Never Look Your Defender in the Eye, a Descriptive Essay on a Basketball Game

Never look your defender in the eye. Some say basketball is an easy game, but if it were, everyone would be playing it.
In the locker room I hear the murmuring of the girls talking about their day and the rustling of them getting their jerseys and shoes on. Coach walks in, the room silences. He gives his speech, his voice echoing off the lockers, everyone hanging on his words. Then we huddle, we talk game strategy and whose armpit smells the prettiest.
Outside the change room we can hear the crowd roaring "lets go blues, lets go!" …