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Swore. We tested for you… American football

Strategy, strength, speed and skill are perhaps not the essential qualities of journalism. And yet, as good reporters, we armed ourselves with courage and set off to compete against the Hawks, the American football team from Lédon on the grounds of the Solvan.

“It’s unnatural” says the coach alias Toto during training. “When you play, you have to know how to be versatile: you have to be lively, fast and agile or, on the contrary, physical and swift”. With or without the ball, each player has his role, and to advance to the “end zone” everyone must fulfill his mission.

A very intense sport

” Next year, the club will be 10 years old , explains Maxime Testa, president of the club. At first it was a group of enthusiasts and today we are around thirty”. The Hawks evolve in the regional championship of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The team trains twice a week. “I’ve been playing this sport for more than four years and I intend to continue because I haven’t found anything more intense than US football,” says Clovis Tardy.

Complex rules

American football has a lot of rules. “The objective in US football is to enter the opposing in-goal zone, called the end-zone and to register the famous touchdown”, detail the different players. To do this, two teams of eleven players (or nine depending on the championships) alternate between offensive and defensive phases. “To maintain possession, the attacking team must cover at least 10 yards in 4 attempts”. At the same time, the defensive team must prevent the attack from reaching its goal.

As you will have understood, American football is a complete discipline and the Hawks a team that gave us a hard time. For the moment, the team is still recruiting until the start of the season which should start next January.

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