2014-07-24

【Aiden in English】

        You can't come to a Sports Summer Camp and don't want to play football. That's just how it is, no matter whether there is two-hand touch, flag, or tackle (hopefully not). Football is everywhere. So today, I played flag football two hours straight.

        First of all, flag football is about pulling the belt off on the person's waist. No injuries, except for pulled muscles and cramps, should happen, and no blitzes or QB sneaks are allowed. Even though flag football is fun, there are some setbacks. For one, if a receiver catches a ball, his flag must be pulled. However, the flag is a moving strip of which is extremely hard to grab. If you're quick to react (like I am), then it won't be a problem to juke defenders. Especially if you jump, that loses everyone. Today's best play was probably when a kid named Chris (nicknamed Cheatcode) caught a hail-mary pass, did a 180 like a pro, and zipped between two defenders as if they weren't there. It became the most amazing play of my life other than the NFL.

        Football is probably the coolest sport ever. Abilities are tested, and only the strong will rise.

【紅霞譯文】

        你一旦來參加體育夏令營，不可能不玩美式足球(或稱橄欖球)。不管是用雙手傳統式打法，還是奪旗式遊戲玩耍，或是熊抱式無賴拼搶(但願不要這樣)，總之，美式足球家喻戶曉。今天，我一口氣連續玩了兩個鐘頭。

        奪旗式美式足球首先要把拴在人們腰間的帶子給揪下來，通常並不傷害身體，如果不把肌肉拉傷抽筋之類的問題算作受傷的話，當然必須杜絕突擊和四分衛襲進打法。儘管奪旗式美式足球玩起來非常過癮，但也有不盡人意的地方。其中之一，接球員握住球後，其腰旗必須被拉下來，可腰旗是條移動的帶子，特別難抓。如果你靈活機動(像我一樣)連蹦帶跳，那麼肯定可以從來回移動的防守球員身上奪下旗子。今天玩得最好的當屬名叫克里斯(外號“唬人”)的男孩，他能做祈禱聖母傳球，像職業球員那樣轉身180度，並在兩名後衛之間穿來穿去，根本沒把防守球員放在眼裡，這是除美國橄欖球聯盟球賽外我所玩的奪旗式美式足球最為精彩的一場。

        美式足球也許算得上最酷的運動項目，實力之間的較量，唯有強者才能勝出。