上面影片我沒貼錯,是的,假棄踢真傳球正是他的拿手好戲之一。
而你可能也猜到了--是的,Johnny Hekker剛開始打美式足球時,就跟大多數的小孩一樣,有個當四分衛的夢。
True story: I actually wanted to be a quarterback.
I mean, I was a quarterback … in high school. I had every intention of playing quarterback in college, too. Growing up in Bothell, Washington, I always dreamed of playing in what was then the Pac-10. Oregon State was one of the schools I was considering. I attended the Beavers’ quarterback camp in high school, and talked to the coaches after they watched me throw. They said they would be in touch.
事實是:我原本也想當四分衛。
好吧,其實我曾經也是四分衛...高中時。我當然也想在大學也打四分衛。因為在華盛頓州長大,所以我從小就夢想能在當時還是10所學校的太平洋聯盟打球,奧勒岡州大就是我當時考慮的選項之一。我高中時去了他們的四分衛訓練營,我在丟了幾個球之後跟他們的教練聊了一下,他們說會再跟我聯絡。
奧勒岡州大的教練團沒食言,真的在幾星期之後回電給他了。
A few weeks later, I got a call from their special teams coach. I remember thinking, This is kinda weird … why would the special teams coach be calling me?
幾星期後我接到了奧勒岡州大特別組教練打來的電話。我當時想,我靠...特別組教練打給我幹嘛?!
“We watched some of your film,” the coach said. My highlight tape was about seven minutes long — six minutes of me slinging the rock, one minute of me punting.
"我們看了一些你的影片,"教練說。痾...那部影片總共七分鐘,裡面有整整六分鐘是我丟球的影片,剩下的一分鐘才是我踢球的...
“We think you could come here as a preferred walk-on. We don’t have a punter, and we think we can turn you into a scholarship punter.”
“You can come down and compete for the job. Whoever wins it will get a scholarship.”
"我們覺得你可以以獎學金競爭資格入學。我們沒有合格的棄踢手,我們應該能想辦法給你獎學金--如果你贏得了與其他棄踢手的競爭的話啦。"
後面的故事不用說也知道了,他最後拿到了獎學金,一路踢到了NFL,最後成了聯盟最好的棄踢手之一。
你還記得小時候作文課時,你寫在"我的志願"這個題目下面的是甚麼嗎?太空人、運動明星、模特兒,還是有很多很多錢的大富翁?長大後,你發現了小時候很多夢想都有點不切實際,甚至你可能早就忘了當初寫的到底是甚麼。但看看現在的你,雖然沒有照著當年作文寫的劇情走,但不也是實實在在地活著、走著只屬於你的這條獨一無二的路嗎?
Being a punter is definitely not as glamorous as playing quarterback, but hey, this is the life I chose when I walked on at Oregon State. I took a chance, and I wouldn’t take it back for the world.
I may be on the sidelines for 95% of the game, but at least I have the best seat in the house.
當個棄踢手真的比不上當四分衛那麼迷人,但你知道嗎,當我踏進了奧勒岡州大,這就是我選擇的人生。我下了決定,我就不曾想過反悔。
恩...對啦,我或許有95%的時間都坐在場邊,但至少這裡看球的視野超讚的,不是嗎?
參考資料:
What You Don't Know About: Being a Punter
延伸閱讀:
紅色暴鯉龍
這篇文章的標題跟內容是否不合啊?
標題是"公羊隊資深球迷,教你如何買到好位置!"
內容卻是在講棄踢手?
Henry D.
你能先把文章看完嗎?
紅色暴鯉龍
我就是把文章看完了才提出這樣的疑問
我也不是就一句話"這篇文章的標題跟內容是否不合啊?"的帶過
而是交代了我不能理解之處
會點進來看文章,不是對你這個作者感興趣就是喜愛這項運動、這個主題
好好的提問,卻只換回一句連文章都沒讀完的質疑
或許你一點也不屑小小讀者的回饋吧
言歸正傳
我又反覆把文章看了七八遍
老實說,內文裡還真找不太到跟標題相關的內容
1. 到底誰是公羊對資深球迷?
2. 哪個位子算是好位子?
3. 到底又要怎麼買?
該不會你主要是想表達下面這句話吧
I may be on the sidelines for 95% of the game, but at least I have the best seat in the house.
那你覺得標題下的很棒就很棒吧