 All right everybody what is up welcome back to another video today today's the day Today is the day We're playing our first game My first game of my entire life a lot of you guys have been saying to me recently stop taking this so seriously stop stop hating on yourself But you know what that's that's just me my competitive nature Began when I was five when I went down to that first rugby training when I started going to school And I was around other kids that ran around and jumped jumped up and down and did physical things that Notion of wanting to be the best or at least to be the best of my ability was You know ingrained in me from that point The last five years. I've not played any sport. I've not played top-level sport. Anyway, that's for sure and and so that that notion that that feeling of of being competitive and wanting to Continue my sporting career in adulthood has never gone away And so I feel so blessed guys I feel blessed more than anything to have found this new sport American football Loved it enough to really pop my all into it study it try and try and get better and actually You know continue my sporting career man because if it was just rugby I probably would never have played again Because I've done it for 20 years. It's done. I know the game inside out. I know the history of it I'm like you guys with American football now I'm always after a challenge and this sport as soon as I saw a running back play Soon as I saw them, you know, take the backwards passes soon as I saw them work their way out the field beating Then I thought okay, that is the challenge. That's the challenge that I'm gonna be bringing on to myself Which is to play as a running back. It's to Watch running backs. It's to react to running backs. It's to play as a running back today we're gonna do that for the first time and You know, I'm excited more than anything This is a trial game. There's an A and a B team and The way that the draw has been worked out this year both our teams have a buy the first week So what we're doing we're not playing today, which we normally would be we're actually playing a friendly against each other So this is gonna be the first head out for for everyone including me and over the last four days since training I have studied the playbook and You know, I'm gonna try and go go through that right now. So either got a Two-back play with three receivers or we've got one back with four receivers or we've got no backs Just a quarterback with five receivers, but one of us is running back So I don't know how many plays we're actually gonna be running out of the two-back formation But you know that the majority of them. I think you're gonna be just a single back Which means that we've either got an inside zone We've got a draw We've got a counter We've got a speed option out to the right like a toss we've got a Trips route, which is a receiver coming across quarterback faking it to the receiver and then we're gonna go out to the right What else have I got some runs from the backfield? So I can stand I can I can set up behind the quarterback go for an angle route Which is to 45 degrees to where the tackle is on the outside of the tackle then turn 90 degrees and come across to the middle Looking for that short ball from the quarterback We've got a a flat where I go 45 degrees go out to the side and turn back look for the ball We've got a flare, which I really like. I love the thought of doing a flare because It's the thing. That's the most like running in The back line as a rugby player You're receiving that backwards pass. You're running onto the ball and I just cannot wait. I cannot wait to get that one man What else we got we've got a Seam which is basically trying to spy a gap through the line and just go Possibly looking for a pass. We've got a hitch which is getting through then turning around doing a curl looking for the ball And we've got a seam. That's sorry not a seam a screen which is Running up being part of the line But then also turning back and looking for that ball. So, you know, there's a few plays. I've tried to get them through my head Obviously, I can't I can't expect to be a genius just yet But I have come a long way in just four days. I think and I am prepared. I'm ready to suit up and and give it a give it a crack a Toss crack That'd be nice, wouldn't it? So My number for the season I assume 24 24 Now, I don't know what that means to me yet, but it will mean something We've got my lowers first ever pair of lows I've ever had except for the ones that my subscribers sent me but these are team ones and There's one thing I need to do which is apparently put these pads inside So I'm gonna do my best to do that right now Before I go down to the field Because I don't want to be late. So These look like fire pads Nick Manette and a lot of you guys are gonna be saying just have fun Jacob just Relax just have fun. I am having fun Being competitive is fun for me. Okay? You know one thing I was thinking in the car when I was on my way here. I was like The only reason I'm still on this journey the only reason I'm still going hard The only reason I'm still so committed and and you know so into it It's because I want to play The reason I haven't reacted to much baseball the reason I haven't reacted to much basketball the reason I haven't reacted to much lacrosse The reason I haven't reacted to much ice hockey It's because I'm not playing The reason I love reacting to football so much is for one reason and one reason only because I can see myself on that field And I'm gonna be on that field and that's what we're doing man. That's what this shit is about It's about proving to myself that I'm not done It's about proving to myself that I've still got it and it's about inspiring you guys As well and I know that I've inspired some of you guys to get off that couch once again and Continue your sporting career or continue something that you you thought was over, but it's it's not And that's what makes me happy. All right, it looks as if my knowledge is Just not up to standard We're gonna have to do this down at the field so guys The field is literally just over there. I've just brought the camera out on the way there to make this quick video But this was titled Some thoughts before my first ever game of gridiron and those were my thoughts and I'm excited Thanks for all the support guys. I Am having fun regardless of what you guys think I am having a shitload of fun and that's what it's all about So see you soon