by HH3 » Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:46 pm
Finally getting out to play gridiron.
I was going to do it last season, but the broken collarbone ended that dream. I played Gaelic in the summer instead.
Been training for roughly 6 weeks (dropped footy training and playing Cs as a result) just so I can actually get a few seasons of gridiron in before Im too old and my body's rooted.
Training is heaps of fun. Learning a lot about the game. I follow the NFL a lot closer than I follow the AFL, and even the amount of stuff I watch and read, there's a lot of stuff you would never pick up without doing it.
Started full pads training a couple of weeks ago, and anyone that says gridiron players are soft for wearing pads has obviously never taken a hit in them. The very first time I had a helmet to helmet collision, it blew my mind all the sensations that ran through my body. The sound of the clash was deafening, my neck snapped further back than I would like, and then the rest of the other guys body caught up and put me down. Got up fairly gingerly that time.
Tonight we did a fair bit of full pace/full contact work, and the difference in my technique is night and day compared to that first hit.
Loving it so much that I don't even notice that we go over the two hour training time, and usually at the end, Im disappointed I have to leave.
Got my playbook tonight, so got lots to learn.
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