 Alright everybody, what is going on welcome back to another video today's video is gonna continue in the fashion of the last one The last one I answered the question the age-old question I've been asked many times do I really think I can make the NFL and that's a big fucking question That's a heavy question It's a question. I've never really answered directly and I answered in my previous video So if you want to see my my answer, please go check that out But in the meantime, we're gonna talk about pro kick Another question I get asked a lot, you know, I've I went down to to Melbourne recently twice actually but the second time I managed to link up with An American Football Academy here in Australia that has relationships with D1 teams and NCAA coaches and trains up Punters who've come from other sports here in Australia down in Melbourne. They get trained up for for six to twelve months It's a course Academic course as well. You learn the game of football as well. You come out of that hopefully fingers crossed with an offer of a full-ride scholarship for four years to a D1 University or college in in America. That's the path that they set out in front of their athletes The first step is going down to Melbourne and having an assessment a $100 assessment It's almost like going for a PT session Okay, but it's kicking and it's football related and you're with all the other fellas that are already on the course So what happened? I went down. I paid $100 and I came in with three other new boys There's probably about 25 lads down there We came in and basically just joined in to a normal Sunday morning session It was from 6.30 to 9 o'clock two and a half hours and I'll tell you what man Regardless of what happened regardless of how my performance went. I had so much fun. I loved it I was in my out. I felt like I was in my element. I really did and I think the coaches Saw that as well. So I came out of that feeling amazing. I felt like man I just want to come back tomorrow and do it again But I couldn't because I had to come back to Alice Springs where I live so that was a quick trip, but it It got me involved in this in the program and so from there obviously I've talked to the coaches now the coaches have told me and multiple other people If you get an offer you come down you do your assessment if we give you an offer That is us Putting our belief in you and saying look if you come down if you commit and You do what we believe you can do We are pretty much get well, you know I Think they said we are guaranteeing you a D1 scholarship if you get accepted So I came back up to Alice Springs. It was about two weeks since I Went down there the coaches actually went on a bit of a holiday Which was not good timing because it made me really anxious thinking fuck maybe I didn't do well Because they didn't get in contact with me. Anyways, they eventually did and lo and behold. I have been offered a place In the Academy for next year So in the previous video I Talked about the fact that I've worked in my in my current full-time job up here in Alice Springs and Being able to being able to accumulate three months worth of annual leave Now that's taken years And a lot of disciplines not take it, but I do have 12 weeks of annual leave Okay, and that starts the end of February. So what I've said to the coaches is look I can commit I'm gonna keep training up here keep making my videos Keep working obviously keep you know trying to get trying to build up my my bank balance as a bit of a buffer So that when this holiday time does come around I can make a decision and commit somewhere and go and live somewhere else And train and do whatever I need to do. So in the previous video we talked about the NFL. Okay, that is That's a dream But I do have belief in that dream and that's that's all you really need You need to be able to dream then believe and then achieve So we're talking about college football now. We're talking about pro pro kick Australia. So I've been accepted into the program It's going to be up to me whether at the end of February on My three months leave I choose to go Overseas and do other things or I choose to commit to pro kick Okay, so I'll be going there from the end of February to the end of May for those three months Training as hard as I can doing as much as I can and I guess at that point I've still got my job up here as a backup But at that point I can choose to either go fallen like well I mean I'm already head first in at that point But to really commit say quit my job up here and say look I'm committing to Melbourne. I'm moving here full-time We're gonna do this or if it's not If it's not all I you know hoped it would be because it's it's no guarantee You know, I'd be stupid to quit my job, you know, rent my house out and go down to to Melbourne Thinking it's all gonna be great and dandy because it's gonna be hard fucking work really hard work It's a big commitment, but it's a commitment that I am so excited about because I it's it's I see this This is real talk man. I see this as my second chance. I see this as a second life I'm 27. I moved to Australia when I was 19. I've been in the workforce full-time since I was 17 I've worked 10 years full-time work different jobs My last job I've been in for five years now. So that's definitely my my longest longest time in a particular job, but I Feel like I've I've lived a life, you know, I've got I've got a child She is gonna be taken care of right put it that way So any of you guys worrying about, you know, where my daughter's gonna be she's gonna be taken care of I've been able to negotiate with the mum, you know, she she She supports me now, but she's not gonna be living in Alice Springs So there's gonna be nothing here for me except for my job. My daughter's not gonna be here My sister's here. My friends are here, but as far as, you know As far as networking as far as rubbing shoulders with the right people levelling up my life and The people in it. I've got to get the fuck out of here. So I Feel as though As the new year rolls around I will become, you know Closer to making my decision as to exactly what I want to do. But honestly, I feel like it's already made I feel like, you know, we've been in contact with the coaches of I've said to them I will commit well, I basically said look I Appreciate you accepting me into the into the course. I'm keen as fuck. They know I'm keen You know, we've been through the age factor I think they've got they've got they've gotten a 32 year old a full-ride scholarship before so me being 27 28 next year It's it's it's no big deal. And that was that was a concern for me. So to get past that is good I'm not concerned about that anymore. Like I said in the previous video I've played almost 20 years of rugby, but for the last three or four, I haven't so my body hasn't taken any hits I'm fresh. I feel good. I feel ready to start training towards something And so going back to what I was saying before I feel like this is a second chance I feel like this is a second life. Can you imagine it? 10 years of full-time work. Just had my first kid To move down to Melbourne commit to that and then get a full-ride scholarship have four years in America having an amazing time Come back with a free education. I might not even come back to Australia You know, what if I met someone over there? You know, what if I met the right people? What if I got an awesome job? What if I got an awesome opportunity to work Somewhere who knows man? You've just got it. You've got to be there for it to happen You've got to be there for anything to happen. I want to be talking face-to-face in front of the right people right now rather than a fucking camera Because that's gonna get me results, you know you're gonna you're gonna meet the right people eventually and You are a product of the people you're around the most and so for me I look after crazy people all day literally So how do you think I feel 12 hour shifts with crazy people? It's got to end soon And I would so much rather be putting my time and effort into something physical like a sport like an amazing sport like college football and Trying to have my second chance at life trying to have my second chance at playing top level sport That's what it's about So I'm gonna leave it there. I've rambled fucking a lot, but this is me being real This is me updating you guys on pro-kick and what's happening. I don't know exactly what's happening But I think after talking you guys probably can tell you know, I've basically said to the coaches look end of February That's when I can commit In the previous video I talked about you know traveling during those three months that I've got off work but if There was no if I was convinced there was no hope in me even getting a sniff in an NFL team Then I would cut that I'd say fuck that I'm gonna stay in America. I'm gonna stay in Australia I won't travel to America. I'll stay here. I'll commit to pro-kick and see what happens there I feel like I think pro-kick actually has a trip to the US with their boys Throughout the year just to check out some facilities and stuff So I guess that might be my first trip to the US Which would be sick, you know, I'd be showing around and showing the facilities a few a couple universities Maybe the ones that are actually interested in me at the time, but that would be you know later next year So anyways, that's it guys if you want to support me you want to support the channel hit like If you want to subscribe and see where this journey goes. I couldn't tell you where but it's gone somewhere Subscribe and I'll see you in the next one. Peace out everybody