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Nike 11-Online Allows Athletes to Train Virtually Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Like most of us, Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson didn't get to travel much this offseason. There were no exotic vacations for the 24-year-old two-time Pro Bowler, whose travel was generally limited to short forays to work out with fellow players.

However, Watson made one expedition—a safe, virus-conscious trip, he notes—to Chandler, Arizona, where he spent two hours training only with himself, in 115-degree temperatures, on a local high school football field.

Sounds like a quest for zen, but Watson was out there in the extreme desert heat shooting training videos for Nike's newly introduced 11-Online virtual training camp platform.