The first practice
October 10, 2009
Ok the first practice was on Thursday and man was it an interesting one! It started off with an introduction to the super secret playbook with 10 offensive and 3 defensive plays that Ohio State and other schools won championships 5 yrs in a row with or something (Play called the Rhino). We headed out to the field and coach made us run around it, yes it was painful considering I stayed home sick from school that day and was still feeling sick, but I did it. Then he started to divide us by what positions we wanted to play. I was kind of interested in Runningback, but I don’t really have any experience so I decided to check out defense and lineback, and whoo this is where the sweet stuff happened. 2 other coaches taught us formations (4 line, 5line, 6 line) and then we did drills. For one of them, Coach R had me and another girl stand on the opposite side of the line while two girls from the other team blitzed and tried to get past us. I did good the first time and I guess R wanted to show the nazi (the real football coach F) how amazing a coach she is or something, and had us redo it. So this time around the girl I had to defend rams right into me like a retard and sends me flying back till I hit the ground. Yeah my behind and lower back hurt for 2 days and Im still pissed at her. First off the nazi was watching, second off so did everyone else, and I was totally humiliated, but surprisingly I took it really cool. I just got right back up and after a swig of water (so I wouldn’t pass out) I went back to doing defense. You know I guess it was my fault for trying to play easy and fair, maybe I should start putting all those years of MMA classes to action on the football field. (When no one’s looking, maybe I’ll knee her in the ribs, haha jk). Anyway that first practice felt like a failure, but I got 8 more to go, so maybe things will turn around. Im again somewhat thankful for the hardships because I know that if I persevere, I will gain more out of them than if I just give up and let them break me down (courtesy of Joshu Billings and that awfully scary night). All in all that practice was a lesson of a lifetime in itself (watch out if a girl tries to ram into you), and although my body ached for days, it felt good.
