Powder-Puff Team Analysis

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Along with countless other Americans, my falls are dedicated to football. The only difference is that the team I commit myself to is not composed of colossal figures bent on inflicting pain on one another. No, my team is the Barrington High School class of 2009 Powder-puff team. I am the head coach of a football team composed of thirty high school senior girls. Powder-puff football, a game that pits junior girls against senior girls was a tradition that Barrington High School lost some time in the mid 1990’s. It was a competitive yet amusing event that served to rally the student body for the impending Thanksgiving Day game. In September of my junior year, a group of us decided it was time to spark some school spirit and revive the…show more content…
Some of the names that were appearing on the top of the charts surprised me. Who knew that the president of the math club had such a strong throwing arm? Is that my lab partner from freshman year passing every other player in sprints? These girls were working harder than any sports team I had been apart of. Amazingly, girls who had little history with each other were gathering together during breaks, laughing and encouraging teammates. Their dedication enthused and intrigued me. The harder they worked, the more passionate I became about the upcoming game. I was watching a team of people from diverse cliques, previously little more than acquaintances to one and other grow into close friends. We were bonding, holding team dinners at different players’ houses after practices. These girls helped me to understand the importance of getting to know people, rather than judging by impression or…show more content…
I could not help but wonder if I had helped these girls truly be the best players they could be or if their hopes would be crushed by embarrassment on the field and a large margin of defeat. Before the game, I took them to the end zone for a quick pep talk to remind them of the time and hard work they had given to this team. We broke out of the huddle and the game began. We scored on our first possession and never looked back from that point. The girls were executing every play to perfection. We won the game, silencing a team of seniors who had taunted us for weeks before the game. Almost sweeter than our decisive win, I realized, was the fact that we were celebrating our win as a group of close friends, many of whom we had just made a few short months
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