I walked into the gym. Everyone was huddled around the list. All of our names were under the names of two teams: Green and Blue, mine was under Blue. Coach walked in with the two volleyballs, we didn't have any proper handballs, so we used these. I walked to the goal, I was one of two goalies on the team and the other one wanted to score some points. I watched helplessly as Coach counted fouls against my team, but not the other (I'm not sure that we had an impartial judge).
“Holy Crap! What about their fouls?” I thought vocally, “It's not fair!”
“I Know!” The other goalie replied, all the fouls were his. The other team took a free shot, they scored.
Soon enough we found ourselves losing. Despite my best efforts, too many goals had gotten through.
The other goalie and I swapped out, and I attempted to put some points on the board, though I failed, I got some good passes. Still, the unfair calls kept on coming. Once Coach even took away from our score. Despite my anger, I kept my cool and resigned to a 6-4 loss. Still, it's hard to win when the other side has a 6-foot giant on their team.
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ReplyDeletebtw it was 6-3
its not our fault nate is sooo tall but u still had philiip on ur side.
It wasn't our fault michael kept making fouls (no offense mikey)
But still true, The coach wasn't being fair. Good slice of life.
Actually, it was 6-4, coach counted two of our goals for the third point, we did score 4.
ReplyDeleteNice slice of life!!! I know the coach was totally being unfair with our team! I was getting really pissed about it, but I controlled my temper! But remember that life isn't always fair!
ReplyDeletei don't the coach was unfair. I just think you guys were rough. nice slice of life. who is the 6 foot giant, nate or philip?
ReplyDeleteI love reading your posts. The stories are always so well written and the dilemma are ones that many can relate to.
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