"The Championship"
By Anonymous
“Ok, guys we are tied, do the play. It’s 25-25 no ball drops. Get out there and do what you always do”, my coach said to the team huddle. Championship game. We win this we go to nationals. We lose this we die. I took my last drink of water and got on the court but coach pulled me back. “ Get out there and win this game”’ he said whisper yelling at me. Great, no pressure at all. Thanks a lot coach, I thought to myself while giggling but also trying not to freak out.
They have serve, we just need one pass. It felt like the world slowed down, this was it. It was time to do what we had been working on all season. This can be one of two things, great success or terrible failure. The setter set super high, my cue. I did my approach behind the middle hitter. Left, right, left, right. Jump, There’s a open area on the back on the opponents court. It needs to go there, NOW. I slammed the volleyball down while coming down. Come on, come on, yes right were it needs to go. Beep, beep, beep the whistle made its nose, the ref called the point for..........US!!
Dang it, we still need to win by two, Crap and I’m serving. Don’t miss Ava, I told myself. I look to my coach to see the place he wants me to serve, but he is making his jump serve signal. What?? No I cant, I have never done it in a game before but coach said. Ok I got this. I jump and did a flat serve while it flew over the net. Ok it was an ace. Wait it was an ace!!!
We won! We are going to nationals. I was really thinking about giving up when we lost those ten points. We came back though. We did it.
They have serve, we just need one pass. It felt like the world slowed down, this was it. It was time to do what we had been working on all season. This can be one of two things, great success or terrible failure. The setter set super high, my cue. I did my approach behind the middle hitter. Left, right, left, right. Jump, There’s a open area on the back on the opponents court. It needs to go there, NOW. I slammed the volleyball down while coming down. Come on, come on, yes right were it needs to go. Beep, beep, beep the whistle made its nose, the ref called the point for..........US!!
Dang it, we still need to win by two, Crap and I’m serving. Don’t miss Ava, I told myself. I look to my coach to see the place he wants me to serve, but he is making his jump serve signal. What?? No I cant, I have never done it in a game before but coach said. Ok I got this. I jump and did a flat serve while it flew over the net. Ok it was an ace. Wait it was an ace!!!
We won! We are going to nationals. I was really thinking about giving up when we lost those ten points. We came back though. We did it.