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sportsmanship

March 1, 2016
By tymira_marie BRONZE, Amherst, New York
tymira_marie BRONZE, Amherst, New York
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 Kim walked outside wondering why everyone was  in a circle when she arrived for warm up before the soccer game . She saw that everyone was getting yelled at. As her coach called her, she ran across the field while carrying her bag. The coach then asked her what happened earlier before the game in the locker room, and if she was there. Kim then remember what happened earlier that day.


                                                          Six Hours Earlier

             Kim remember walking into the locker room and the smell of perfume was in the air. It was early September and warm that day. Kim was a sophomore this year and she was overly happy about only having two more years left of school. After her first day of school she was happy that today was her first game of the season. Kim Had two weeks prior of practice and tryouts and practice. Kim began going to her locker and beginning to get ready for her first game . She pulled out her favorite sports bag which was blue she began putting in her sports drink and her 2 bottle of water since it was close to 80 degrees that day. She finished getting dressed and she had on her blue jersey that said 22 on the back and the front with sweethome on it,high white socks with leg padding also with bright orange cleats. She had her long black hair that was mid back length in a neat ponytail. Kim remember being called to the other side of the locker room by her friend Talisa yelled
’’Hey Kim, can you come here for a second’’.
  Kim had know talisa for years. Talisa was and pretty brownskin girl she was at least 5’0 foot, she had brown shoulder length hair that she always wore in a ponytail and wore glasses. Soon when kim arrived to the other side of the locker room she had dropped her bag on the bench as she sat down with her other teammates that she became very familiar . Kim look at her surroundings as she noticed that the other two capitan’s were missing from the locker room . She just went on her phone she and her friend talisa were having an conversation about how they think the game is going to go today.
“How do you think the game is going to go?”  Talisa asked
  “Well let’s just hope for the best , like I know we have some good players but some girls are just  not ready for the game”
“Yeah i get what you’re saying” as she shut her locker loudly.
They had gotten up from the bench but they noticed that the girls were mocking somebody. Kim ask  “ Who you guys talking bout” while she snickered

One of her teammates had said”Jessica because she had supposedly“hurt” her knee in practice so now she can’t play she such a faker“.
While rolling her eyes. She was cut off then another player had said
”So what, she was a bad player anyways we wouldn’t even need her”. kim just shook her head while walking out and pushing through the heaving iron door that lead to the locker room hallway . Kim had went down to the garage to go get the equipment she had to get for the rest of the week which was the water jug. It was an orange with a and white top with water it could be over 10 pounds . she walked to the athletic trainer office so school could fill it with ice .   

Kim finished up with her jug of water and began to carry the jug she carries it to the field. All she can hear is the sloshing of the water and ice together as kim walked through the parking lot hearing screaming coming from the football field you can hear them doing drills.
screaming”1,2,3,4” repeatedly.`
As they hit the ground . She soon heard some of her teammates coming out of the schools with the rest off the supplies from the garage. When everyone arrived to the felid kim noticed that some of the team looked upset so kim stated
” Why the sad faces”.
They said “That someone who was in the locker room while they were talking about jessica and that someone had told her and she went home”.
They were mad at one person but it wasn't her fault it was her friend how wasn’t she suppose to tell her friend about what someone said about her and sam had owned up to it that she told jessica what they were saying .They were mad because they didn’t want her to find out they thought it was funny but didn’t know the damage it would cause her. They all felt bad even Kim because she never told them to stop and the team made one player feel left out . This is so important it’s like going to a new team or like moving up to varsity and not knowing what they think of you and not knowing the other players
” Not fitting in because there’re a lot of  team bonding and a lot of friendships in any sports like you don’t want to be an person partner because you’re the last pick. trust me it’s feels horrible to be someone last pick. “  Kim said.


        * * *

  The team began to play before the game and waited for the coach to get her so they can practice a little before the game .

         10 minutes later
When the coach came on the field she didn’t look so happy. You could see the frown on her face and the displeasing look she had everyone could tell that someone was in trouble. when the coach arrived she called everyone to the bench . Her raspy soft voice screamed
“Everyone to the bench now! “.
  Most were confused about why she sounded so angry . When she screamed suddenly every ball stop and some looked worried others looked confused. When everyone got to the bench she began asking everyone what had happened today in the locker room. kim began to crack her knuckles. Which is a habat when she is nervous about something . As the coach looked around the group of girls she started with the captains and had asked them where were they when this had happen but the captains were talking to Marci at the time of the incident. Kim finally confessed to being on the scene when it had happened. She explain that she didn’t really know who they were talking about in the locker room she was just over there with talisa and they were getting dress. That they had left the scene without saying a word. the coach had just told Kim that it was okay and that she wasn’t the one in trouble because she knew who exactly it was.  coach told all the girls what happen.
“You girls should be ashamed of yourself’s you all singled out one teammate,i never thought of you girls as being mean especially to one of your teammates.”
“I'm very disappoint in some of you”.  Their was silence on the bench


She sent the some of us which were like ten of us to go start doing partner passes. You could hear her her yelling at them. saying
“WHAT WERE YOU GUYS THINKING WHEN YOU WERE MAKING FUN OF HER“
“ WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOUR SELF’S”. 
“Sorry” they said all in usion  with their heads hanging low . She came up to them and told u that as a team we would apologize to Jessica. everyone was upset but we had to put that aside so we would be happy for our first game.
     3o minutes later

Coach had set up the starters for the game. its was the first half we were winning by 2 points but the team was good but not better than us. everyone had their player they had to block ofr follow. Kim had number 23 she was small like a mouse compared to kim standing at 5’11 , the girl had to be at least 5’0 which gave Kim the pro of having to block her .
As Kim when up to the with the players right behind her she quickly pass to Talisa which ha better chance of scoring than her . Soon enough Talisa kicked in the goal to win the first quarter of the game . When the 45 mins were up people who started came out and everyone was tired from the blazin heat and running 45 minutes straight without a water break. They made a plan where if you got thirsty , to go to the sideline and they would throw  you a water bottle . Soon the ten minutes were up the coach made some changes in the positions so now kim was in the forward position before she was mid field.
Kim passes the ball though the girl legs but she had stopped it so Kim went to go and kick it out but she then ended up making the girl fall down .
“Oh sorry bout that , are you okay?.”
“Yeah”
While helping her up off the ground. (When playing a sport and you knock someone down it the right thing to do is pick them up. It is disrespectful to just walk over someone or not to help them up when another teammate/player when you make them fall). Kim team had ended up losing by a corner kick from the other team. The team were happy about the game even though they lost. The coach had talked jessica to coming back to the game so she came be a ball girl .(A person who throws a ball if ball goes too far). When she had arrived we were in the middle of our game but it was the end of the game it was time to go high five the other team. Once we were all done doing that we had went on and the coach had jessica stand up and the rest of us form a circle around her it was time for an apologie. “Girls do you have anything you want to say to jessica?’the coach said. the girls in the circle all took turns saying sorry to jessica. When it was Kim's turn she said this.
‘Jessica i’m sorry that I didn’t say nothing when I heard what had happen in the locker room I didn’t think nothing of it”. jessica smiled and gave Kim a hug.



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