Medical Test

Author's Note: Assalamualaikum Hello to the readers. Hope this note finds you well. Now I have 1-month semester break, so I want to write some chapters to this 'Legendary Player' and my 'Wish System in Anime' novels. For this novel, I will use names, clubs, and dates as close as possible to the real world. I will use Football Manager 17, FM18, FM19, and FM20 as references as well as Premier League and EFL Championship websites to match the fixtures, standing, and line-up. And this novel will go on hiatus again after 1 month. So yeah. Have a nice day. (24/1/2021).

This chapter was so tiring to do. A lot of research in news and club's info had been done to complete and edit this chapter and the previous chapters. I hope you guys like it. (27/1/2021)

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{16 December 2014 - Medical Test and Physical Test}

{First POV}

[In the Medical Room of House of Sports Coaching Academy, Leckwith, Cardiff]

Four guys in the medical rooms, which 1 of them is a doctor, 2 of the others are physio staffs, and the last dude is our MC, Azim.

(Adam Ratternberry, the Head Physio of Cardiff City FC who started his career since July 2010. This 42 years old Welsh man was in charge of a physio team while doing his job like any other physio.)

Mr Ratternberry (Physio): "We have a whole morning to do the checkup on you. Do you bring the medical documents from your previous club?"

"Yes, and here they are. All in there."

Mr Ratternberry (Physio): "I don't need them. Give them to Dr Len Nokes. Now you need to change to this gown and be here again for physical examination. I need to get your height, weight, body fat, lung capacity and others. Hey Edward, show him the changing room. Azim, I need you to do the urine test. Just follow Edward. he will guide you."

(Len Nokes, an 'outside doctor' hired by the Bluebird to do the medical test or diagnosis to the new or injured players.)

Edward Richmond (Physio): "Yes sir. Follow me"

(Edward Richmon, a 28 years old English guy working as a Reserved Physio for Under 21s team.)

I followed the instructions and did all the physical examinations. Then, I lay on the bed for ECG test (Electrocardiogram - to monitor the heart's electrical signal). Then proceed with the VO2 max test (maximum amount of oxygen a person can utilise during intense exercise) and blood test (lactate level and others).

Dr Nokes: "Your heart rate and heart rhythm are good. We will do the full blood test this evening after you have done with your Bleep test and all that after this. And your VO2 max test showed a pretty high number, congratulation."

"(panting) Thank you Dr Nokes."

Dr Nokes: "You can relax outside and someone will fetch you up for other tests. If you pass, then we will meet again, if not then it's nice meeting you boy."

"Yeah. Thank you and have a good day dr."

I went to the nearest bench and checking my Stamina Bar.

{Stamina: 86% [100%] --> Stamina: 86% [85%]}

'85%? Not bad for 20 minutes VO2 max test. (Sigh) It's hard to pretend I'm out of gas. Well, the result is quite high so I pass with flying colours.'

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{1 hour later}

After some warm-up with High knee skip and Bounds.

Mike Beere (Fitness Coach): "One thing you can't fake in football, and that's fitness, cause it will show. It will show on the matchday, it will show in the Championship, it will show in Cup game. Either you fit or you are not fit. We will see and decide to put you on the lineup or not. Now your job is first to do the 20m sprint, rest 1 min, then the 20m zig-zag, rest 1 min, then Push-up sprint, rest 1 min, then Mike's command, rest 5 min, and the best for the last Beep test. Any question before you start."

(Mike Beere, a 27 years old English guy who joined the City as a Fitness Coach since August 2012.)

"I want to ask, what's the 4th exercise is about, because I never heard of it before."

Mike Bree (Fitness Coach): "Oh, it just an exercise the coaches develops for the boys. Basically, you start in the middle, and when I give you instruction like 'zig-zag', you need to do the zig-zag fast because I will record the time, and come back to your starting position again to do other things. But if you hear I said 'Hurdle jump, Carioca step, Shuttle run' when you still doing the zig-zag, then you need to remember the command and complete it following the sequence I said. Remember, after each exercise, you go to that tent to take the lactate level. Oh yeah, before I forgot, do you take the bodyweight reading yet?"

"The physio took my height and weight reading hours ago."

Mike Bree (Fitness Coach): "So not yet. Go meet Edward at the tent and record your body weight because we need to replenish the fluid."

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