(S29) PT 1 - Training Camp

[zeagle1]

With Arizona's core of players getting older and older, the excitement of training camp is nearly nullified. You mean I have to do all this work for a measly couple TPE? Defensive Stars Tayshawn Crunk, L'Gazzy Burfict, Rich Tripplet, and Chuck Roth all carpooled together for training camp and were active participants on the first day to ensure they received their TPE but on each subsequent day, they had increasingly elaborate excuses to get out of doing any real work. On the second day, Chuck, being a big boy, sat down on a bench outside the team hotel and broke it. It took the other three lads to get him up and they had to take him to the ER to get checked out. Luckily for them, there is a bar near the stadium called the ER so they technically weren't lying to GM Z-Whiz about that one. On the third day of training camp, Gazzy and Crunk wanted to watch the Sunderland game, so their car mysteriously broke down outside of a pub, where they went in for help but ended up staying for a few rounds. The fourth day of training camp the gang was too hungover to practice so they said they all had migraines. On the fifth and final day of training camp, the boys actually intended to go to practice, but on their way into the facility, a fan shouted "Andrews deserved CBotY!" at Richie, so they proceeded to chase said man throughout downtown Phoenix to make him apologize. Unfortunately the heckler was still living in DDSPF16 and had 79 speed so he couldn't be caught. By the time they got bored, practice was over for the day, and training camp was closed. Oh well, maybe the boys will make it next season.

[dude_man]

So this was my first training camp in the ISFL. I was pretty nervous, I'm not gonna lie. Fortunately one of the best OL in the league right now, Adam Mellot helped me out with some drills and showed me the ropes. He showed me this one drill where he uses only his legs to really drive back the defender. I was kind of surprised with the force and how little effort he showed with it. I noticed that one of the other rookie players, Remus Roman put in some work during the offseason as well. He looked a lot more fit and was able to explode right through the holes the OL were giving him all day. He looks every bit of the part I noticed when we played against each other in the DSFL. Man I gotta tell you though, Slothlisberger is no joke. The dude is playing like it's his last season. He doesn't give a care in the world and honestly it's pretty hilarious seeing him just ignore coaches and miss film study. But man, he can still sling the ball like it's nothing. I'm really thankful to be able to play with him one last season in the ISFL, and just being around him makes me feel even cooler in a weird sense. I'm looking forward to the season though, should be a blast!

[y2bobman]

Training camp at the Arizona Outlaws is always a great chance for the community to come together and this year's was no different.  The Outlaws always look to ensure the sessions are as open as possible, letting fans in to watch and grab an autograph of their favourite players; the league MVP, the rising star QB, the league leading CBs, everyone's favourite RB2, whoever they like really.

I suppose you'd like me to give you a little inside info on why the Outlaws are considered the best organisation in the league? Why the have the best roster? Why the bookmakera hold them in such high regard? But that's just the general opinion. In truth, the Outlaws are just a great bunch who work hard day in, day out. They just do what they do, and the do it well.

This year's training camp was a great opportunity for the new faces to introduce themselves (kareoke and competitive eating, obviously) as the Outlaws have lost a few legendary names over the last few seasons to retirement. One of the highlights was new kicker Cade York, who after slotting home kick after kick from the 60, put on a tiger costume and belted out "Hey Fighting Tiger" much to the delight and bemusement of the other players. He will fit right in here.

Seriously though, the group is looking sharp, hungry and ready for revenge.  The goal, as with last year, is Ultimus glory and they'll do everything they can to get there.

[Drizzy]

Marcus Jones elected not to attend training camp with either the Arizona Outlaws or the Tijuana Luchadores this season. He is confident enough in his training and his abilities that he made the decision to instead go to Big Bear to work on his strength and conditioning ahead of the new season. He spent many hours training his body to be in peak physical performance for when it comes time to play games; he knows enough about football already to not have to worry about the game itself. Once he gets in peak athletic form, the rest will follow easily. It's not always the most popular decision for a player to not turn up to training camp, but Marcus' coaches know not to question what he brings to the table and the way he chooses to go about doing things, so they decided that this was okay. The training that he put himself through will hopefully translate to another productive and successful season in Tijuana for Marcus, and he's excited to see how it all works out. In terms of the actual training camps, by all accounts they were very interesting but obviously none of the stories that have been shared are fit to be repeated here.

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[Cincyfan96]

The thing about training camp in Berlin this year is that IT. WAS. AWESOME. You know why? I'll tell you why. Every time we looked around the room and thought, "This team can't be beat," another STUD walked into the room. First, we were looking around at our secondary thinking this group is stacked and our best member Matt Krause hadn't even shown up yet. Then ol' Matty boy squeezed through the door - and I mean squeezed! - he had put on almost 200 pounds and had switched to OL over the offseason. Did he tell us he'd been living at McDonalds the last few months? No. But I'm pretty sure he did. Next, as Achtfunf, Skiuuuup and Boyd were running receiving drills, who would walk in the door but the one and only Ty Hood? We all stopped for a minute and looked at coach who just smiled, told him to grab his jersey and join in the drill. As a defender, I was starting to get nervous about all these offensive additions - my life was getting a lot harder in practice, let me tell you. But then in walked just the help I needed, Derred De Ville, the FA linebacker I'd been begging coach to make an offer to. As he walked onto the field, I thought to myself, "This has to be our year." And let me tell you, after training camp was over, the two of us were becoming a two headed monster in the middle of the D. I cannot wait to see how this season plays out. As for secret plays we came up with? Oh yeah. There's loads of them. And I'm not telling you a single one. Let's just say you'll know them when you see them on the field.

[TropicaliaCC]

Training camp for the San Jose Sabercats was a walk in the park to be honest. It is way too hot this time of year to be outdoors in San Jose, so we traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado to retreat from the heat and use the altitude as an additional conditioning tool. Cheeks and the rest of the defense were excited for a hopefully improvement from last season with some new blood to help bolster the front and back end of the unit. Cheeks was able to use the camp to continue to learn from Larry Bass, the aging star of the linebacking corp. I would expect the team to continue to run both 3-4 and 4-3 looks this season, with more of an emphasis on 4-3 now that they were able to receive some help in the way of former quarterback prospect, Red Arrow, moving over to Defensive End. The man was following in old meatball’s footsteps as he had to put on over 50 pounds this offseason in order to be a proper pass rushing mate to Rayland Crowder. As for the offense, expect them to really air the ball out this season as they were running more spread looks and Monty Jack looked better than ever with an open offensive scheme.

[zaynzk]