirred in the air, creating heat waves one after another.
incredible--
Are you sure this is just a team practice match?
Standing next to the stadium, I raised my head and scanned the entire stadium. It was packed with no end in sight. Faces full of happiness and excitement were waving various support items vigorously, and the uniformly red jerseys turned into a red tide.
This is the power of the home court.
Involuntarily, my heart surged and my blood boiled.
Before the game even started, you could already feel the heat wave. You quietly became an insignificant member of the audience, and then made your own voice, gathering into the momentum of the stadium.
In fact, a practice match is a practice match after all, and the stadium is not completely full. The seats for 100,000 people are almost occupied by 70,000 people, but the view is still blocked, and even the air becomes crowded.
"For us, this is the beginning of the season and the beginning of a new year. Regardless of the results of last season, it is all in the past; regardless of what real life is like, we will start a new chapter from here."
The voice comes from Clark.
Levi turned and looked over, "Us?"
Clark grinned, "Yes, we, I am also a member of the Crimson Tide Storm." Players and spectators are the same.
Then, Clark jumped up slightly and said, "The game is about to start. See you on the court."
Clark couldn't hold back his excitement and trotted onto the court. Although this was not a formal game or even a warm-up match for outsiders, this was still the first time Clark had ever represented the Crimson Tide Storm in a game with spectators -
Last year, Clark was only the fifth substitute. Even in the team's training games, he could not play. But this year is different. He can finally represent the team and represent the main force.
Today, in the "main team vs. substitute" game, Jacobs and Clark serve as the running backs of the main team, while Levi, who has only been on the football field for only three weeks, and BJ Emmons, a three-star high school student who is the sixth substitute (BJ-Emmons) serves as the backup running back.
Clark is very happy. Shaban has been in a state of excitement since he announced the list. He happily looks like a fool every day. For him, it doesn't matter even if he is a substitute running back, as long as he can wear the jersey of the Crimson Tide Storm. .
"look!"
"That's my son, oh my God, that's Ronnie!"
"He looks so small."
"Haha, hahaha."
"That's him, No. 44." In the stands, Tyree Clark couldn't hide his excitement and shouted to everyone around him, lest others wouldn't see the little stick figure on the court. son--
The stadium with 100,000 people is really too big. Looking down from the stands, it is really only the size of a match.
Danny Clark rolled his eyes with a speechless face, hunched his shoulders and slowly slid down. As if his father was not embarrassed enough, he yelled around, this is just a practice match, okay? There is really no need to make such a fuss. .
Terry didn't care.
"Ronnie!"
"Hey, Ronnie!"
A person shouts at the stadium like a fool. Even if his voice is drowned by the shouts of the whole audience, he doesn't care. He just keeps shouting.
Then, the game started——
The main force, take the lead in attacking.
Substitute, defense begins.
Because it was a practice match, neither the main players nor the substitutes arranged for coaches to be responsible for arranging tactics. It was all up to the players themselves.
In official games, it is the head coach's job to set up tactics before the game, but it is not necessarily the job of the head coach to call out tactics based on the ever-changing situation on the spot.
In most teams, the head coach calls tactics, but they are also responsible for offensive or defensive tactics according to their own strengths. Almost no head coach is responsible for calling offensive and defensive tactics at the same time.
Because the team also has dedicated offensive coaches and defensive coaches, they are responsible for assisting the head coach and completing on-site tactical calls.
There are also a small number of teams where the head coach is not responsible for calling tactics on the spot, and the offensive and defensive coaches perform their respective duties.
The core reason lies in the complexity of tactics and the ever-changing arena. Just like in a battle, the generals also have different talents.
Today, Shaban will not call out tactics. It will test the players' understanding and ability to use tactics. More importantly, it will test the results of the spring training camp.
The main team's first wave of attacks failed, and they only got a first attack. Then they were helpless under the pressure of the defensive team's frontcourt.
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide Storm has a strong offense, but an even stronger defense. When coach Shaban was a player, he was a defensive back, that is, a safety/cornerback, and he has always had his own understanding of defense.
And offense?
Shaban is not a coach who is good at training quarterbacks, so he relies heavily on Burns to open up the situation through ground attack and then open up the entire offensive routine. The tactics are solid and practical.
It’s no wonder that since 2007, the University of Alabama has achieved such brilliant results but has never produced a quarterback worth mentioning. Instead, it has continuously supplied talents at the running back position; of course, the defensive team is even more so. That’s it.
As soon as he came up, the defensive team of the substitute team gave the young Hurts a good education——
Scrims and practices, while similar, are completely different in intensity.
This rookie, who has not yet graduated from high school, is still a little immature after only being polished in the spring training camp, and has not fully adapted to the intensity of the NCAA.
I couldn't find the passing target in the completely blocked short passing area, so I panicked and couldn't accurately interpret the defensive layout to find the passing gap.
As a result, the passing time was too slow, causing his offensive line to be under huge pressure and being torn apart continuously. Instead, it gave the frontcourt an opportunity to put more and more fierce pressure on the defensive team. In the end, all three attacks failed.
Helplessly, in the fourth gear, there was no strong play, and the main team could only choose to punt.
what does that mean?
The ball came to the substitute team's side, and Levi, along with his teammates from the substitute team, appeared on the stage.
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(End of this chapter)