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RE: (S30) PT 1 - Going International - Attopax - 07-24-2021
Joliet Christ would of course be Honolulu's representative. While Honolulu would ultimately prefer to send both an offensive and defensive player, if the program would only support one player, the quarterback would be one of the optimal choices. Successful quarterbacks are forced to have a general knowledge of every position and the pros/cons of different schemes in order to help identify defensive formations and use offensive audibles to counteract them. Being a VERY western team, Honolulu would travel to an Asian country that is currently featuring its ability to successfully support an international following of sports -- Japan! Christ would perform a 2 week training camp of sorts that would have teams spending a few days examining a condensed playbook with some moderate to advanced schemes from the classroom angle learning the philosophical principles, identifying the opposing side at the line of scrimmage, and how to overcome unexpected variables. The second part of the workshop would be to then execute them on the field, while simultaneously testing the defensive players' ability to exploit ithem.
While it would be a workshop for the players, it would also be a workshop from Christ -- putting his leadership skills to the test and testing his ability to be a league veteran. All-in-all, all attendees would benefit.
RE: (S30) PT 1 - Going International - Amidships - 07-24-2021
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RE: (S30) PT 1 - Going International - JayWhy75 - 07-24-2021
I was sent by Tijuana, which means Mexico is off the map for me to go international. Instead, they said I should go back to my roots and explore my origins and how I could help develop the game in less fortunate areas. I do come from a place with incredible history, but with a true lack of football skill and education and so I took them up on it and went to the land of Georgia.
As it turns out, they were a much more developed nation than I thought. This city, Atlanta, seemed to have incredible music and specifically had issues with "Scrubs" I guess. I don't know what the issue was, but they had it posted all over that they don't want no scrubs.
I went to speak at a football conference there, and let me just say that it was ... unpretty. That's just to say the very least possible. They cringed when I brought up playing with a lead. I used an example of 28-3, something just wildly huge to the point nobody could lose from it and for some reason they got upset and started screaming. It must be something with the culture I didn't understand.
In the end, I don't foresee Georgia being a real football country. But they did have some nice peaches out there, at least.
P.S. It was after the event that we realized that there is a US State named Georgia, like the country. It turns out we went to the wrong place, but they also struggle mightily with football so it was at least productive.
RE: (S30) PT 1 - Going International - Net - 07-24-2021
The player picked to travel to give a little camp/workshop was none other than Andy Fantuz. Fantuz is a second year player out of Maryland, but was born in Toronto Canada, which is why we picked him. He also was very productive last season, with 80 catches and over 800 yards, which could help with the popularity contest part. We decided to ship him to Iceland, because why not. The Ultimus might be there and it's good to attract fans early on rather than later, a bit of a bias creator. Andy there would then show kids how to run routes and catch balls consistently and his ways of staying in bounds and winning 1v1 50/50 throws. It was quite the experience he told us later on, as those kids could be 1st rounders the moment they turn 18 with the fast learning abilities they had! Reykjavik has some of the best athletic talent in the world and Fantuz was really put to the test. We thought about maybe Canada but he knows his country like the back of his hand, so it wouldn't provide any adventure like Iceland. Anyways, that's it for this week, come back next week for when I write more!
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RE: (S30) PT 1 - Going International - 37thchamber - 07-24-2021
It's not every day your employer wants to send you overseas to a country where you a) speak the language, b) have family there, and c) actually think it's a great initiative. But that's what happened when the Colorado Yeti front office called Raphael Delacour to ask him to attend a workshop in France. See, Delacour is from a francophone family, and actually has cousins in the country still -- while the connection is through his paternal grandfather, it's a bit of a distant connection really; the Picard family and Delacour family weren't particularly close until fairly recently -- as well as his older sister Sophia, currently living in Lyon, where she plays for Olympique Lyonnais.
"Yeah I was pretty stoked to get over there," Raphael said. "I don't get to see Soph much these days, and she'd be around because the season wasn't over for her yet. Also it's a great opportunity to expand the profile of the game in a country that you wouldn't normally associate with football. Not this kind anyway."
While in France, Raphael was joined by family friend Lennox Garnett, who currently operates an academy of sorts for young players in Britain. "Lennox agreed to come over and contribute, and front office didn't mind doing a collaborative thing with Lennie's training school, so we got together and put on a really good workshop for the kids. We had a few duels, you know, receiver against d-back. It was nice."
France is more of a rugby and soccer nation when it comes to team ball sports, but Raphael seems confident that in showing the youth something new, there's a possibility for the ISFL to expand there in future, insisting that "as long as we keep sending people over to do these workshops, and help them to develop their own coaching infrastructure and so on, I think there's a lot of talent over there to be tapped into."
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RE: (S30) PT 1 - Going International - KenitohMenara - 07-24-2021
Even though the Berlin Fire Salamanders are one of the better teams in the ISFL, as a whole american football is still very new to the region of Germany. As one of the younger players and top prospects for the team, Berlin sent Mason Malone to several cities in Germany to try and foster support and increase interest in the sport. With permission from for the DSFL and the Minnesota Grey Ducks, he was allowed to take the Ultimini trophy to these cities and tell his story about how he got into football and how the Grey Ducks won the Ultimini.
They had so many questions for Mason, some were obvious rule questions but others were about how much training they do, what their diets were like, very probing questions that Mason tried to answer as best he can. He then ran a small camp for potential WRs, bringing back his old QB arm to throw to the kids and teach them about route running and anticipation of tackles. While American football will never be as big in Germany as say Soccer is, Malone came away from the whole experience with a lot of positivity. His father taught him once that even if he inspired one person to follow his teachings and inspired a kid to pick up a football then he had done his job well.
RE: (S30) PT 1 - Going International - Thatguy91 - 07-24-2021
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RE: (S30) PT 1 - Going International - ReverendOReily - 07-24-2021
The Orange County Otters did not have the easiest time in the world when it came to selecting an international representative to travel around and try to bring an interest in American Football to different places around the globe. We ran into a bit of a dispute, as a matter of fact - Garfield Despacito Jr. was the first to offer up his time for a chance to see some new sights, but unfortunately for him, management told him he'd have to show up for 3 team practices in one week for them to consider it. Bender Rodriguez was another name that came up early - but there were concerns that an international trip might take his mind away from what's important: crushing quarterbacks and bending girders. Ultimately, after coming to the conclusion that much of the team was either training so hard we didn't want to interrupt their progress, or slacking off so hard we didn't want to reward them with a trip around the world. Ultimately, the responsibility of bringing Football abroad fell on one Mr. Richard Leaking. With this newfound responsibility, Leaking will start by taking football to Indonesia, where he will host five football games over the course of three months - one game on each of the Greater Sunda islands, and one game in Bali, because Bali rocks.
RE: (S30) PT 1 - Going International - nunccoepi - 07-24-2021
PT Pass: https://forums.sim-football.com/showthread.php?tid=33188
RE: (S30) PT 1 - Going International - Frostbite - 07-24-2021
The Sarasota Sailfish decided to choose James Angler to go to another country this season. It has been decided he will be traveling to Germany in order to try to get Sarasota fans from overseas, instead of just in Florida. While he was there, he did a variety of different things, all to help Sarasota become more popular. First, James decided to hold a beer chugging contests in Germany to try to best the countries greatest drinkers, however he failed this task miserably, and only beat 1 guy named "tMuse." Safe to say that Mr. Angler was not winning over the Germany contestants very well. Luckily, he still had a week in Germany and was going to make it his mission to win them over. Angler decided to race several German occupants in order to win over their country, and luckily, it worked! He beat all of them in a race, and he did so easily. James Angler made several new fans, and he considered the trip to be an overall success!
These fans spread the word of how awesome Sarasota is, and this allowed for Sarasota to gain a new audience of the world! This task by James Angler brought together the world, and he came back to the Sailfish facility in good hopes for the upcoming season.