No, not a real nuthouse, but very close to it though. There are some things in this world that normal people would never do, and if you are one of those people this post may not be for you.
But, and there's always a but, all of us are crazy in our own way in one form of another.
Some people are so crazy they need to be institutionalized, while others do extreme sports or play American football.
Few weeks ago, local American football team Split Sea Wolves was visited by few coaches from Texas, who came to help the team. They brought with them donations of practice jerseys, cleats, helmets, and shoulder pads.
I attended this camp, and it is not something that I would recommend to a normal person.
So, just to show you how crazy this stuff can be, I'm about to show you a few pictures :)
Enjoy and be safe :D
Baseball coach Dave on the far left (the guy with the hat), next to him on the right is coach Mike Norton from Pearland, Texas, Jason Lamb (formerly of NY Jets) and my good buddy Brandon on the far right.
Coach Mike laying out the plans for the day
"HARD WORK! On 3! HARD WORK"!!!
Group exercises.
Guards at practice against dum opponents
Coach of the Running Backs (RBs) Laurence who plays for Zagreb Patriots and is originally from Kansas City. Great guy, and a great coach.
Offense/defense drills (offense on the right). You can see me facing off with my little brother there - you can see me with camo bandanna and red shorts, and my brother Milos in Pacers shorts and black bandanna.
Coaches gave their testimonies and read from the Bible
Tackle drills
Lozo is the guy I almost got into a
fist fight with.
My neighbor Dino, founder of Split Sea Wolves and childhood friend, and me at the 2nd day of camp doing group drills.
Catch the ball while it's at its highest point.
More tackle drills for the guards
Running Back in action. This guy plays American Football in Ogulin in central Croatia.
Quarterback drills
Running backs at practice
Practices were 3 hours long and we played an hour or so before sunset couse it was very hot
Jason Lamb summing up the day.
Last day of camp
Praying for safety and no injuries
More group exercises - this time it was a little competitive
Some real action - notice there is no helmets or shoulder pads, couse they haven't had arrived yet.
Jason Lamb and my little brother Milos
Coaches, Zagreb Patriots and a guy from Novi Sad, Serbia
Split Sea Wolves, and other guys from Split with Coaches
Everyone who attended camp
Comments (36)
Very cool!
American football is a complicated and silly sport to me, haha.
But it looked like it was a good camp for you all!
Run baby run!
Kinda hard to imagine Milos is your little brother since he's bigger and taller than you
"...like playing American football." Now that's funny.
So funny. I just drove through Pearland Texas LAST WEEK on vacation. Small world!
Love the pictures!
It is a lot safer to play touch football and flag football. Developing skills to catching and throwing footballs is the main thing that gets points. Defending against folks will change at times. Dirty tackles and dirty blocking are ways to cheat and is not sportsmanlike but is done when outmatched.
Looks like you guys had fun.
Big size men............ scary !!!
It ain't bragging if you can do it.
That tall guy wearing camouflage headband caught my attention. Who's he?
Cool pictures!
Cool photos :)
Go Boris go! Haha!
Looks fun!
@bethro78 - Dude, it really is a small world :)
@Pickwick12 - @You_re_my_stupid_mistake - Thanks :)
@Cestovatelka - You're saying that only because you're normal. If you were crazy you wouldn't say something like that :P
@runisom48 - It's true. You have to be a little nuts to play a sport like that. Any normal and sane person wouldn't do something like that.
@Persona_Grata - Thanks. We did :)
@FearlessButterfly - That would be me
@RestlessButterfly - I like to call him little brother@RestlessButterfly - I ran a lot :)
@JesseniaAleeya - Not really. But one of them did tackle me during an exercise - but he was gentle with me :P
@SaintBlue1131 - Thanks Bede, someone made a few videos too - I just need to find a way to get my hands on them :)
@PrisonerxOfxLove - Hahahaha :) So true. Especially if you're really good at it
@PPhilip - Yes, we have flag football league as well. There are about 10 teams in Croatia with flag football. Split Sea Wolves started out with flag football as well.
All that's missing is me and @Restlessbutterfly as cheerleaders! :)