Peyton Manning is a legend for his careful preparation as a player.

He spent countless hours on training facilities, exercising and carefully studying the game plan and scouting reports with his coaching staff. When he left, that was the same.

"All the extra film research and all the extra preparations - I think people know I'm like that," Manning told USA Today Sports. "I have a great movie room in my house in Indianapolis. I'll go there to see movies, from 12pm to 2am

“It would be cool to record it.”

This view is the driving force behind the second season of "All Court Press", a four-part documentary of Manning's Omaha work that follows USC's Kiki Iriafen, LSU's Flau'jae Johnson and Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, in the recent college basketball season. The last two episodes aired on Sunday night at ESPN2's All Court Press.

Yes, Manning and ESPN are exploiting the exploding interest of women's basketball. But Manning is fascinated by the way elite athletes work, and he bets others will do the same.

“We just want to be flies on the wall,” Manning said. “Let’s fall behind the ropes and show their work ethics, don’t be distracted.”

Just like in the first season of "Full Court Press, Caitlin Clark, Kamilla Cardoso and Kiki Rice are also staff at Omaha Productions Productions. Before, during and after the game, it is allowed to shoot practice and in the locker room - win or lose. Extensive interviews were conducted with Iriafen, Johnson and Hidalgo, their coaches and families, and the players also let the crew cover them off the field.

Manning said they are interested in the athlete's characteristics, hoping to have players from different parts of the country, different conferences and different locations in their careers. (Iriafen is a graduate student, Johnson is a junior and Hidalgo, a sophomore).

"Our research shows that when you have three people, people find these documentaries more interesting and can see how they operate," Manning said.

But the job of the “Court-wide Media” is to take these women as the center of athletes.

Often, female athletes’ coverage has been focused on the ideal side and avoids what makes the sports so compelling. Drive. Work. sacrifice. gravel. But "all court news" embraces and celebrates it.

ESPN commentator Chiney Ogwumike said in episode one: "Hannah Hidalgo, Kiki Iriafen, Flau'jae Johnson - These women play for legacy. No apology. It's the hoop of the bad guys."

Most of the episode one was devoted to the punishment defense of Ariafin, Johnson and Hidalgo. Yes, everyone can score. But it's the pain they bring to their opponents that set them apart, and the game footage emphasizes their ruthlessness.

Their competitiveness is also a recurring theme.

"I've always hated losing more than I like to win," Hidalgo said, telling the story of her daughter not talking to anyone four days after a loss in high school.

The final two episodes focused on the end of the season, including UCLA’s fierce competition with UCLA, the collapse of Notre Dame and the leg injury that left Johnson out of the SEC Championship. There are moments of searching questions and questions, "all court media" won't give that sugar.

"The thing that always makes me smile is her work ethics. Flau'jae will work. Sometimes she has too much work," LSU coach Kim Mulkey said in episode three. "It worries me because you can be exhausted."

There are also moments of relaxation, such as Johnson's trip to Mulkey's closet, filled with her gorgeous clothes, game day outfits, and Iriafen and her graduate classmates trying to throw their elbows off. But Manning knows better than anyone about getting the highest level of game, and the main purpose of "Court All Press" is to give us glimpses of it for all mortals.

Manning said when he first asked Patrick Mahomes to be a "quarterback" in his first season, Mahomes was hesitant, unsure whether he wanted to open himself like this. He asked Manning if he would do such a series when playing, and Manning said that probably didn't, because he couldn't imagine who would do it.

"But if it's someone I know, who's playing games and going all out and having a passion for it in work ethics and extra work, then maybe that's the case."

He could be that person, especially knowing what he knows now.

"I said to Flau'jae, your grandchildren will want to know what you did before, how," Manning said. "Hope we can prove that."